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Using Women's Power for Change: A Festival of Ideas, Experiences & Strategies to Advance Gender Equality in and through Education Unions

Report of the 4th Education International World Women’s Conference

Equity and inclusion Advancing gender equality in and through education

published 1 July 2022 updated 29 September 2025

Under the theme “Using Women’s Power for Change: A Festival of ideas, Experiences and Strategies to Advance Gender Equality in and Through Education”, the 4th Education International (EI) World Women’s Conference (WWC4) offered women education unionists a space for reflection, information sharing and exchange, and strategising across regions to advance gender equality in and through education, as well as in education unions.

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