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
Racism is a global – and arguably growing – problem. And yet, programmes for anti-racist educational practice are rarely prioritised and sustained in national and global policy agendas.
Teachers are inspiring global action for racial justice in education
As the people of Iran continue to suffer repression at the hands of the regime and the devastation caused by an unjust war, Iranian teachers and trade unionists are calling for international solidarity. Follow the latest from Iran's education trade union community below!
Solidarity with the people of Iran
The North Asia Network (NAN) convened for its first ever face-to-face meeting in Taipei on 23–24 April, marking a historic milestone for the sub-region. Education International, affiliates from North Asia came together for the first time as a structured network, a significant step forward in regional solidarity and collective action.
North Asia Network of educators joins forces for democratic, resilient, and truly representative unions
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