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
At the closing forum of Mongolia’s Go Public! Fund Education campaign held in the capital city, Ulaanbaatar, education unionists and stakeholders reaffirmed their shared commitment to strengthening public education, investing in teachers, and advancing social dialogue.
Building union power, winning for public education: Mongolia's Go Public! story
Turkish authorities launched a wave of raids and detentions targeting LGBTI+ organisations, activists, trade union members and human rights defenders. Media reports indicate that dozens of people are being held in detention. According to a statement issued by the Minister of Justice , legal proceedings have been initiated against more...
Global Unions express their unwavering solidarity with LGBTI+ organisations, activists and human rights defenders in Türkiye
Education International is profoundly saddened and shaken by the sudden passing of Piliswa Maqokolo, a delegate from the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (SADTU) and participant in the 5th Education International World Women’s Conference.
Education International mourns the passing of Piliswa Maqokolo
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