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Equity and inclusion 28 July 2024 Unions continue to advance gender equality and equity in and through education
Achieving gender equality and equity in education and in unions continues to be a top priority for Education International member organisations. A new survey of 123 education unions from around the world reveals a strong union commitment and significant progress made, as well as challenges and areas for improvement to...
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Equity and inclusion EI 2024 Quadrennial Survey on Indigenous Peoples and the Right to Education
28 July 2024Since EI’s first World Congress in 1995, the education trade union movement has recognised the importance of solidarity with, and advocating for, the rights of Indigenous Peoples. This means in and through educational systems, but also extends to the broader world of work, in the fight for climate justice, land...
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Equity and inclusion Report on the 2024 Education International Quadrennial Gender Survey
28 July 2024This report outlines the findings of the Gender Equality and Equity survey covering the 2019-2023 period, the latest in EI’s Quadrennial Surveys on Gender Equality and Diversity. It is based on 123 responses to an online survey sent out to members (response rate of 33%) and 13 in-depth interviews with...
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Equity and inclusion 12 July 2024 Empowering women in education: The Arab Women Educators Network gears up
The Arab Women Educators Network (ArWEN) held its second meeting on June 8th-9th, 2024, charting a course for a future where gender equality is not just an ideal but a reality in the education sector.
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Leading the profession 5 July 2024 Empowerment at the forefront: Asia-Pacific women lead in education
The first Education International Asia-Pacific (EIAP) Regional Women’s Conference, titled “Sisters in Solidarity: Empowering Action and Leadership in Education Unions Across Asia-Pacific,” marked a significant milestone in the journey toward gender equality in education. From July 2nd to July 4th, 2024, women leaders, trade unionists, and youth from 42 member...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 May 2024 Education: a key battleground for anti-gender activists
Rachel Marcus
What do protests over gender-neutral school toilets in South Africa have to do with teachers being harassed in Brazil or curriculum changes in El Salvador ? In brief, they are all the result of mobilization against the perceived threat of ‘gender ideology’; these are just a few of the examples...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 May 2024 Union action for the rights of LGBTQI+ people: the experience of the CSQ
Julien Poirier
The trade union movement is no stranger to fighting for the rights, support and inclusion of LGBTQI+ people in Quebec. In this respect, the ongoing work of the Centrale des syndicats du Québec (CSQ) is of particular importance. Its contribution has stood out over the years. In addition to having...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 March 2024 The ‘sum total’: Reimagining early childhood care and education through a gender perspective on the profession
Mercedes Mayol Lassalle, Mathias Urban
‘Education’, suggested Austrian psychoanalyst Siegfried Bernfeld in 1925, ‘is the sum total of societal reaction to the fact of ontogenetic development’ (Bernfeld, 1973, 1925). His wide-ranging definition has profound implications as we endeavour to reimagine education for all in the 21st century: education begins at birth (‘ontogenetic development’), education is...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 15 March 2024 Teachers: key in keeping boys engaged in school and learning
Matthias Eck
Even though tremendous progress in enrolment has been made over the last 20 years, current estimates indicate that 250 million children and youth are still out of school. And over half of them – approximately 128 million – are boys.
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Equity and inclusion 13 March 2024 Education unionists call for free quality public education to help end poverty for women and girls in all their diversity
The 68th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women takes place in New York from March 11th to the 22nd. The Commission is the most important global forum that works to advance gender equality and women’s rights and conditions, globally. A delegation of 17 women education...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 March 2024 Our fight for education is a fight for women’s rights
Susan Hopgood
The right to education means that every child must have access to free quality education, a well-supported, qualified teacher, and a quality learning environment no matter where they live or come from, no matter their gender, ethnicity, or how much their family earns. This is our mission as education unions...
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Equity and inclusion Gender, education, and a global view on the ‘crisis of care’
Saba Joshi
20 December 2023This 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...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 November 2023 Education and schools are key to end gender-based violence
Isma Benboulerbah
According to the Violence Against Women & Girls Guide , developed by the World Bank, 818 million women worldwide have experienced physical or sexual partner violence or sexual violence by a non-partner. This is almost the total population of sub-Saharan Africa. On this International Day for the Elimination of Violence...
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Equity and inclusion 26 October 2023 Gender, education, and a global view on the ‘crisis of care’
Saba Joshi
The global pandemic that swept across the world just a few years ago was a grim reminder of the fragility of human lives. Widespread illness and death, economic disruption, mobility restrictions, and lockdowns precipitated by the unabated spread of Covid-19 was shocking, almost unbelievable for many of us.
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Equity and inclusion 11 October 2023 Education International joins global call to invest in girls’ rights
Statement on the International Day of the Girl Child - 11 October 2023
October 11, the International Day of the Girl Child, is a day of mobilisation and action to advance the rights of girls around the world. Amid worrying developments that have undone decades of progress on girls’ rights, Education International joins allies from around the world in calling for governments and...
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Equity and inclusion 31 July 2023 Empowering Women Education Workers: Summary of the EILA Regional Network Meeting
The meeting provided an opportunity for analysis of the current situation, workshops and discussions between colleagues from all over the region. Initiatives such as the campaign for the ratification of ILO Convention 190 and the launch of the Network’s Observatory: Sumemos Igualdad (Let’s Ad Equality).
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Equity and inclusion 29 March 2023 UN Conference on the Status of Women: We need action to make gender equality in the digital age a reality
The 67th session of the UN Committee on the Status of Women (CSW67) held in New York, March 6 to 17 adopted conclusions that acknowledge the critical role of technology and innovation in achieving gender equality and recognise the challenges to gender equality in the digital age.
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Equity and inclusion 8 March 2023 Supporting women’s participation and leadership through digital technologies: lessons from the experiences of education unions during Covid-19.
Carol Miller, Houda Sabra
The global Covid-19 pandemic significantly impacted women workers. The International Labour Organisation (ILO) documented disproportionate job and income losses suffered by women worldwide during the pandemic : in 2019-2020 alone, women’s employment declined by 4.2% (or 54 million jobs). The situation has put women at greater risk of job loss,...
Supporting women’s participation and leadership through digital technologies: lessons from the experiences of education unions during Covid-19.