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Education International’s campaign against the increasing privatisation in education received fulsome and passionate support from delegates at its 7th World Congress in Ottawa today (22 July).

International trade agreements that prioritise the needs of big business over society, working people, and the environment were given the ‘thumbs down’ by delegates at Education International’s 7th World Congress in Ottawa, Canada, on Wednesday, 22 July.

At the first plenary session of Education International’s 7th World Congress in Ottawa, Canada, on 22 July, General Secretary Fred van Leeuwen introduced the Quadrennial Report, which summarised the work of Education International (EI) over the last four years.

Women union leaders are active not just in their own schools but also in their communities. That’s according to Education International (EI) president Susan Hopgood who was addressing the EI Women’s Caucus at EI’s 7th World Congress in Ottawa, Canada, on 21 July.

The 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform of Action which outlined a broad vision of women’s rights and gender equality has not been fully achieved in the ensuing 20 years.

Education International’s 7th World Congress in Ottawa, Canada, was officially opened on 21 July by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, the Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell.

Guy Ryder, the Director-General of the International Labour Organisation, has praised Education International as 'one of the biggest success stories of the international trade union movement of the last two decades', during his speech at the Congress' opening.

The 7th World Congress officially opened with around 1,700 participants, who celebrated past accomplishments of the organisation and looked to the next four years.

E?itim-Sen, the national Education International’s affiliate, has strongly condemned the suicide bomb attack that killed university students, including one member of the union, in Suruc, Turkey.

The role of unions in mobilising support for quality education was highlighted at Education International’s 7th World Congress in Ottawa, Canada, on 21 July.

The Education International President Susan Hopgood inaugurated the first ever Further and Higher Education Caucus at the EI 7th World Congress on 20 July in Ottawa, Canada.

During an intense debate at the diversity caucus, delegates at Education International’s 7th World Congress have designed strategies on how to tackle discrimination from the classroom and through trade union action.

Develop strategies to protect public education systems, reclaim the teaching profession and strengthen teachers unions are the top priorities for Education International’s Seventh World Congress during a “significant year for education.”

With the adoption of the new UN Sustainable Development Goals fast approaching, delegates at EI's Seventh World Congress have the chance to find out how how to introduce the most important topics to the classroom.

Iranian teacher unionist Esmail Abdi has been transferred from solitary confinement to the general ward of the Evin prison.

The Asia-Pacific office of Education International has organised two workshops on trade union issues for members of the Kazakhstan Trade Union of Education and Science Workers, its national affiliate, strengthening their negotiating and organising skills.

An Addis side event, which included UNESCO and the governments of Ethiopia, Norway and the Republic of Korea, focused on investing in education gave Education International the perfect opportunity to argue for free public education.

Twenty-three delegates from nine Education International member countries are in Washington, DC, this week as participants in the American Federation of Teachers’ biennial professional development conference, “Together Educating America’s Children,” also known as TEACH.