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
Rising debt burdens across much of the world are forcing developing countries to cut back on education with alarming consequences, according to a new United Nations report .
New study: Nearly half the world's population live in countries which spend more on debt than health and education
Solidarity and emergency support by Education International (EI) and its member organisations have made a concrete difference for Palestinian teachers displaced by war, enabling them to continue supporting students and upholding the right to education under extraordinarily difficult circumstances.
Keeping education alive in exile: Palestinian teachers supported by global union solidarity
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The hidden crisis facing women who work in kitchens in Ghana’s pre-tertiary schools
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"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