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  1. Union renewal and development 11 October 2017

    Asia Pacific: Educators determined to lead transformative change

    With the Asia Pacific region facing serious challenges to its education system, educators in the region have gathered to focus on the future, sharpen their analysis and decide a common ground for action.

    Asia Pacific: Educators determined to lead transformative change
  2. Union renewal and development 6 October 2017

    World Teachers Day is celebrated in every corner of the world

    From Uganda to Canada, Spain to New Zealand, educators worldwide have celebrated their profession, asking for more freedom and autonomy to deliver quality education to all.

    World Teachers Day is celebrated in every corner of the world
  3. Union renewal and development 5 October 2017

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  4. Union renewal and development 5 October 2017

    North America-Caribbean

    North America-Caribbean

    North America-Caribbean
  5. Union renewal and development 5 October 2017

    Latin America

    Latin America

    Latin America
  6. Union renewal and development 5 October 2017

    Europe

    Europe

    Europe
  7. Union renewal and development 5 October 2017

    Asia-Pacific

    Asia-Pacific

    Asia-Pacific
  8. Union renewal and development 5 October 2017

    Africa

    Africa

    Africa
  9. Union renewal and development 5 October 2017

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  10. Union renewal and development 5 October 2017

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  11. Union renewal and development 27 September 2017

    EI’s Initial Reaction to the release of the Bank’s World Development Report on Education

    The World Bank’s new education report reveals “a superficial and incoherent effort” that “brushes over complex issues, oversimplifies recommendations and opts for broad generalizations that should make even the most well-intentioned finance minister scratch her head.”

    EI’s Initial Reaction to the release of the Bank’s World Development Report on Education
  12. Union renewal and development 14 September 2017

    Africa’s education leadership works towards union unity

    Africa’s top education union leaders have reaffirmed their commitment to increase trade union unity on the continent to help reach the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

    Africa’s education leadership works towards union unity
  13. Union renewal and development 14 July 2017

    Tunisian and Arab teachers unions have lost an outstanding activist

    Education International mourns the death of Taher Dhaker, former General Secretary of the General Union of Basic Education in Tunisia (SGEB), who passed away on Thursday July 13, 2017 after a short illness.

    Tunisian and Arab teachers unions have lost an outstanding activist
  14. Union renewal and development 14 July 2017

    Zeynep Güneş and Ümit Aktaş: “We learnt of our dismissal in lists published on the Internet”

    Zeynep Güneş and Ümit Aktaş arrived in Istanbul this year from Mardin, a town in south-east Turkey. They taught for several years at the primary school there, including during the war and the curfews. Their arrival in Istanbul signalled a new departure, that began with their marriage in Mardin.

    Zeynep Güneş and Ümit Aktaş: “We learnt of our dismissal in lists published on the Internet”
  15. Union renewal and development 14 July 2017

    Context: 1540 Egitim-Sen teachers and academics dismissed

    Since the attempted coup in Turkey last summer and the introduction of the state of emergency, which has been in force since July 2016, the government has launched a massive witch hunt to ''rid the country” of so-called “terrorists and traitors".

    Context: 1540 Egitim-Sen teachers and academics dismissed
  16. Union renewal and development 11 July 2017

    Mithat Güley: ''I thought about starting a hunger strike''

    Mithat Güley taught biology at a high school for 16 years. At the start of the 2016-17 academic year, whilst on his way to school in the small town of Adiyaman, in the south-east of the country, Mithat received a phone call from a friend. He was told his name...

    Mithat Güley: ''I thought about starting a hunger strike''
  17. Union renewal and development 11 July 2017

    Ismet Akça: ''I no longer have a passport, I cannot leave the country''

    Ismet Akça had been an associate professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Yıldız in Istanbul for 15 years. He has also been a member of the Executive of the university branch of the Eğitim-Sen for many years.

    Ismet Akça: ''I no longer have a passport, I cannot leave the country''