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Trade union rights are human rights 2 November 2026 Colombian workers are not alone
CGU statement on the international solidarity mission to Colombia (Bogotá, 28-30 October 2026)
The Council of Global Unions (CGU), representing more than 210 million workers worldwide has undertaken an international solidarity mission to Colombia. We came to Colombia because trade unions around the world are alarmed by reports of increasing threats against trade unionists and social movement leaders, attacks on democratic freedoms, efforts...
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Future of work in education 7 October 2026 The mismatch between expectations and investment: New report on the Status of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)
A new report from Education International on the Status of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) identifies a clear policy contradiction: TVET is increasingly recognised as strategically important, yet public investment, workforce planning, professional development, and support for educators frequently fail to match that ambition.
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Equity and inclusion 17 September 2026 The Bahia Declaration: Rising United for Gender Justice
We, women educators and trade unionists from every region of the world, gathered in Bahia, Brazil, for the 5th World Women's Conference of Education International, are united in our struggle for human and trade union rights. We recognise that there is no gender justice without peace, democracy and sustainable development....
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Advancing gender equality in and through education 27 October 2026 Beyond a workforce crisis: Understanding the global teacher shortage through a structural lens
Wangari Kinoti
Sixty years ago, a Special Intergovernmental Conference on the Status of Teachers recognised that teachers’ pay, working conditions, professional autonomy and public standing were inseparable from the quality of education provided to children, and explicitly identified teacher shortages as a problem requiring action. Why, sixty years later, are we confronting...
Beyond a workforce crisis: Understanding the global teacher shortage through a structural lens