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  1. Equity and inclusion 1 August 2017

    UN Global Compact on migration must put workers and education rights first

    Education International has called for the human, trade union and education rights of migrant children, teachers and education support personnel to be at the core of a new United Nations Global Compact on migration.

    UN Global Compact on migration must put workers and education rights first
  2. Equity and inclusion 29 June 2017

    German Union Supports Teachers Facing Traumatised Refugee Children and Young People

    As part of the response to teaching hundreds of thousands of newly arrived refugee children, the GEW has organised a series of workshops this year to support teachers and other education workers facing children with special psychological needs, such as trauma caused by the experience of war and the long...

    German Union Supports Teachers Facing Traumatised Refugee Children and Young People
  3. Equity and inclusion 29 June 2017

    EIS (UK) supports teachers to deconstruct myths on immigration

    Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS), EI affiliate and Scotland’s largest education trade union, has created a series of guides for teachers and lecturers on how to address myths of immigration in the classroom. The union made available three different guides depending on age range to provide support to teachers to...

    EIS (UK) supports teachers to deconstruct myths on immigration
  4. Equity and inclusion 29 June 2017

    In Vitoria (Spain), FECCOO supports teachers working in a multicultural context

    The scope of the project called "My school is an intercultural world map in which we all learn better" is to develop teacher training activities, in order to improve the quality of day-to-day interactions with students from different cultural backgrounds.

    In Vitoria (Spain), FECCOO supports teachers working in a multicultural context
  5. Equity and inclusion 29 June 2017

    GEW and partners denounce the state of refugees’ education in Bremen, Germany

    In a public event organized on 29 May 2017, the Bremen Education Union (GEW – LV Bremen) and the Bremen Refugee Council (Flüchtlingsrat Bremen) have criticised the lack of school places for hundreds of young refugees in Bremen. Despite the right to an education, and the legal requirement under German...

    GEW and partners denounce the state of refugees’ education in Bremen, Germany
  6. Equity and inclusion 20 June 2017

    Quality public education for refugees needed more than ever

    With the number of forcibly displaced people at its highest in history, World Refugee Day reveals the urgent need for sustainable investment in public education to see that millions of children can access quality learning.

    Quality public education for refugees needed more than ever
  7. Trade union rights are human rights 4 May 2017

    From the classroom to the world and back: educators take on a global perspective

    In a search for solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing people around the world, the second day of the Unite Conference in Rotterdam looked to build bridges from schools to politicians to policies.

    From the classroom to the world and back: educators take on a global perspective
  8. Fighting the commercialisation of education 12 April 2017

    The Syrian refugee crisis is promoting a surge in privatisation

    The interplay between crisis and private profit in the education sector is highlighted in a new study that focuses on the refugee crisis in Syria and the access to education of almost one million displaced children.

    The Syrian refugee crisis is promoting a surge in privatisation
  9. Equity and inclusion 24 March 2017

    In Germany, education union GEW mobilised against racism

    For many years, the education trade union Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft (GEW) has been supporting the "Internationale Wochen gegen Rassismus " (International Weeks against Racism), by calling local members to take action.

    In Germany, education union GEW mobilised against racism
  10. Equity and inclusion 23 March 2017

    21 March: In the US, NEA fighting school bullying and harassment against migrants

    "What should I do if a classmate bullies or harasses me because he or she believes I am undocumented?", " What do I do if I see a student being bullied or harassed because they are Latino or an immigrant?": here are some of the questions that might remain unanswered...

    21 March: In the US, NEA fighting school bullying and harassment against migrants
  11. Equity and inclusion 17 February 2017

    #1DayWithoutUs in the UK: UCU celebrates migrants' contribution

    20 February is United Nations World Day of Social Justice and the University and College Union is supporting the One Day Without Us mobilisation which invites supporters to celebrate the contribution migrants make by taking part in a unifying action: at 1pm all migrants and their supporters are invited to...

    #1DayWithoutUs in the UK: UCU celebrates migrants' contribution
  12. Equity and inclusion 16 February 2017

    Australian academics launch petition to protest US Executive Order

    The National Tertiary Education Union condemns US president Donald Trump’s executive order suspending visas for nationals from seven Muslim majority countries. It shared the concerns raised by academic and university communities worldwide that this extreme order poses a direct threat to intellectual and academic freedom, and academic exchange and collaboration.The...

    Australian academics launch petition to protest US Executive Order
  13. Equity and inclusion 8 February 2017

    FECCOO (Spain) invites students to put themselves in refugees' shoes

    As part of its efforts to advocate for migrants’ and refugees’ rights in Spain, the Federación Estatal de Enseñanza de Comisiones Obreras (FECCOO) is carrying out a series of school-based capacity building projects, in collaboration with three education institutions in Catalonia, the Basque and the Valencian Communities. The different activities...

    FECCOO (Spain) invites students to put themselves in refugees' shoes
  14. Equity and inclusion 30 January 2017

    Education International stands up against U.S. immigration ban

    Opposition to the new administration’s policies has been fierce and swift at home and abroad with Education International and its affiliates supporting their American colleagues as they fight a slew of right wing initiatives.

    Education International stands up against U.S. immigration ban
  15. Equity and inclusion 22 January 2017

    Public education crucial to integrating migrant and refugee children

    As is the case with many human crisis and natural disasters, private industries look to quickly capitalise, which is why major efforts continue to ensure that refugee and migrant children receive a quality public education.

    Public education crucial to integrating migrant and refugee children