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Publications

  1. Equity and inclusion

    Statement by the global labour movement on the United Nations Secretary General’s Biennial Report on the Implementation of the Global Compact for Migration

    5 December 2024

    On 5 December 2024, United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, presents to the UN General Assembly his 3rd biennial report on the implementation of the Global Compact on Migration. The report also includes a limited set of indicators to assist reviews of the Compact alongside a strategy for improving disaggregated...

    Statement by the global labour movement on the United Nations Secretary General’s Biennial Report on the Implementation of the Global Compact for Migration
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  2. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4

    Activating the recommendations related to teachers in early childhood education

    The United Nations High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession Recommendations

    17 July 2024

    The High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession was convened by the United Nations Secretary General in response to the global teacher shortage. Tasked with providing policy advice for governments to ensure that every child’s right to a professionally-trained, qualified, and well-supported teacher is fulfilled, the Panel identified 59 recommendations .

    Activating the recommendations related to teachers in early childhood education
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  3. Standards and working conditions

    Activating the recommendations on teacher well-being

    The United Nations High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession Recommendations

    8 July 2024

    The High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession recognises that “teachers need to work in a climate of security, support, well-being and decent working conditions”. It calls for comprehensive national teacher policies to address teacher well-being and for multi-stakeholder national commissions to be established. The commissions should address workload and well-being...

    Activating the recommendations on teacher well-being
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  4. Standards and working conditions

    Teacher and Education Support Personnel Well-being - Vital for Education

    Policy Brief

    8 July 2024

    This Briefing outlines the importance of teacher and education support personnel (ESP) wellbeing to high quality education. It sets out a road map for education unions and their members on how to ensure that educational jurisdictions put in place practical strategies for enhancing the wellbeing of all teachers and ESP....

    Teacher and Education Support Personnel Well-being - Vital for Education
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  5. Standards and working conditions

    Activating the recommendations for higher education

    The United Nations High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession Recommendations

    3 July 2024

    The High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession was convened by the United Nations Secretary General and brought together academics, ministers of education and labour, former presidents, employers’ organisations, teachers and students and their unions.

    Activating the recommendations for higher education
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  6. Equity and inclusion

    Impact on Afghan Teachers of the Restrictions on the Right to Learn and to Teach

    Research on Teachers’ Status and Working Conditions in Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan

    14 June 2024

    From March to May of 2023, Education International and one of its member organisations in Afghanistan, the National Teacher Elected Council (NTEC), conducted a survey among the country’s teachers. The findings paint a bleak picture, revealing the impact of Taliban policy on Afghanistan’s teachers, students, and education system.

    Impact on Afghan Teachers of the Restrictions on the Right to Learn and to Teach
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  7. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4

    Activating the recommendations on teachers in crisis contexts

    United Nations High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession recommendations

    22 May 2024

    The High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession was convened by the United Nations Secretary General in response to the global teacher shortage. Tasked with providing policy advice for governments to ensure that every child’s right to a professionally-trained, qualified, and well-supported teacher is fulfilled, the Panel identified 59 recommendations.

    Activating the recommendations on teachers in crisis contexts
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  8. Future of work in education

    International Summit of the Teaching Profession 2024: Reimagining Education, Realising Potential

    A Briefing by Education International

    21 April 2024

    From 22 to 24 April 2024, the 14th edition of the International Summit on the Teaching Profession brings together governments and education unions from 19 countries to explore the theme “Reimagining Education, Realising Potential”

    International Summit of the Teaching Profession 2024: Reimagining Education, Realising Potential
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    2. A Briefing by Education International
  9. Future of work in education

    Activating the Recommendations of the UN High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession

    A Guide for Education Unions

    3 April 2024

    The High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession was convened by the United Nations Secretary-General in response to the global teacher shortage. The Panel brought together academics, ministers, former presidents, teachers and students and their unions.

    Activating the Recommendations of the UN High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession
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  10. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4

    Review of the ILO Policy Guidelines on the Promotion of Decent Work for ECE Personnel

    Colette Byrne, Mercedes Mayol Lassalle, Carolina Semmoloni, Mathias Urban

    20 March 2024

    This report offers an analysis of the application of the ILO (2014) Policy Guidelines on the Promotion of Decent Work for ECE Personnel and provides recommendations for review. It addresses key themes, including the voluntary nature of a commitment level among state and non-state stakeholders, challenges in holding governments accountable...

    Review of the ILO Policy Guidelines on the Promotion of Decent Work for ECE Personnel
    1. Review of the ILO Policy Guidelines
    2. Executive Summary
  11. Equity and inclusion

    Gender, education, and a global view on the ‘crisis of care’

    Saba Joshi

    20 December 2023

    This policy brief focuses on the significance of care work in the global economy and the complexities of measuring its value, given its unpaid, invisible facets and the gendered nature of these forms of work. We seek to highlight the challenges educational professionals currently face and emphasize how the dynamics...

    Gender, education, and a global view on the ‘crisis of care’
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  12. Climate action and literacy

    Towards a Just Transition in Education: A Strategic Guide on Fossil Fuel Divestment for Education Unions

    Alanah Torralba

    22 November 2023

    Amidst intensifying climate change impacts, demanding the phaseout of fossil fuels and the acceleration of a just and rapid transition into a low-carbon economy are urgent political tasks. For educators and their unions, a critical step is consolidating a fossil fuel divestment campaign that targets not just the disentanglement of...

    Towards a Just Transition in Education: A Strategic Guide on Fossil Fuel Divestment for Education Unions
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  13. Equity and inclusion

    Copyright limitations and exceptions for the use of digital materials in teaching and learning environments

    Policy brief

    7 November 2023

    The policy brief examines a broad range of empirical data and reveals the urgent need to intervene on current copyright laws to respond to teachers’ needs regarding access to and use of digital materials in the physical and online environments. It includes key recommendations that aim to enhance current international...

    Copyright limitations and exceptions for the use of digital materials in teaching and learning environments
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  14. Equity and inclusion

    Toolkit on Open Educational Materials for Higher Education Unions

    Patricia Díaz Charquero, Virginia Rodés Paragarino

    24 October 2023

    Teachers' unions, students, and academic support staff are key players in promoting social dialogue on access to study materials in higher education and fostering transformative action. This toolkit aims to provide unions with basic knowledge about Open Educational Resources (OER) in higher education, as well as practical ideas and examples...

    Toolkit on Open Educational Materials for Higher Education Unions
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  15. Equity and inclusion

    Teachers and technology

    Advocacy brief by Education International and the Global Education Monitoring Report

    19 October 2023

    The Global Education Monitoring Report and Education International have developed an advocacy brief for teachers based on the 2023 GEM Report, Technology in education: A tool on whose terms?

    Teachers and technology
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  16. Equity and inclusion

    Pledging Guidance on Teachers and Teaching in Forced Displacement Situations

    2023 Global Refugee Forum

    3 October 2023

    In the lead up to the Global Refugee Forum (GRF) 2023, thematic task teams have been established within the GRF Education Alliance which brings together a range of stakeholders working together to operationalise the education-related provisions of the Global Compact on Refugees. Education International leads the GRF Education Alliance Task...

    Pledging Guidance on Teachers and Teaching in Forced Displacement Situations
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  17. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4

    Transforming Education Financing: a toolkit for activists

    2 June 2023

    Transforming Education Financing: a toolkit for activists is produced by Education International together with the Global Campaign for Education and ActionAid International. The toolkit is aimed at both civil society organisations and teachers’ unions across the globe campaigning for increased public funding to ensure the fundamental right to education.

    Transforming Education Financing: a toolkit for activists
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