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Solidarity, joint action, climate education, and human rights were amongst the headline topics addressed at Education International’s Development Cooperation Network.

Two education unions in Albania have led a project to prioritise education after natural disasters. The move built on lessons learned in the wake of a massive earthquake in 2019.

Education unions in the Pacific region have stepped in to support Fijian colleagues in a country devastated by two tropical cyclones in December and January.

Education International is saddened by the news of the death of Gareth Young, deputy general secretary of the NASUWT–The Teachers’ Union, on 14 December.

November 30 was a Global Day of Action on the Philippines. The global trade union movement showed its solidarity with trade unionists and other activists who struggle for human rights and democracy in a country where both are in danger since the election of President Rodrigo Duterte in 2016.

New teaching methods and the use of technology was at the heart of a teacher capacity development programme organised by the Kurdistan Teachers’ Union (KTU).

Trade union and other leaders and activists from the Philippines recounted stories of repression in the Philippines in a Council of Global Unions Webinar on the Quest for Justice held on 23 November 2020. Vivid accounts were given of killings, threats and intimidation, red-tagging, and police abuses across private and...

Members of the Education and Solidarity Network (ESN), including healthcare mutuals, enterprises operating in the social and solidarity economy (SSE), teaching unions and other civil society organisations have found themselves at the centre of the health and education crisis and have been the first to respond to it on the...

The National Teachers' Association of Liberia (NTAL) has set up an action plan to build on work done on fighting privatisation, as well as strengthening the education union.

The National Union of Education Workers (SNTE) in Mexico celebrated World Teachers' Day with the delivery of televisions, smartphones, electronic tablets and computer equipment to teachers and students. The aim is to avoid school dropouts during the pandemic by facilitating online teaching and learning.

Education International and its member organisations are monitoring the situation for teacher trade unionists fighting for free, quality public education for all in Haiti. In particular, they are putting pressure on the government to respect the human and trade union rights of educators

The experience of the past months shows that hard times really bring us together and reminds us of our collective power to endure and overcome the toughest challenges. The need for stronger partnerships, collaboration and global solidarity was emphasised repeatedly in collective efforts to confront the COVID-19 pandemic underpinned by...

Education International’s European office, the European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE), strongly denounces the violence used by the Belarussian authorities towards the peaceful protesters across the country.

Education International welcomes the release of the detained education union leaders in Jordan, after a concerted global campaign highlighting their situation.

The Australian Education Union (AEU) has joined the call to support vulnerable nations through the #EndCOVIDForAll campaign.

Education International is outraged by the killing of education unionist Zara Alvarez in the Philippines. The global union federation support its national affiliate, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers-Philippines (ACT), in its demands for justice for the murdered human rights activist.

Education International has expressed deep concern at the sudden decision by Haitian authorities to arbitrarily transfer a number of union leaders and activists, including several from the education sector.

Five recipients of the Education International scholarship fund in honour of Mary Hatwood Futrell, founding President of EI (1993 - 2004), write about their opportunities and plans after receiving their advanced degrees in education.