Articles from Philippines
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 April 2025 Teachers at the heart of climate justice: Addressing the crisis in Philippine schools
Ruby Bernardo
“These are not new problems; they are the result of decades of neglect in the education sector, now magnified by the escalating climate crisis. If we continue to ignore these urgent issues, our schools will remain not just ill-equipped for learning, but hazardous places for both students and teachers.”
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Standards and working conditions 11 March 2025 Education unions from Southeast Asia strategise next steps of the Go Public! Fund Education campaign
Education International (EI) member organisations from Indonesia, Cambodia, Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines came together in Bangkok on March 7 to discuss and plan the next stage of the Go Public! Fund Education campaign in their countries and the region.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 December 2024 The Philippines: Unions commit to go public, fund education, and counter teacher shortage
With a declining education budget and an increasing national teacher shortage, education unions in the Philippines are demanding greater governmental investment to recruit and retain teachers and ensure quality education for all.
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Democracy 20 November 2023 We stand with France Castro. Education International firmly condemns the death threats against the Filipino congresswoman
France Castro has received repeated death threats from Rodrigo Duterte, former President of the Philippines. The lawmaker has filed a formal complaint against Duterte, making this the first criminal case against Duterte after the end of his mandate.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 29 September 2023 Copyright in education: bringing the classroom to life
Dr Dara Dimitrov
As the daughter of a refugee, education as a necessity was drummed into me. ‘You need to get a good education’ was my father’s lead mantra. My father was denied that right, and although he spoke seven languages, he could barely read one. My father saw education as a way...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 12 June 2023 ComNet: Communicators working together to change the narrative around public education
Around 100 communicators working in education unions gathered online on June 1st as part of Education International (EI) Communicators’ Network (ComNet). They reconnected, exchanged experiences and ideas, and got ready to bring the EI “Go Public! Fund Education” campaign forward.
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Trade union rights are human rights 16 March 2023 Education International statement on human rights violations and anti-union attacks in the education sector in the Philippines
Education International (EI) strongly condemns the ongoing human rights violations and anti-union attacks against teachers and education union activists in the Philippines.
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Trade union rights are human rights 16 February 2023 Philippines: Educators submit recommendations to ILO to ensure the protection of trade union rights
Education International (EI) has welcomed the recent International Labour Organization High Level Tripartite Mission (ILO HLTM) to the Philippines. This mission is the result of longstanding advocacy by human and trade union activists in this country, and EI national member organisations – the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), the Federation...
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Standards and working conditions 30 January 2023 Education unions across the world mobilise to Go Public and Fund Education
On 24 January, Education International marked the International Day of Education by launching its new global campaign: Go Public! Fund Education. The campaign is an urgent call for governments to fully fund public education and to value, respect, and pay teachers and education workers as the indispensable professionals at the...
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Union renewal and development 5 April 2022 Amplifying young voices within trade unions in the COVID-19 new normal
Education International has joined other global union federations (GUFs) in a project aiming to promote union renewal and train young unionists.
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Trade union rights are human rights 2 November 2021 Forging global solidarity to safeguard rights
The 58th meeting of Education International’s Executive Board (ExBo), held virtually on 26 October, was marked by a solid commitment to vaccine equity from education unions around the world. Access to COVID-19 vaccines for teachers and education support personnel globally is essential for a safe and permanent return to onsite...
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Trade union rights are human rights 11 October 2021 Philippines: Global solidarity and support to address violations of human and trade union rights
Human and trade union rights violations in the Philippines – and the need to highlight evidence of them internationally – were the focus of a high-level roundtable on 8 October.
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Democracy 8 October 2021 Educators of the world congratulate Maria Ressa on being awarded the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize
The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded jointly to journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov “for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace”. Ressa has been a friend and ally of Education International and the global teaching community, joining forces...
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Trade union rights are human rights 14 September 2021 Philippines: Call for global action as independent report catalogues government’s human rights violations
Education International has called for an end to the violence and state-sponsored attacks on Filipino educators. Its comments follow an independent investigation which shows that the Duterte government is deliberately violating human rights, using violence and repression against those who are standing up for education, democracy, and peace.
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Trade union rights are human rights 19 July 2021 Philippines: Education unionists targeted by Duterte regime in escalating human rights violations
The Second Report of the Independent International Commission of Investigation into Human Rights Violations in the Philippines (Investigate PH) was released this month. The report documents intensifying human rights violations perpetrated by state agents, in line with President Rodrigo Duterte’s security policies and violent statements that have been adopted as...
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Trade union rights are human rights 10 March 2021 Philippines: Union condemns Duterte Government’s denial of youth’s right to education
With schools closed for one year in the Philippines, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) has criticised President Duterte for being the biggest obstacle to the realisation of the youth’s right to education during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Trade union rights are human rights 5 January 2021 The Philippines: Trade union calls for greater resources for distance learning
As in many countries during the pandemic, the Philippines shifted to distance learning modalities to enable education continuity. However, the remote learning programme met with problems of inadequate funding and issues of Internet connectivity and access to teaching and learning resources. The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), one of Education...
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Trade union rights are human rights 1 December 2020 Philippines: Global Day of Action
November 30 was a Global Day of Action on the Philippines. The global trade union movement showed its solidarity with trade unionists and other activists who struggle for human rights and democracy in a country where both are in danger since the election of President Rodrigo Duterte in 2016.
Philippines: Global Day of Action