Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4
17 December 2025
Prioritizing teacher pay in crisis: global challenges and opportunities
Education International took an active part in the 2025 Global Refugee Forum Progress Review, advocating for the global education community to prioritize teachers in contexts affected by crisis and displacement, building upon new research on international donor support for teacher salaries.
Asia-Pacific: Top union leaders reaffirm commitment to defend academic freedom as a cornerstone of democracy
Growing threats to academic freedom and institutional autonomy require education unions to chart collective strategies for their defense. At the Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Academic Freedom and Democracy, unions shared insights and mapped the way forward.
Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4
18 February 2021
Iraq: Academics’ freedom and trade union rights under attack
The Association of Iraqi Academics (AIA) has warned against the abrogation of the law allowing Iraqi academics to perform trade union activities. It has also called for solidarity with them and support for their rights of association and organisation.