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Equity and inclusion 14 June 2021 No one is safe until everyone is safe
Take action for universal access to COVID-19 vaccines, medical products and technologies!
With a few high-income countries taking over most of the global vaccine supply, the rest of the world is left fighting new waves of the COVID-19 pandemic without essential tools. In the meantime, new variants of the virus are threatening to send us all back to square one.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 Effective and Equitable Educational Recovery | 10 Principles
Education International and the OECD
28 April 2021Effective and Equitable Educational Recovery | 10 PrinciplesThe COVID-19 pandemic has led to the frequent closure of school buildings in most countries in the world and has interrupted the school attendance of at least 1.2 billion students in 2020 and 2021. Although many education systems have been able to adapt in varying degrees, the pandemic has shown...
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Trade union rights are human rights 14 December 2020 Education International and UNESCO call for educators to be considered a priority group in COVID-19 vaccinations
Today, on the 60th anniversary of the Convention that promotes the universal right to education, Education International and UNESCO published a joint message calling on governments and the international community to consider teachers and education support personnel as a priority group in COVID-19 vaccination efforts. The call came as some...
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Equity and inclusion Auditing Educational Equity in Light of the Covid-19 Pandemic
A Guide for Education Unions
3 December 2020Auditing Educational Equity in Light of the Covid-19 PandemicThe COVID-19 pandemic has led to unprecedented school closures that have affected over 1.5 billion students worldwide. However, the impact of the pandemic has not been equal, with vulnerable and disadvantaged students disproportionately affected by the resulting global crisis in teaching and learning.
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Standards and working conditions Forward to School: Guidance, Considerations and Resources for and from Education Unions to Inform Decision-Making in Times of Covid-19
30 July 2020Forward to School: Guidance, Considerations and Resources for and from Education Unions to Inform Decision-Making in Times of Covid-19Forward to School provides a wealth of resources to inform the response of education unions in this next stage of the Covid-19 education crisis. It features information, research and, most importantly, examples of union actions in more than 50 countries across all regions.
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Standards and working conditions EI Guidance to Reopening Schools and Education Institutions
30 April 2020EI Guidance to Reopening Schools and Education InstitutionsWith schools and education institutions closed in a majority of countries, there are critical issues for governments to take into consideration, as countries gradually begin to re-open early childhood institutions, schools and higher education institutions. It is imperative that governments communicate transparently and continuously about the plans for reopening onsite...
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Standards and working conditions Guiding principles on the COVID-19 pandemic
27 March 2020Guiding principles on the COVID-19 pandemicThe following principles and recommendations should guide the responses of education unions, governments and partners to COVID-19.