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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 26 November 2024 Education International leaders reaffirm commitment to ending gender-based violence
The Education International Executive Board joined the global mobilisation around the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence. The Education International leadership drew attention to various forms of gender-based violence, its causes and drivers, as well as the work and role of the education union movement in putting an end...
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Young members 26 November 2024 Empowering the next generation: Young educators in Africa
Education unions in Africa reflect a wide diversity of cultures, languages, and educational contexts where the voices of young educators are vital for shaping the future of education. Despite this richness, young educators continue to face significant challenges in participating in union activities and assuming leadership roles, limiting the capacity...
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Equity and inclusion 7 November 2024 Teachers mobilised to play their part in ending violence against children
The first-ever Global Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence against Children takes place in Bogota, Colombia on 7 and 8 November 2024. Education International is the voice of teachers in this critical meeting that brings together governments, children, young people, survivor, and civil society allies to unite behind a shared vision...
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Equity and inclusion 11 October 2024 Education voices | Teachers stand proud as allies for girls’ vision for the future
Marking the International Day of the Girl Child
On October 11, the International Day of the Girl Child, educators around the world reaffirm their commitment to advancing girls’ rights through education. This year’s theme, “Girls’ vision for the future” , highlights their potential to effect change and to build a world where all girls are protected, respected, and...
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Equity and inclusion 3 October 2024 Education unions mobilise for rights and gender equality in education
On September 26, education trade unionists from around the world came together to discuss the state of the anti-rights movement in education and strategies to oppose it in defence of rights and gender equality. A new report from ODI Global informed the debate.
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Equity and inclusion 28 July 2024 Unions continue to advance gender equality and equity in and through education
Achieving gender equality and equity in education and in unions continues to be a top priority for Education International member organisations. A new survey of 123 education unions from around the world reveals a strong union commitment and significant progress made, as well as challenges and areas for improvement to...
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Equity and inclusion EI 2024 Quadrennial Survey on Indigenous Peoples and the Right to Education
28 July 2024Since EI’s first World Congress in 1995, the education trade union movement has recognised the importance of solidarity with, and advocating for, the rights of Indigenous Peoples. This means in and through educational systems, but also extends to the broader world of work, in the fight for climate justice, land...
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Equity and inclusion Report on the 2024 Education International Quadrennial Gender Survey
28 July 2024This report outlines the findings of the Gender Equality and Equity survey covering the 2019-2023 period, the latest in EI’s Quadrennial Surveys on Gender Equality and Diversity. It is based on 123 responses to an online survey sent out to members (response rate of 33%) and 13 in-depth interviews with...
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Equity and inclusion 12 July 2024 Empowering women in education: The Arab Women Educators Network gears up
The Arab Women Educators Network (ArWEN) held its second meeting on June 8th-9th, 2024, charting a course for a future where gender equality is not just an ideal but a reality in the education sector.
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Leading the profession 5 July 2024 Empowerment at the forefront: Asia-Pacific women lead in education
The first Education International Asia-Pacific (EIAP) Regional Women’s Conference, titled “Sisters in Solidarity: Empowering Action and Leadership in Education Unions Across Asia-Pacific,” marked a significant milestone in the journey toward gender equality in education. From July 2nd to July 4th, 2024, women leaders, trade unionists, and youth from 42 member...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 May 2024 Education: a key battleground for anti-gender activists
Rachel Marcus
What do protests over gender-neutral school toilets in South Africa have to do with teachers being harassed in Brazil or curriculum changes in El Salvador ? In brief, they are all the result of mobilization against the perceived threat of ‘gender ideology’; these are just a few of the examples...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 May 2024 Union action for the rights of LGBTQI+ people: the experience of the CSQ
Julien Poirier
The trade union movement is no stranger to fighting for the rights, support and inclusion of LGBTQI+ people in Quebec. In this respect, the ongoing work of the Centrale des syndicats du Québec (CSQ) is of particular importance. Its contribution has stood out over the years. In addition to having...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 March 2024 The ‘sum total’: Reimagining early childhood care and education through a gender perspective on the profession
Mercedes Mayol Lassalle, Mathias Urban
‘Education’, suggested Austrian psychoanalyst Siegfried Bernfeld in 1925, ‘is the sum total of societal reaction to the fact of ontogenetic development’ (Bernfeld, 1973, 1925). His wide-ranging definition has profound implications as we endeavour to reimagine education for all in the 21st century: education begins at birth (‘ontogenetic development’), education is...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 15 March 2024 Teachers: key in keeping boys engaged in school and learning
Matthias Eck
Even though tremendous progress in enrolment has been made over the last 20 years, current estimates indicate that 250 million children and youth are still out of school. And over half of them – approximately 128 million – are boys.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 13 March 2024 Education unionists call for free quality public education to help end poverty for women and girls in all their diversity
The 68th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women takes place in New York from March 11th to the 22nd. The Commission is the most important global forum that works to advance gender equality and women’s rights and conditions, globally. A delegation of 17 women education...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 March 2024 Our fight for education is a fight for women’s rights
Susan Hopgood
The right to education means that every child must have access to free quality education, a well-supported, qualified teacher, and a quality learning environment no matter where they live or come from, no matter their gender, ethnicity, or how much their family earns. This is our mission as education unions...
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Equity and inclusion Gender, education, and a global view on the ‘crisis of care’
Saba Joshi
20 December 2023This policy brief focuses on the significance of care work in the global economy and the complexities of measuring its value, given its unpaid, invisible facets and the gendered nature of these forms of work. We seek to highlight the challenges educational professionals currently face and emphasize how the dynamics...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 November 2023 Education and schools are key to end gender-based violence
Isma Benboulerbah
According to the Violence Against Women & Girls Guide , developed by the World Bank, 818 million women worldwide have experienced physical or sexual partner violence or sexual violence by a non-partner. This is almost the total population of sub-Saharan Africa. On this International Day for the Elimination of Violence...
Education and schools are key to end gender-based violence