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Equity and inclusion 20 June 2016 Education International demands respect for refugees’ right to learn and teach
On 20 June, World Refugee Day, Education International urges governments to protect refugees’ human rights, including the right to education, and to enable the teaching profession to develop and deliver effective education programmes aimed at a swift integration of refugees in their host countries.
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Union growth 17 June 2016 Tajikistan: teachers trained on trade unionism and Sustainable Development Goals
Teachers in the country’s south-eastern region had the opportunity to boost their leadership skills while learning how to shape the future during recent workshops organised by the Asia-Pacific regional office of Education International.
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Climate action and literacy 16 June 2016 Is Europe’s trade agreement with Canada the Trojan horse of TTIP?
This was the question being asked as Belgian education unionists and civil society activists debated the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement’s implications on the public sector, in particular education, recently in Brussels.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 15 June 2016 Global leaders try to halt the ‘education deficit’
Governments’ responsibility to ensure quality education for all will be put on the table as policymakers and funding agencies meet in Norway to adopt measures to improve access to quality education globally.
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Union growth 14 June 2016 Global condemnation of travel ban for Bahraini education union leader
Education International has joined other international organisations in firmly condemning the travel ban imposed on Bahraini teacher unionist Jalila al-Salman as she attempted to attend the Svensson Award ceremony in Oslo, Norway.
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Trade union rights are human rights 14 June 2016 Global appeal launched to free Canadian academic from Iranian prison
Efforts are underway to pressure the Iranian authorities to release Canadian academic Homa Hoodfar, who is being held in Tehran’s Evin prison after being arrested on baseless charges while in the country.
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Equity and inclusion 13 June 2016 Global solidarity, love and understanding on display in the wake of Orlando massacre
Nothing can undo the damage inflicted upon the hundreds of lives instantly shattered by the trigger of a gun, but one man’s hate cannot withstand the outpouring of support offered around the world.
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Equity and inclusion 10 June 2016 World Day against Child Labour 2016
On 12 June, let's say ‘No’ to refugee children forced to engage in child labour activities.
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Equity and inclusion 10 June 2016 Have your say on gender aspects of Sustainable Development Goals
Education International invites its affiliates to add their expertise and comment on 12 significant gender-related policy briefs addressing 12 areas of investment in girls and women to power progress for all.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 8 June 2016 UK: Trade union action escalates in university pay dispute
The University and College Union in the United Kingdom has decided on a strategy of disruption targeted at open days, graduation days and an assessment boycott to protest short-term contracts and a gender pay gap.
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Trade union rights are human rights 8 June 2016 It takes a whole school, if not a whole society, to teach about human rights
Preparing today’s learners for their multicultural reality goes well beyond teaching human rights as a stand-alone lesson in the classroom, instead requiring the creation of an environment where everyone understands, values and protects human rights.
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Trade union rights are human rights 7 June 2016 Universal values at heart of human rights education
The foundation for an education based on a human rights-centric approach, encompassing universal values of understanding and tolerance, and of seeing cultural differences as opportunity rather than threat was the message today in Riga, Latvia.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 7 June 2016 The education bridge to nowhere
For-profit education provider Bridge International Academies revealed its true colours after orchestrating the arrest of a Canadian researcher investigating its operations in Uganda, a country where the company’s expansion plans were recently put on hold.
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Union growth 6 June 2016 Ecuador: Education unions under fire
The Ecuadorian government’s harsh attacks on trade union rights and the response by educators were put under the spotlight at the 2016 International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 3 June 2016 Indonesian educators find an ally in Vice-President
After meeting with their country’s Vice-President, leaders of the teachers’ union Persatuan Guru Republik now have a political voice they can count on in their pursuit of a stronger teaching profession and quality education system.
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Union growth 2 June 2016 Privatisation of education under scrutiny at ILO Conference
The threat represented by the lack of public investment in education, the trend toward privatisation and the erosion of the fundamental labour rights of educators was put on the table at the annual ILO Conference in Geneva.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 1 June 2016 Teachers and education are key to solving global challenges
By calling for stronger collective bargaining for teachers at the annual ILO Conference in Geneva, Education International has emphasised the importance of the teaching profession and quality education needed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 1 June 2016 Teachers’ unions: carve education out of TiSA
With the Trade in Services negotiations accelerating, teachers’ unions are urging their governments to demand a democratic negotiation process and the carving out of education and other public services from the agreement.
Teachers’ unions: carve education out of TiSA