Nepal: Education unions unite for transformative gender justice
Education International (EI) affiliates in Nepal came together in the capital city Kathmandu for a three-day Gender Justice Training, aimed at strengthening union capacity to promote gender equality and end gender-based discrimination in the education sector.
Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4
7 November 2025
Japan: Urgent action needed to reduce teachers’ workload and increase education funding
Japan Teachers’ Union (JTU) brought together education stakeholders to discuss the concerning findings of TALIS 2024 regarding teachers’ difficult working conditions, especially the excessive workload, that fuel the teacher shortage in the country.
France: unions form massive common front to fight austerity and defend high-quality, inclusive education
Responding to a call to strike issued by a broad alliance of unions, on 18 September French education workers mobilised in massive numbers against the budget proposals presented by the François Bayrou government, which has since resigned following the National Assembly’s vote of no confidence. The workers denounced the proposed...
Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4
5 October 2019
#youngteachers “I owe my union activism to my students”, by Anthony Dowling (TUI, Ireland).
Anthony Dowling
If you are passing through Glasnevin Cemetery on the outskirts of Dublin City Centre, you may come across the noticeable yet simple gravestone of James Larkin. Engraved on it is ‘James Larkin 1876-1947, The Labour Leader’. Larkin’s Gravestone may be simple but the legacy he left behind is much more...