Plan International’s Leila Asrari, for The Global Working group to #EndSRGBV, draws attention to the pivotal role teachers can play when it comes to ending violence in schools.
The blogpost is available here
For four days in Saint Lucia, young teacher trade unionists from across the Caribbean shared ideas, debated challenges, built new connections, and reflected on the future of their unions.
Caribbean Union of Teachers and Education International bring young educators together to build leadership skills and regional solidarity
My name is Areej Awadallah, a geography teacher who does not merely draw borders on maps but strives to instil identity in the minds of her students. Today, I stand before you to share chapters from a story that reflects the reality of every teacher in Palestine—a story where anxiety...
Negotiating military checkpoints just to get to school: the daily struggle of a Palestinian teacher
They feed thousands. Who cares for them? Every morning before the first bell rings and the first lesson starts, a group of women are already on the job at Ghana’s schools. They light fires, lift heavy pots, chop vegetables and cook meals for thousands of students across the country. By...
The hidden crisis facing women who work in kitchens in Ghana’s pre-tertiary schools
Currently, women and LGBTI people in Poland face a very difficult situation. However, it would be wrong and short-sighted to see attacks on women or LGBTI people as the problem of a single country or of one radically conservative government that seeks to establish an authoritarian regime. Poland is not...
"Today, solidarity with women is a fight for democracy”, by Sławomir Broniarz.
The Federaçao Caboverdiana dos Professores (FECAP) in Cape Verde is campaigning to provide educators with sufficient tools to fight the COVID-19 outbreak and gender-based violence in education institutions.
Cape Verde: No to COVID-19 and gender-based violence in schools!
A blogpost posted on the GEM Report blog on 24 November 2017 and launched for the occasion of #16DaysofActivism, stresses that among the many factors contributing to school-related violence towards children and adolescents, the gender dimension is one of the most significant, and teachers’ central role as conduits for change,...
Teachers are central to any effective response to school-related gender-based violence