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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 11 March 2025
Education unions from Southeast Asia strategise next steps of the Go Public! Fund Education campaign

Education International (EI) member organisations from Indonesia, Cambodia, Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines came together in Bangkok on March 7 to discuss and plan the next stage of the Go Public! Fund Education campaign in their countries and the region.
Education unions from Southeast Asia strategise next steps of the Go Public! Fund Education campaign
Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 December 2024
The Philippines: Unions commit to go public, fund education, and counter teacher shortage

With a declining education budget and an increasing national teacher shortage, education unions in the Philippines are demanding greater governmental investment to recruit and retain teachers and ensure quality education for all.
The Philippines: Unions commit to go public, fund education, and counter teacher shortage
Trade union rights are human rights 20 November 2023
We stand with France Castro. Education International firmly condemns the death threats against the Filipino congresswoman

France Castro has received repeated death threats from Rodrigo Duterte, former President of the Philippines. The lawmaker has filed a formal complaint against Duterte, making this the first criminal case against Duterte after the end of his mandate.
We stand with France Castro. Education International firmly condemns the death threats against the Filipino congresswoman
Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 29 September 2023
Copyright in education: bringing the classroom to life

Dr Dara Dimitrov

As the daughter of a refugee, education as a necessity was drummed into me. ‘You need to get a good education’ was my father’s lead mantra. My father was denied that right, and although he spoke seven languages, he could barely read one. My father saw education as a way...
Copyright in education: bringing the classroom to life
Fighting the commercialisation of education 12 June 2023
ComNet: Communicators working together to change the narrative around public education

Around 100 communicators working in education unions gathered online on June 1st as part of Education International (EI) Communicators’ Network (ComNet). They reconnected, exchanged experiences and ideas, and got ready to bring the EI “Go Public! Fund Education” campaign forward.
ComNet: Communicators working together to change the narrative around public education
Trade union rights are human rights 16 March 2023
Education International statement on human rights violations and anti-union attacks in the education sector in the Philippines

Education International (EI) strongly condemns the ongoing human rights violations and anti-union attacks against teachers and education union activists in the Philippines.
Education International statement on human rights violations and anti-union attacks in the education sector in the Philippines