Articles from Ukraine
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Democracy 24 February 2023 One year of solidarity with our colleagues, students, and all people of Ukraine
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, Education International launched an urgent action appeal calling on all member organisations to stand with and support our colleagues in Ukraine. Education unions from across the world responded. One year on, our solidarity is unwavering.
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Democracy 30 November 2022 #16Days | I was less afraid of a russian missile than of a russian soldier: Sexual violence as a weapon of war in Ukraine
Kateryna Maliuta-Osaulova
The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 marked the beginning of a collective nightmare. Attacks against civilians, including sexual violence against women and girls have been used as part of the campaign of terror to intimidate the population. This first-hand account from Ukraine details the horrors war unleashed but...
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Democracy 21 October 2022 Solidarity with Ukraine: Education unionists from the United States and Poland meet with colleagues in Ukraine
On October 11-12, 2022, a delegation of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and of the Polish education trade union ZNP visited Ukraine at the invitation of the Trade Union of Education and Science Workers of Ukraine (TUESWU). AFT President and Education International Executive Board Member Randi Weingarten headed the...
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Democracy 5 September 2022 Polish educators in full solidarity with Ukrainian colleagues and children
From hosting refugees in union buildings, to organising donations, volunteering at border crossings and reception centres and organising classes for children, education unions and their members in Poland have shown great solidarity with those fleeing the war raging in the neighbouring country of Ukraine.
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Trade union rights are human rights 30 August 2022 Ukraine: Trade unions strongly oppose new law that undermines labour rights, collective bargaining, and democracy
A new law deprives as many as 70% of Ukrainian workers of labour protections, including their collective bargaining rights. Trade unions in Ukraine, including Education International member organisation, the Trade Union of Education and Science Workers of Ukraine, are dismayed at this push to undermine the rights of workers in...
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Democracy 25 August 2022 Ukraine: Education International condemns Russian attacks against teachers and education in occupied territories
In a horrific effort to rewrite history and indoctrinate, Russian forces are cracking down on teachers and education in occupied territories in Ukraine. According to Serhiy Shkarlet, Ukraine’s Minister of Education and Science, the Russian army is burning Ukrainian books and threatening, arresting, and torturing teachers in the Kherson region...
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Standards and working conditions 3 August 2022 Romanian unionists unite and take action to support Ukrainian educators and students
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Fédération des Syndicats Libres de l'Enseignement (FSLE) of Romania has been undertaking many activities in solidarity with Ukrainian colleagues and children. Romanian educators are working as volunteers making sure schools are ready to receive Ukrainian students and organising rapid training for teachers to...
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Equity and inclusion 10 May 2022 Ukraine: Education unions, national and local authorities, and international organisations mobilise to ensure access to education for all refugee students
Education unions from Ukraine and other European countries, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, local authorities in neighbouring countries, and international organisations came together in Warsaw on May 3 and 4, to step up collaboration to ensure that education continues for all Ukrainian refugee students.
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Democracy 11 March 2022 War in Europe: Unions must stand together to defend democracy
Fred van Leeuwen
"We know that they lie; They know that they lie; They know that we know that they lie; We know that they know that we know that they lie; And yet they persist lying." Aleksandr Isajevitsj Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008)
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Equity and inclusion 11 March 2022 Protecting the rights and dignity of all refugees
Joint EI-ETUCE statement on Ukraine's refugee crisis
The global turmoil of recent decades causing crises, conflicts, and wars and the consequences of climate change worldwide have led to millions of individuals fleeing their countries in search of safety and shelter.
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Democracy 28 February 2022 Ukraine: Education unions from around the world stand in solidarity
Education unions from around the world have expressed their solidarity with the people of Ukraine and have condemned the Russian invasion of the country.
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Democracy 24 February 2022 Educators around the world stand with the people of Ukraine and condemn Russia’s act of war
Joint EI-ETUCE statement on Ukraine
Ignoring global pleas for peace and diplomacy, Russia has launched an unjustifiable full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Education International stands in solidarity with the teachers, students, and people of Ukraine and calls on the international community to stop the bloodshed and do their utmost to avoid a catastrophic humanitarian crisis in...
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Democracy 22 February 2022 Educators around the world stand with Ukraine and call for peace
As the already fragile situation at the border between Ukraine and Russia further deteriorates, Education International calls for immediate de-escalation and a diplomatic solution to secure a lasting peace.
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Trade union rights are human rights 2 July 2020 Anti-worker legislation delayed in Ukraine following mass protests
In a series of warning protests on 30 June, trade unions from all sectors, including education, mobilised against proposed changes in labour law violating freedom of association, the right to organise, and the right to collective bargaining. Trade union activists demonstrated in major cities to demand that the government shelve...
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Union growth 25 February 2020 Ukraine: unions step up action against labour reform
Trade unions in Ukraine are opposing a reform of the labour law that puts such basic workers’ rights as freedom of association and collective bargaining at grave risk. The dangerous provisions apply to workers and their trade unions in both public and private sectors.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 May 2018 Go for it! The Bologna ministerial summit in Paris, by Andreas Keller
Andreas Keller
Isn’ it ironic? 50 years ago, in May 1968, students in Paris were going to the barricades and aspiring to a societal revolution – and initiated an overdue reform of higher education almost throughout Europe eventually. Today, in May 2018, ministers in charge of higher education from 48 countries belonging...
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Equity and inclusion 15 March 2018 “What Europe can do for refugees and migrants’ education” by Silvia Costa MEP
Silvia Costa
Refugees and migrants education, especially minors, is a top priority, the best way to empower them and foster their integration, but also one of the principles on which the EU is funded. It is incredible, though, that education of migrants - especially forced migrants and refugees - seems to be...
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Future of work in education 7 June 2017 Ukraine: education unionists deepen commitment to a values-based education
Interactive activities, lively discussions and stirring speeches set the tone for a professional development workshop that brought together teacher union activists from all over Ukraine to explore ways of relaying democratic values in their teaching practice.
Ukraine: education unionists deepen commitment to a values-based education