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  1. Equity and inclusion 2 July 2025

    From private failures to public futures: Why FFD4 must Go Public

    David Edwards

    For over a decade, Education International has warned that the World Bank's “Billions to Trillions ” agenda—a strategy to leverage small amounts of public money to attract private investment for development— would prioritize private profit over public need. We were dismissed as ideological, anti-market, unrealistic. Then came the evidence.

    From private failures to public futures: Why FFD4 must Go Public
  2. Equity and inclusion 30 June 2025

    Not the exception, but essential: Teachers with disabilities in mainstream classrooms

    Nidhi Singal

    Where are the teachers with disabilities in our classrooms? A question I often ask my audience is: “How many of you were taught by a teacher who identified as having a disability during your school years?” In a room of 50–60 people, usually only one or two hands go up.

    Not the exception, but essential: Teachers with disabilities in mainstream classrooms
  3. Equity and inclusion 25 June 2025

    Standing together against attacks on disabled workers in the UK

    Lena Davies

    Against a backdrop of increasing cuts and attacks to vital support for disabled people, NASUWT is continuing to be part of the fight back to ensure disabled teachers can live and work with dignity.

    Standing together against attacks on disabled workers in the UK
  4. Equity and inclusion 19 June 2025

    Supporting Ukrainian refugee teachers in Ireland

    Rory Mc Daid

    The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 prompted an unprecedented response from the European Union (EU), activating the Temporary Protection Directive, which offers displaced persons rights to residence, employment and education. Among the 5.8 million displaced Ukrainians are approximately 22,000 teachers (Stolarski, 2024). While much has been written about...

    Supporting Ukrainian refugee teachers in Ireland
  5. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 11 June 2025

    Education voices | How a union is mobilising communities against child labour in Burundi

    Rémy Nsengiyumva

    Since 2021, projects run by the STEB education workers’ union of Burundi have enabled more than 900 former child workers to return to school. Remy Nsengiyumva, President of the STEB, reflects on the strategies used in these projects supported by Education International, the AOb, NEA, GEW Fair Childhood Foundation, and...

    Education voices | How a union is mobilising communities against child labour in Burundi
  6. Equity and inclusion 16 May 2025

    Challenging LGBTQ+ discrimination: The fight goes on

    Phil Siddle

    In recent years, the UK has made meaningful progress on LGBTQ+ rights, with improvements in both legal protections and public attitudes. However, this progress is now under threat. Around the world, anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric and legislation are growing—and the UK is not immune. The recent Supreme Court ruling that trans women...

    Challenging LGBTQ+ discrimination: The fight goes on
  7. Democracy 8 May 2025

    Higher education under attack

    Randi Weingarten

    President Donald Trump has declared war on America’s colleges and universities, demanding they bow to his demands on what they can teach and whom they can admit or hire. Trump’s illegal and autocratic actions are tantamount to a war on knowledge intended to force schools to bend the knee to...

    Higher education under attack
  8. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 April 2025

    Teacher compensation in South Sudan: The human cost of underinvestment

    Mading Peter Angong, Sarah Etzel, Whitney Hough, Mary Mendenhall, Kemigisha Richardson, Tiffany Tryon, Malok Mading Wol

    Teachers in South Sudan are the foundation of the education system, providing critical support in one of the most challenging environments globally. Despite their indispensable role, they face widespread financial instability, chronic delays in salary payments, and wages that are far below a livable standard. These issues destabilize the education...

    Teacher compensation in South Sudan: The human cost of underinvestment
  9. Democracy 25 April 2025

    The 25th of April and the paths of the teaching profession in Portugal

    Almerindo Janela Afonso

    The 25th of April, forever! This is the rallying cry of those who continue to believe in the key promises of our democratic revolution of 25th April 1974. In recent years, contrary to what the utopias of the revolutionary process promised, the idea of emancipation has been forgotten or has...

