Education support personnel and education unions unite for gender justice
This year’s World Education Support Personnel (ESP) Day, May 16th, is an opportunity to celebrate, thank, and organise alongside ESP. Education International (EI) and its member organisations are focusing on gender justice in 2026. This reflects a structural reality across education systems worldwide: education support roles are highly feminised, systematically...
Belgium: trade unions and civil society stand united against rising energy prices and government reforms
Rising energy prices and the anti-social reforms put forward by the federal “Arizona” coalition government prompted tens of thousands of people to respond to the call from Belgium’s joint trade union front, formed by the CSC, FGTB, and CGSLB.
Effective school leadership should top global and national policy agendas
Supporting quality, inclusive and supportive school leadership should at the top of global and national development and education policy agendas. This was the call from education union officials, school leaders, educational leadership experts, policy makers and partners at the school leadership conference organized by Education International in Johannesburg, South Africa...