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We are Education International. We are over 33 million teachers and education workers across 180 countries and territories. We educate the world. In our classrooms, in our schools and universities, in our communities, we stand together for public education, for our profession, for people and planet.

In the face of a war across the Middle East which continues to destroy lives, communities, and education systems. Education International (EI) calls for an immediate and sustained ceasefire, full de‑escalation of hostilities, and the protection of students, teachers, and education workers across the region.

While women represent a significant share of the education workforce across the Arab region, this reality is not reflected in union leadership structures. The Arab Women in Education Network (ArWEN) was designed to respond to this imbalance by placing gender justice at the centre of union capacity building. It recognises...

Under repression and war in Palestine, teachers are the backbone of the education system and the international solidarity of education unions continues to be a lifeline for many. In Palestine, teachers have not received their salaries for more than 15 months due to withheld public incomes by the Israeli government....

The undersigned Global Unions call for a permanent and sustainable ceasefire across the Middle East and an immediate end to the relentless cycle of war and militarism that continues to exact a devastating toll on civilians, workers, and entire communities.

Education International (EI) brought together education unionists from across the globe for a solidarity webinar with member organisations impacted by the war in the Middle East. During the online gathering, which featured teachers and unionists directly impacted by the war, EI members reiterated a call for an immediate ceasefire, the...

Teachers in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq have endured years of late, reduced, or missing salaries. Kurdistan Teachers’ Union (KTU) President Abdulwahed Mohammed Haje says the crisis has become a never ending “Tale of One Thousand and One Nights” and calls on the Kurdistan Regional Government to remedy the injustice...

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

This International Women’s Day and every day, Education International reaffirms our unwavering commitment to the fundamental rights of women and girls in all their diversity.

Gaza’s education sector remains in one of the gravest crises in its modern history. After more than two years of war and genocide, Gaza’s schooling system stands “on the brink of collapse,” with over 97% of schools damaged or destroyed and the majority of the region’s 658,000 school‑age children having...

The undersigned Global Union Federations (GUFs) condemn the recent military attacks carried out by the United States and Israel against Iran, including air strikes that have resulted in civilian deaths, injuries, and the destruction of critical public infrastructure — among them schools and medical facilities.

To tackle issues facing educators and the education system, the Kurdistan Teachers’ Union (KTU) organised a seminar entitled “The Obstacles Facing the Educational Process in the Kurdistan Region”.

Education International (EI) urgently calls on all member organisations to take action in response to the rapidly deteriorating situation in Northeast Syria and the severe threats facing teachers, students, unionists, and the entire education system established in Rojava, Syria.

Follow the latest developments from the Union of Teachers of North and East Syria (UTNES) below! The Union of Teachers of North and East Syria (UTNES), EI affiliate representing more than 40,000 education workers, has been instrumental in supporting a pluralistic, democratic, and inclusive education system in Rojava, the Kurdish-majority...

Education International strongly condemns the decision by the Israeli occupation authorities to prevent a delegation of education leaders from entering Palestine, detaining delegation members for hours, subjecting them to interrogation, confiscating their passports, and forcibly returning them to Jordan.

Education International (EI) demands the immediate and unconditional release of three Yemeni teachers, Ismail Mohammed Abu al-Ghaith, Saghir Fareh, and Abdulaziz Al-Uqeili, who face imminent execution by the Houthi authorities in Yemen. The three teachers, who are members of the EI-affiliated Yemeni Teachers’ Syndicate, have been arbitrarily sentenced to death...

Following recent armed clashes in Aleppo that endangered civilians and denied thousands of children their right to safe education, Education International (EI) calls for an immediate end to violence and urges Syrian authorities and the international community to make education a central pillar of recovery and reconstruction efforts.