    The 25th of April and the paths of the teaching profession in Portugal
  10. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 April 2025

    Teachers at the heart of climate justice: Addressing the crisis in Philippine schools

    Ruby Bernardo

    “These are not new problems; they are the result of decades of neglect in the education sector, now magnified by the escalating climate crisis. If we continue to ignore these urgent issues, our schools will remain not just ill-equipped for learning, but hazardous places for both students and teachers.”

    Teachers at the heart of climate justice: Addressing the crisis in Philippine schools
  11. Climate action and literacy 21 April 2025

    A vision for greener schools: How unions are leading the charge for climate justice in the United States

    Adrienne Coles

    Climate change is a pressing global issue, yet achieving international consensus on enforceable action remains a significant challenge. In the United States, climate policy is often dictated by the political party in power at the federal level, leading to inconsistent progress. Given the current political landscape, substantial federal action on...

    A vision for greener schools: How unions are leading the charge for climate justice in the United States
  12. Equity and inclusion 7 April 2025

    A treaty to protect teaching

    Miriam Socolovsky

    For many years Education International has been following the discussions being held within the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights of the World Intellectual Property Organization (SCCR/WIPO) regarding limitations and exceptions to copyright for libraries, archives and educational institutions. There are times when it seems progress is being made,...

    A treaty to protect teaching
  13. Equity and inclusion 28 March 2025

    Empowering educators with disabilities: The Japan Teachers' Union's commitment to inclusive education

    Mariko Takamatsu

    Oshima Island, where I work, is a 25-minute ferry ride away from the Fukuoka port, has a circumference of about 15 km, and a population of about 700. Surrounded by the sea on all sides, the island is blessed with abundant marine resources and a thriving fishing industry. The school...

    Empowering educators with disabilities: The Japan Teachers' Union's commitment to inclusive education
  14. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 27 March 2025

    Tackling the teacher shortage crisis in the Commonwealth

    Oliver Mawhinney

    44 million teachers are need globally by 2030 – a shortage that affects developing and developed countries alike, as demonstrated across the Commonwealth.

    Tackling the teacher shortage crisis in the Commonwealth
  15. Equity and inclusion 21 March 2025

    Hair discrimination and cultural bias in South Africa’s education sector

    Nomarashiya Dolly Caluza

    As a young, South African girlchild, I experienced elements of hair discrimination at school and in my community. I attended African schools taught by African teachers. Our teachers discouraged us from wearing our hair long, claiming that our hair did not look “clean”, forcing us to either keep it short...

    Hair discrimination and cultural bias in South Africa’s education sector
  16. Equity and inclusion 7 March 2025

    Education Voices | Haldis Holst on patient and persistent activism for women’s rights

    Haldis Holst

    Haldis Holst is Education International’s Deputy General Secretary and leads EI’s equity work. As a teacher, a union leader, and a feminist, Haldis has championed women’s rights in and through education and education unions, working at all levels, from small communities in her native Norway all the way to the...

    Education Voices | Haldis Holst on patient and persistent activism for women’s rights
  17. Standards and working conditions 24 February 2025

    Fired for speaking up against a dictatorial Vice Chancellor

    Tamara Osborne-Naikatini

    Working as a Biology lecturer at the University of the South Pacific (USP) has always been a labour of love for me. Spread over thousands of kilometers of oceanic expanse and hundreds of lush tropical islands, spanning twelve countries in the (generally) South Pacific region, the university’s domain is truly...

    Fired for speaking up against a dictatorial Vice Chancellor
  18. Standards and working conditions 12 February 2025

    Nordic academic freedom under threat

    Jon W. Iddeng

    All democratic societies rely on facts and scientific evidence for societal decision-making. Academic freedom ensures that researchers and educators at universities can provide this evidence. These institutions have a special responsibility to meet society's need for basic, curiosity-driven research, to maintain a broad knowledge readiness, and to serve as a...

    Nordic academic freedom under threat