Articles from Brazil
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Equity and inclusion 18 September 2026 Education International mourns the passing of Piliswa Maqokolo
Education International is profoundly saddened and shaken by the sudden passing of Piliswa Maqokolo, a delegate from the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (SADTU) and participant in the 5th Education International World Women’s Conference.
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Equity and inclusion 17 September 2026 EI World Women’s Conference: No gender justice without peace, democracy, and climate justice
On the final day of the 5th EI World Women’s Conference, delegates discussed global challenges and their impact on women in education. Recognising that peace, democracy, and climate justice are preconditions for gender justice, women education unionists committed to join forces to advance a justice-focused agenda around the globe.
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Equity and inclusion 17 September 2026 The Bahia Declaration: Rising United for Gender Justice
We, women educators and trade unionists from every region of the world, gathered in Bahia, Brazil, for the 5th World Women's Conference of Education International, are united in our struggle for human and trade union rights. We recognise that there is no gender justice without peace, democracy and sustainable development....
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Equity and inclusion 16 September 2026 5th World Women’s Conference: Gender justice at the heart of the fight for educators’ rights
The education workforce is dominated by women in many parts of the world. In light of this fact, participants at the 5th Education International World Women’s Conference explored the complex gender dimension of the professional issues educators face, sharing insights and charting the way forward for women in education.
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Equity and inclusion 15 September 2026 Leading change: Women’s leadership in the spotlight at the 5th EI World Women’s Conference
While women are the majority of education workers and education union members, they are underrepresented in leadership in both education institutions and education unions. At the 5th EI World Women’s Conference in Brazil, women education unionists from around the world are rallying to elevate women’s leadership in unions, education, and...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 30 June 2026 Still cooking with a failed recipe: New report reveals the IMF’s staggering double standards and harmful policies
The new report from ActionAid International, Education International, and partners exposes how the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has continued to push low-income countries to prioritise debt repayments over public services, despite claiming to support better education outcomes.
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Equity and inclusion 25 February 2026 Talking about suicide at school: an educational emergency
Luanda Julião
It is almost two o’clock in the morning, on the night between Sunday and Monday, at the beginning of April. Sleepless, I toss and turn in bed. I give in to insomnia and pick up my phone to distract myself. Less than a minute later, I receive a message from...
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Go public! Fund education 24 September 2025 Go Public! campaign strengthens trade union action in Latin America
Education International’s Go Public! campaign has strengthened trade unions’ capacity for mobilisation in Latin America and contributed to political, organisational, and pedagogical transformation in the region.
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Equity and inclusion 30 June 2025 Not the exception, but essential: Teachers with disabilities in mainstream classrooms
Nidhi Singal
Where are the teachers with disabilities in our classrooms? A question I often ask my audience is: “How many of you were taught by a teacher who identified as having a disability during your school years?” In a room of 50–60 people, usually only one or two hands go up.
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Leading the profession 9 December 2024 Brazil : CNTE calls for more public funding for public education in Senate hearing
On Monday December 9th, teachers from the public sector across Brazil took part in a public hearing that launched the Education International Go Public! Fund Education global campaign at the Federal Senate in Brasilia.
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Trade union rights are human rights 6 December 2024 New series on Operation Condor seeks to recover the historical memory of Latin American dictatorships
“We know that the first victims of the dictatorships were education professionals, who were the targets of control, persecution, imprisonment, torture, death, disappearance and the curtailment of free thought.”
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 7 November 2024 Brazil: Education leaders from around the world call for stronger public education systems
Teachers, union leaders, and legislators from eleven countries came together in Fortaleza, Brazil, for the Global Education Seminar, a two-day event held to coincide with the G20 Education Ministers’ Meeting. The event served as a platform to discuss strategies to strengthen public education amid a complex global landscape.
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Climate action and literacy 13 May 2024 Brazil: Teachers and educational centres in Rio Grande do Sul affected by floods
The State of Rio Grande do Sul is underwater. According to the latest reports published by the state’s Civil Defence, as of 12 noon on Wednesday (the 8th of May), 417 of the 497 municipalities in the area reported issues due to the floods of recent days. A total of...
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Leading the profession 27 March 2024 Transforming Learning: Brazilian Teachers’ Use Learning Circles to Develop Leadership Projects and Promising Formative Assessment Practice
Primary school teachers across Brazil have successfully completed the first Teacher-led Learning Circles for Formative Assessment (T3LFA) project cycle. Through developing leadership projects over the last year, teachers involved in the remote Learning Circles tested, implemented, and shared promising formative assessment practices that met the diverse needs of students in...
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Democracy 5 February 2024 President Lula receives Education International delegation to discuss public education
A delegation made up of representatives from Education International (EI) and our affiliate in Brazil, the CNTE, was received on Monday 29 January by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The meeting took place on the second day of Brazil’s National Education Conference, held in Brasilia from 28 January to...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 26 January 2024 International Day of Education: Unionists celebrate the right to education by campaigning for quality public education for all
On January 24, the International Day of Education, education unionists from around the world came together to reaffirm their commitment to the universal right to education and to mark the first year of the Education International global campaign Go Public! Fund Education. The campaign is an urgent call for governments...
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Standards and working conditions 13 September 2023 Elevating Teachers' Voices to the High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession
Educators from around the world expressed their concerns about the global teacher shortage, sharing firsthand experiences which highlight the detrimental implications for their classrooms and school communities. Their testimonies were part of consultations organised by Education International to bring the voices of educators to the UN High-Level Panel on the...
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Leading the profession 1 August 2023 Teachers as change agents and knowledge creators
Dr. David Frost
The HertsCam Network is currently playing an enabling role in the ‘Teacher-Led Learning Circles for Formative Assessment’ project led by Educational International and funded by the Jacobs Foundation. At HertsCam, we are committed to ‘non-positional teacher leadership’ in which any teacher can be empowered and enabled to lead the development...
Teachers as change agents and knowledge creators