Education as a driving force for self-determination, equity, and the reclamation of knowledge systems
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Go Public: Zimbabwe's education union’s successful push towards education quality and funding
As war escalates, Education International calls for peace, dialogue, and respect for the right to education
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News 8 August 2025 Education as a driving force for self-determination, equity, and the reclamation of knowledge systems
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
Marking the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (9 August), President Mugwena Maluleke reaffirmed Education International’s commitment to Indigenous Peoples’ right to free, quality, public education that is culturally relevant.
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News 6 August 2025 Uruguay: a victory for justice and solidarity
After more than four difficult years, during which Education International supported its affiliate FENAPES (National Federation of Secondary School Teachers), a significant victory has been achieved for teachers in Uruguay. This marks the end of a long struggle against political and trade union persecution.
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News 1 August 2025 Education International invites applications for the post of Regional Coordinator
Full-time, based in EI Africa Regional Office in Accra, Ghana
About Education International Education International (EI) is the world’s largest Global Union Federation bringing together organisations of teachers and other education employees from across the world. Through our 383 member unions and organisations, we represent more than 33 million teachers and education support personnel in 180 countries and territories in...
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Worlds of Education 31 July 2025 Education voices | Rising against the drive to commercialise higher education in Fiji
Rosalia Fatiaki
This testimony was collected as part of the research project entitled “In the eye of the storm: Higher education in an age of crises” conducted by Howard Stevenson, Maria Antonietta Vega Castillo, Melanie Bhend, and Vasiliki-Eleni Selechopoulou for Education International. The research report and executive summary are available here .
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News 29 July 2025 Strength in unity: How trade unions are standing up to the anti-LGBTI+ movement globally
Solidarity matters and ensures rights are respected. This is the experience of unionists who came together to discuss “how trade unions are responding to the anti-LGBTI agenda of the far right across the world.” Organised on July 14th by the International Anti-Fascist Trade Unions Network and the Council of Global...
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News 25 July 2025 Malaysia: NUTP joins Go Public! Fund Education campaign and calls on government to urgently address the shortage of 10,000 teachers
The National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP) issued a statement calling on the Malaysian government to tackle the nation’s growing teacher shortage without delay. NUTP President Mr Aminuddin Awang warned that Malaysia currently faces a shortfall of approximately 10,000 teachers. “This shortage directly undermines every child’s right to access...
Malaysia: NUTP joins Go Public! Fund Education campaign and calls on government to urgently address the shortage of 10,000 teachers