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To celebrate women around the world, Education International and its affiliates are throwing the spotlight on the role that unions play as key actors working to advance the rights and economic empowerment of women.

From emotional support to preparing students for future careers, Canada’s school counsellors are experiencing a shift in school practice to see them increasingly become more integral to the lives of young people.

In every school teams of education support personnel work alongside teachers to ensure that all students have the opportunity of a quality education, but too often their work and contributions remain out of sight.

The Centrale des syndicats du Québec is celebrating the work and commitment of the province’s education support personnel, who are integral to transforming schools into communities and greatly contribute to students’ success.

The idea of schools as a communities that support the whole child is reaffirmed as study after study continue to highlight the importance of education support personnel in boosting learning outcomes for students.

The educaction community in the United States highlights a worrying trend: shrinking budgets or ending grant money push Education Support Personnel (ESP) into unemployment, reducing overall education employee capacity.

Education International’s (EI) newly established task force on Education Support Personnel met for the first time in Brussels on 28-29 January 2014. The task force, composed of representatives of 10 affiliates, will advise EI on issues around the status, rights and conditions of education support personnel.