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  1. Equity and inclusion 14 November 2011

    Uganda: Affiliate supports women’s empowerment within unions

    The Uganda National Teachers Union (UNATU) has introduced a new policy that guarantees at least 33 per cent of female representation across all levels of union leadership.

    Uganda: Affiliate supports women’s empowerment within unions
  2. Union growth 10 November 2011

    USA: Ohioan voters reject anti-worker law and agenda

    EI’s U.S. affiliates, the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), have celebrated the historical vote overwhelmingly repealing Senate Bill 5, a controversial bill signed into law by Governor John Kasich. This legislation was designed to silence the public workers’ voices and strip away their collective...

    USA: Ohioan voters reject anti-worker law and agenda
  3. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 November 2011

    EI calls on donors to respect GPE pledges

    EI welcomes the renewed commitment and energy shown at the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Pledging Conference, held on 8 November in Copenhagen, Denmark, towards a revived education compact. It simultaneously laments the ambition as we have yet to see the serious increase in aid to education from all donor...

    EI calls on donors to respect GPE pledges
  4. Trade union rights are human rights 8 November 2011

    Estonia: massive support for educators’ demand for salary raise

    The Estonian Educational Personal Union (EEPU), one of EI’s national affiliates, has joined a successful demonstration supporting educators’ justified salary demands, held on 25 October in the capital city, Tallinn, in front of the Riigikogu (the Estonian Parliament).

    Estonia: massive support for educators’ demand for salary raise
  5. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 November 2011

    EI tightens relations with UNESCO to achieve Education for All

    An EI delegation was present at the 36th UNESCO General Conference, held from 25 October to 10 November, at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France.

    EI tightens relations with UNESCO to achieve Education for All
  6. Union renewal and development 7 November 2011

    Canada: Media Literacy Week raises students’ online awareness

    The Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF), an EI affiliate, together with the Media Awareness Network, is organising the Media Literacy Week from 7-11 November under the theme “Digital Citizenship.” This year’s event aims at inspiring young people to reflect on their online lives, and their rights and responsibilities as they navigate...

    Canada: Media Literacy Week raises students’ online awareness
  7. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 4 November 2011

    EI to implement a strategy for the development of ECE

    EI is set to implement its new strategy for the development of Early Childhood Education (ECE). The Strategy Paper, adopted by the EI Executive Board early this year and endorsed by the 6th World Congress in Cape Town, South Africa, spells out concrete actions to promote holistic and quality services...

    EI to implement a strategy for the development of ECE
  8. Standards and working conditions 3 November 2011

    G20 Summit: Argentinian leader supports workers

    A delegation has met with Argentinian President, Cristina Kirchner, ahead of the G20 Summit, to be held in Cannes, France, from 3-4 November. It was composed of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) General Secretary, Sharan Burrow, the President of EI's Latin America Regional Committee and General Secretary of the...

    G20 Summit: Argentinian leader supports workers
  9. Equity and inclusion 3 November 2011

    Mali: teacher unionists receive governmental promise to advance gender equity

    Addressing participants to an EI Africa Region’s workshop, the Malian Minister of Education, Literacy and National Languages, Salikou Sanogo, has promised Syndicat National de l’Education et de la Culture (SNEC ) leaders he will help them promote girls’ education. Held from 24 to 26 October in the national capital city,...

    Mali: teacher unionists receive governmental promise to advance gender equity
  10. Union growth 2 November 2011

    Uganda: Teachers warn government about mass action

    The Uganda National Teachers’ Union (UNATU), one of EI’s national affiliates, has warned the Government the next phase of their strike will include parents and supporters, should national authorities continue harassing teacher unionists through its security agents.

    Uganda: Teachers warn government about mass action
  11. Union renewal and development 31 October 2011

    Global Unions' Statement to the G20 Summit

    Leaders of the G20 will be meeting in Cannes, France, from 3-4 November 2011 to discuss measures to confront the financial and economic crisis.

    Global Unions' Statement to the G20 Summit
  12. Union renewal and development 28 October 2011

    Worlds of Education: Latest edition available on-line

    The October issue of EI’s flagship magazine, Worlds of Education, is packed full of articles reporting on EI’s sixth World Congress which took place in Cape Town, South Africa, from 22-26 July.

    Worlds of Education: Latest edition available on-line
  13. Union growth 27 October 2011

    Poland: Government welcomes EI’s action protecting Polish minority teachers and students in Lithuania

    EI’s European Region, the European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE), adopted a Statement on the Situation of the Teachers from the Schools of National Minorities in Lithuania on 16 September at the Central and Eastern European (CEE) Round Table in Kiev. In response, the Undersecretary of State at the...

    Poland: Government welcomes EI’s action protecting Polish minority teachers and students in Lithuania
  14. Equity and inclusion 26 October 2011

    Working together for Indigenous Peoples’ rights

    EI’s Regional Office in Latin America in cooperation with the Union of Education in Norway have released a joint publication focused on the situation of Public Education for Indigenous peoples.

    Working together for Indigenous Peoples’ rights
  15. Standards and working conditions 25 October 2011

    2012 International Summit on the Teaching Profession: EI to host global education leaders

    EI will join the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the United States (U.S.) Department of Education to hold the second ever International Summit on the Teaching Profession in New York City, from 14-15 March. Next year’s summit will focus on ‘Preparing teachers and developing school leaders’.

    2012 International Summit on the Teaching Profession: EI to host global education leaders
  16. Union growth 25 October 2011

    Bahrain: Teacher leaders under threat of torture

    EI has relaunched its Urgent Action Appeal on Bahrain. bahraini teachers fear for the safety of their leaders, after the heavy-handed arrest of their vice president Jalila al-Salman.

    Bahrain: Teacher leaders under threat of torture
  17. Standards and working conditions 24 October 2011

    Spain: Teachers protest cuts to education budgets

    A mass demonstration of teachers, parents and students from all over Spain occupied the centre of Madrid on Saturday sending a warning to the authorities: Don’t slash our education budget!

    Spain: Teachers protest cuts to education budgets