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The 16th edition of the International Summit on the Teaching Profession (ISTP) kicks off today in Tallinn, Estonia, bringing together education ministers and education union leaders from 20 countries and territories.

As part of its nationwide “Protect Our Kids, Our Families and Our Communities” mobilisation, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) brought together a broad coalition of educators, parents, and community allies to call attention to the growing pressures on working families in the United States and the urgent need to...

At a time when education systems across Africa are confronted with major structural challenges – chronic underfunding, teacher shortages, unequal access, growing competition from the private sector – education unions have a vital role to play. A training session organised in Accra, Ghana, brought together several unions from the region...

Gaza’s education sector remains in one of the gravest crises in its modern history. After more than two years of war and genocide, Gaza’s schooling system stands “on the brink of collapse,” with over 97% of schools damaged or destroyed and the majority of the region’s 658,000 school‑age children having...

Education unions in many parts of the world face increasingly challenging conditions: sustained underfunding of public education, attacks on trade union rights, and growing pressures to privatise and commercialise education systems. In this context, the development cooperation work of Education International and its members goes beyond the technical and into...

Strengthening women’s leadership is not only a requirement for equality but also a prerequisite for more democratic, representative, and influential trade unions. By placing women teachers at the heart of its trade union project, the FOSEF-CI (Federation of Education and Training Trade Unions - Côte d’Ivoire) is redefining the balance...

Four years since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the global education union movement stands in unwavering solidarity with our colleagues, their students, and all people of Ukraine.

Background Education International (EI) is the Global Union Federation that brings together organisations of teachers and other education employees from across the world. Through our 383 member organisations, we represent more than 32 million teachers and education support personnel in 178 countries and territories.

Education International (EI) joined governments, employers, other unionists and civil society representatives at the 6th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour in Marrakech on 11-13 February 2026, where the newly adopted Marrakech Global Framework for Action reaffirmed what educators worldwide know: universal access to free, compulsory, and quality...

Improving the professional status of early childhood education (ECE) personnel is central to improving both access and quality. Education unions across Africa are strengthening their collective advocacy to secure quality ECE, as well as recognition and decent conditions for workers in this sector.

To tackle issues facing educators and the education system, the Kurdistan Teachers’ Union (KTU) organised a seminar entitled “The Obstacles Facing the Educational Process in the Kurdistan Region”.

Education International (EI) has been awarded the 2026 AOb Academy Kiss , an annual recognition presented by the General Education Union (AOb) in the Netherlands

The global education union movement stands with the Canadian Teachers' Federation, the Centrale des syndicats du Québec, and all those impacted by the tragic school shooting that took place in Tumbler Ridge, British Colombia, on February 10.

Advocating for increased and sustained public investment in education to strengthen the teaching profession and improve learning outcomes, the Vanuatu Teachers Union (VTU) has launched the Education International (EI) Go Public! Fund Education campaign nationwide. It emphasized the need for the government to invest in teachers through fair remuneration, quality...

During a powerful career spanning over 40 years, Haldis Holst has persistently advocated for the fundamental right to education and the rights of educators in her native Norway and all around the world. The Education International (EI) leader steps down from an organisation and a movement she has helped strengthen...

Persistently highlighting the crucial importance of early childhood education (ECE) for inclusive quality public education, Education International (EI) and its member organisations are pushing for increased funding in this educational sector.

From Canada to The Gambia, from Denmark to Zanzibar, education unions are reshaping professional development as a collective, teacher-led project rooted in solidarity, dignity and local realities.

The 2026 Global Appeal to End Stigma and Discrimination against Persons Affected by Leprosy is co-hosted by Education International and the Sasakawa Leprosy (Hansen’s disease) Initiative, in partnership with the Damien Foundation. This year’s appeal calls for an end to stigma and discrimination associated with leprosy through the transformative power...