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  1. Equity and inclusion 11 June 2026

    Education voices | Changing hearts and minds to end child labour and keep girls in school

    Ndakaziva Masinire

    To mark World Day against Child Labour, we are featuring the story of Ms Ndakaziva Masinire, Deputy Head of Goromokwa Primary School in Zimbabwe. She works to end child labour in her community and ensure girls are not deprived of their fundamental right to education, as part of a project...

    Education voices | Changing hearts and minds to end child labour and keep girls in school
  2. Climate action and literacy 5 June 2026

    School buildings and heatwaves: Defending education workers’ rights

    Cyril Verlingue

    Education unions around the world are taking action to protect the health and well-being of education staff and communities in the context of the worsening climate crisis. To mark World Environment Day, celebrated every year on 5 June, we are featuring the example of the French union SNES-FSU. More information...

    School buildings and heatwaves: Defending education workers’ rights
  3. Democracy 16 May 2026

    LGBTI workers’ rights: at the heart of democracy

    Claire Trevor

    As EI continues to defend and promote democracy, we must not forget that the fight for LGBTI rights is inseparable from the wider struggle for democracy, it cannot function without the full protection of universal human rights for all workers, without exception.

    LGBTI workers’ rights: at the heart of democracy
  4. Standards and working conditions 15 May 2026

    Education support personnel in public education in Mexico

    Francisco González Mena

    Mexico is one of the twenty-seven countries that form part of Education International in North America and the Caribbean. Mexico’s national union of education workers, the SNTE, is one of the world’s largest, with a total membership of 1.6 million active workers and 1 million retired workers. Of the former,...

    Education support personnel in public education in Mexico
  5. Standards and working conditions 13 May 2026

    The hidden crisis facing women who work in kitchens in Ghana’s pre-tertiary schools

    Theodora Dede Amanor

    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
  6. Equity and inclusion 5 May 2026

    Teachers are inspiring global action for racial justice in education

    David Archer, Zama Mthunzi, Jáfia Naftali Câmara, Sharon Walker, Arathi Sriprakash

    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
  7. Climate action and literacy 30 April 2026

    Why climate-resilient education systems start with educators

    Amy Wickham, Jennifer Ulrick, Rikke Kristiansen, Sarah Beardmore, Sean Storr

    Across the world, climate change is already disrupting education . Heatwaves force school closures. Floods damage classrooms and learning materials. Storms and droughts displace communities and interrupt schooling, often repeatedly.

    Why climate-resilient education systems start with educators
  8. Equity and inclusion 29 April 2026

    Indigenous Peoples need unions to Kimi Haeata/seek a new beginning

    Laures Park

    The education system of Aotearoa New Zealand was developed by the colonisers to meet the goals and outcomes of the majority and is racist for Māori and all other minorities. The situation in the Nordic countries, including Greenland, is similar. For the Sámi Nations and the Inuit in Greenland, the...

    Indigenous Peoples need unions to Kimi Haeata/seek a new beginning
  9. Democracy 28 April 2026

    Education under siege: Oppression, war, and the dream of freedom

    Esmail Abdi

    A safe classroom, enough chairs for students to sit on, safe drinking water. A living wage, free and fair education for all. Not a lot to ask. But these are exactly the things Iranian teachers and students are denied. I am Esmail Abdi—a teacher, a father, and a former political...

    Education under siege: Oppression, war, and the dream of freedom
  10. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 April 2026

    Reversing the austerity of joy in education

    Ed Harlow

    I am not someone who always wanted to be a teacher. I had no idea what I wanted to do when I finished my A-levels but generally felt that I’d be OK as long as I didn’t end up back in a school. But in my mid-20s, having worked in,...

    Reversing the austerity of joy in education
  11. Climate action and literacy 22 April 2026

    Building a climate resilient education system through union solidarity

    Lucas Amadeu Impuane

    Worlds of Education: How have teachers been impacted by the recent floods in Mozambique? The intense rains that occurred in December 2025 and January 2026 triggered widespread flooding. Overflowing rivers destroyed homes, damaged infrastructure, and massively displaced people.

    Building a climate resilient education system through union solidarity
  12. Equity and inclusion 8 April 2026

    Decolonising education in Africa: The role of education unions

    Dennis Sinyolo

    Many education systems in Africa still perpetuate the legacy of colonialism. As a result, many of our countries’ education systems still struggle to reflect African values, histories, cultures, languages, and the lived experiences of our continent’s citizens. Indigenous knowledge and wisdom are often pushed to the periphery of the curriculum,...

    Decolonising education in Africa: The role of education unions
  13. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 8 April 2026

    Elevate, support, and invest in the teaching profession

    Anand Singh

    We need 44 million more teachers globally by 2030. In Asia-Pacific alone, that figure is more than 16 million. This is not a projection to worry about later — it is an emergency we are living right now.

    Elevate, support, and invest in the teaching profession
  14. Equity and inclusion 30 March 2026

    United Nations Commission on the Status of Women: Recognizing the connections between our struggles and joining forces

    Tesa Fiddler

    There’s always something powerful about being in a space with women from all over the world, each carrying their own stories, responsibilities, and reasons for being there. You feel the weight of that, but also an understanding of shared strength in knowing you’re not alone in the work.

    United Nations Commission on the Status of Women: Recognizing the connections between our struggles and joining forces
  15. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 18 March 2026

    ISTP 2026: Reflections with Estonia in the mirror

    David Edwards

    As my flight lifted off from Tallinn after three extraordinary days at the International Summit on the Teaching Profession (ISTP) 2026, I closed my eyes, put in my earbuds, and pressed play on the work of Estonia’s beloved composer Arvo Pärt. Spiegel im Spiegel—“mirror in the mirror”—offered the perfect soundscape....

    ISTP 2026: Reflections with Estonia in the mirror
  16. Democracy 13 March 2026

    The future belongs to solidarity, not fear

    Mugwena Maluleke

    We are living through a geopolitical crisis and through a political crisis in which war, disinformation, and authoritarianism feed one another.

    The future belongs to solidarity, not fear
  17. Advancing gender equality in and through education 7 March 2026

    The African Women in Education Network: A catalyst for gender equality

    Agnès Béatrice Bikoko

    Gender equality is at the heart of Education International's work. Since its creation in 1993, EI has supported the establishment of women's networks between and among member organizations at the regional and sub-regional levels, in order to promote women's empowerment and leadership within EI member organizations and within EI structures...

    The African Women in Education Network: A catalyst for gender equality
  18. Trade union rights are human rights 3 March 2026

    The Education International Congress in Argentina: A legacy of strength and hope

    Romina Di Masi

    In 2024, my country, Argentina, was at the epicentre of global education: for one week, the World Congress of Education International (EI) brought together teachers, activists, and trade unionists from all around the globe. The energy was palpable. As a member of the ADIA union, which is part of the...

    The Education International Congress in Argentina: A legacy of strength and hope