Education International and its members bring over 5,700 children out of child labour and into school
International Labour Conference: Education International calls for teachers and unions to be at the center of the debate on Artificial Intelligence
Belgium: budget cuts to state education adopted in a denial of democracy
Global Rights Index: Governments failing workers, deepening crackdown on unions and labour rights
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Worlds of Education 11 June 2026 Education voices | Changing hearts and minds to end child labour and keep girls in school
Ndakaziva Masinire
To mark World Day against Child Labour, we are featuring the story of Ms Ndakaziva Masinire, Deputy Head of Goromokwa Primary School in Zimbabwe. She works to end child labour in her community and ensure girls are not deprived of their fundamental right to education, as part of a project...
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News 11 June 2026 Education International and its members bring over 5,700 children out of child labour and into school
Education International and its members are part of a program that empowers teachers and mobilises communities against child labour. The approach which involves capacity building, union partnership, and community engagement is delivering outstanding results and effecting enduring change.
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News 5 June 2026 Belgium: budget cuts to state education adopted in a denial of democracy
Despite strong public opposition and strike action in schools across the Wallonia-Brussels Federation (FWB) called by a united front of education unions, the FWB Parliament, meeting in a plenary session, voted in the early hours of 5 June to approve the government’s planned cuts in education spending.
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News 5 June 2026 Education International welcomes major progress on international copyright reforms for education
The 48th session of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) concluded with a breakthrough on the critical agenda of exceptions and limitations to copyright for education and research. The Committee agreed to launch text-based negotiations on education, preservation, and persons with disabilities...
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News 5 June 2026 International Labour Conference: Education International calls for teachers and unions to be at the center of the debate on Artificial Intelligence
“Education is not an assembly line, a content delivery platform, or, under any circumstances, a transaction. Our students are not data, and our classrooms are not markets.” This was stated by José Olivera of Uruguay’s National Federation of Secondary Education Teachers (FENAPES) during his intervention before the International Labour Organization...
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Worlds of Education 5 June 2026 School buildings and heatwaves: Defending education workers’ rights
Cyril Verlingue
Education unions around the world are taking action to protect the health and well-being of education staff and communities in the context of the worsening climate crisis. To mark World Environment Day, celebrated every year on 5 June, we are featuring the example of the French union SNES-FSU. More information...
School buildings and heatwaves: Defending education workers’ rights