Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4
22 January 2026
Education budget reform: Maximising the impact of education funding to ensure quality and equity in Indonesia
Unifah Rosyidi
Indonesia deserves recognition for making education a constitutional priority. This commitment reflects our country’s awareness of the fact that education is not merely a development sector, but the very foundation for human development, democracy, and citizenship. However, despite the state’s attention to education, the fundamental question remains: to what extent...
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.