International Day of Action in solidarity with Iranian union leaders
Today, 9th August, is the ITF/ITUC International Action Day in solidarity with union leaders Mansour Osanloo and Mahmoud Salehi.
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Education International and UNESCO call for educators to be considered a priority group in COVID-19 vaccinations
Today, on the 60th anniversary of the Convention that promotes the universal right to education, Education International and UNESCO published a joint message calling on governments and the international community to consider teachers and education support personnel as a priority group in COVID-19 vaccination efforts. The call came as some countries are starting to roll out COVID-19 vaccines.
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Education International Launches Guide on Auditing Educational Equity in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic
To address the strong concerns that have arisen across the world about equity gaps within education as a result of the closure of schools and other educational settings due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the global federation of education unions has published a Guide for its member organisations on the process of auditing equity as educational settings have reopened or are due to reopen. The Guide is a tool to support education unions as they advocate for equity audits to be conducted at both education institution and system...
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Information hub for educators and their unions during the COVID-19 crisis
Get up to date with the latest news, read the guidelines or see what other unions are doing to minimise the effects of the COVID-19 crisis and get inspired.
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New podcast: Status of teachers - what needs to change?
A podcast with Greg Thompson, professor at the University of Brisbane, Australia, and Martin Henry, research coordinator at Education International, puts the focus on the status of teachers in Covid times and beyond.
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Albania: EI deplores eviction of trade union confederations
Education International has written to the Albanian government to protest against the expulsion of nationally recognised trade union confederations the KSSH and the BSPSH from their offices in Tirana.
Read MoreSaudi Arabia: Rizana Nafeek, 19 year old Sri Lankan faces beheading
EI supports the global call to stop the execution of a Sri-Lankan teenage girl who has been sentenced to death by beheading in Saudi Arabia.
Read MoreEI urges Philipines government to address extrajudicial killings
Education International has written to the President of the Philippines following an urgent resolution adopted at the 5th World Congress calling on the government to immediately put a stop to extrajudicial killings and involuntary disappearances.
Read MoreIndonesia: Thousands of teachers stage rally to demand welfare improvement
Up to 17,000 teachers staged a rally in Indonesia on 2nd August, demanding an improvement to their welfare.
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