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Future of work in education 16 May 2022 The voice of educators at the UNESCO World Higher Education Conference
The 3rd World Higher Education Conference brings together the global higher education community to reflect on how to address the impact of the pandemic and design the future of higher education to achieve the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Organised by UNESCO, the Conference takes place from...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 19 May 2022 Global conference: Education is the key tool to end child labour
Education International and its member organisations underlined the importance of educators and their unions to eradicate child labour during the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour held in Durban, South Africa, from 15-20 May. They also highlighted the need to provide teachers with training, and to ensure...
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Standards and working conditions 17 May 2022 Decent work for education support personnel now!
On the occasion of World Education Support Personnel (ESP) Day , Education International organised a virtual event where member organisations representing ESP at all education levels and in every corner of the globe highlighted the crucial yet underrecognised role played by ESP in quality education systems, as well as the...
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Trade union rights are human rights 13 May 2022 Statement: Teachers and trade unionists in Iran must be immediately and unconditionally released!
Education International, the global federation of educators, condemns the arrest of Iranian teacher trade unionists and demands their immediate and unconditional release.
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Future of work in education 12 May 2022 International Summit on the Teaching Profession 2022: Governments and teachers’ unions working together to leave no-one behind
Convened by Education International and the OECD, the International Summit on the Teaching Profession brings together governments and education unions in OECD countries in order to strengthen and support an informed and honest policy dialogue between and among elected representatives of the teaching profession and national government authorities.
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Future of work in education The pandemic - moving forward: Governments and teacher unions working together to leave no-one behind
A briefing by Education International for the International Summit on the Teaching Profession 2022
10 May 2022Convened by Education International and the OECD, the International Summit on the Teaching Profession brings together governments and education unions in OECD countries in order to strengthen and support an informed and honest policy dialogue between and among elected representatives of the teaching profession and national government authorities.
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Standards and working conditions 18 May 2022 Governments must uphold migrant workers’ rights, access to justice and decent work
Education International has joined other Global Union Federations in pushing the world’s governments to fully implement the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) formally endorsed by the UN General Assembly on 19 December 2018. They aim to ensure the GCM adheres to human and labour rights standards,...
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Trade union rights are human rights 3 May 2022 Afghanistan: reaffirming strong support for exiled trade unionists and for the return of democracy, freedom and equality
Together with French affiliates and leaders of French national and international trade union confederations, Education International took stock of the catastrophic situation of democracy and education in Afghanistan under Taliban rule. It also reiterated its commitment to and solidarity with Afghan trade unionists who, despite being exiled in France, are...
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Equity and inclusion 10 May 2022 Ukraine: Education unions, national and local authorities, and international organisations mobilise to ensure access to education for all refugee students
Education unions from Ukraine and other European countries, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, local authorities in neighbouring countries, and international organisations came together in Warsaw on May 3 and 4, to step up collaboration to ensure that education continues for all Ukrainian refugee students. Since the beginning...
Ukraine: Education unions, national and local authorities, and international organisations mobilise to ensure access to education for all refugee students