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Union renewal and development 8 March 2021 International Women’s Day 2021
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Union growth 7 March 2021 “Take the Long View: Scaling the Staircase of Women’s Equality”, by Dianne Woloschuk.
Dianne Woloschuk
What a difference a year makes! If someone had told me on March 8th, 2020, that news cycles and my personal life would focus for a year on wearing masks, hand hygiene, physical distancing, and vaccines, I would have been hard pressed to believe it. Without question, the Covid-19 pandemic...
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Trade union rights are human rights 4 March 2021 New Zealand: Trade union promotes women's leadership in the education sector
Women’s leadership in the education sector was the focus of the Women in Leadership Summit organised in New Zealand by the Post Primary Teachers' Association (PPTA).
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Equity and inclusion 12 March 2020 Beijing +25: "Making the Promise of Beijing a Reality for Learners and for Education Sector Workers."
madeleine kennedy macfoy
Examples of the work done by Education International and its member organisations in different parts of the world since the Beijing Platform for Action was adopted in 1995, demonstrate the power of taking collective action to find collective solutions.
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Equity and inclusion 6 March 2020 International Women’s Day: Education unions mobilise to energise the global push for gender equality
2020 marks 25 years since the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the world’s most progressive blueprint for advancing women’s rights. While considerable progress has been made, gender equality has not been achieved in any country. Education International’s Women in Education initiative aims to energise the fight...
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Equity and inclusion 6 March 2020 Beijing +25: ‘There is Only Collective Action for a Collective Solution’
madeleine kennedy macfoy
2020 is an auspicious year for women’s rights: the world will look back on what was agreed twenty-five years ago at the 4th UN World Conference on Women in Beijing, China. The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action is widely viewed as ‘the world’s most progressive blue-print’ on the rights...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 8 March 2019 #IWD2019 #Education Voices: “The Political Participation of Women and Their Prominent Role in Brazil’s Trade Union Movement”, by Fátima da Silva.
Fátima da Silva
Until recently, women in Latin America had achieved unprecedented levels of political participation with the election of women presidents in several countries in the region. Dilma Rousseff (2011–2016), Cristina Kirchner (2007–2015) and Michelle Bachelet (2006–2010 and 2014–2018) all served two terms as elected presidents in Brazil, Argentina and Chile, respectively....
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 March 2019 #IWD2019 #Education Voices: “A gender perspective is an integral part of education unions' child labour projects”, by Nora Wintour
Nora Wintour
As part of a research project on the most effective practices related to the implementation of activities against child labour by education unions commissioned by AOb and EI, I recently had the privilege to carry out field missions in Uganda, Morocco, Albania and Mali – at first glance not countries...
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Trade union rights are human rights 6 March 2019 #IWD2019 #Education Voices : “It All Starts With Good Teachers: Women’s Leadership in Education & in Unions”, by Johanna Jaara Åstrand
Johanna Jaara Åstrand
When I first joined the union, what attracted me was not so much the suggestion that the union was there to protect me if something should happen to me in my professional life. My motivation was more that the union was a place where I could make things happen together...
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Equity and inclusion 5 March 2019 #IWD2019 #Education Voices: “Educating Girls Matters: How You Can Help Change the World”, by Kayce Freed Jennings
Kayce Freed Jennings
This is true: educating girls will change the world. We know that. So why, then, are there still 130 million girls out of school and what can we do about it? What can you, as educators, do about it? What can your students do?
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Equity and inclusion 4 March 2019 #IWD2019 #Education Voices: "The Role of Education in South Africa’s Struggle Against Gender Based Violence", by Dorcus Sekabate
Dorcus Sekabate
The late world renowned South African statesman and first democratically elected President Nelson Mandela once said; “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”. As an educator, these words have been a driving inspiration for my overall outlook on the profession and on what...
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Equity and inclusion 26 March 2018 Tunisia: New law to stop violence against women supported by teachers
The teachers of the Fédération générale de l'enseignement de base have welcomed the new national law to stop violence against women.
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Equity and inclusion 9 March 2018 #8March: The issue of gender in Moroccan education
Fatima Echaabi
The notion of gender equality and the concept of gender have been concerns for human rights, and women’s rights activists in particular, throughout the post-colonial era.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 March 2018 #8March: Female leadership, strong unionism: a higher education perspective
Yamile Socolovsky
In the past, women were rarely able to attend university. It was only in the 20th century that the growing number of women undertaking university courses began to significantly impact the demographics of graduates of higher education. However, much like in the workplace, the acceptance of women in higher education...
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Equity and inclusion 8 March 2018 #8March: Takeaways from EI World Women’s Conference
Shaniqua Williams
Attending the 2018 3rd Education International World Women’s Conference in Marrakech, Morocco, was not only my first time outside of the United States, but also my first time at an Education International event. Truth be told, I had only just heard of Education International at last summer’s National Education Association...
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Equity and inclusion 8 March 2018 #8March: Takeaways from EI World Women’s Conference by Matilda Gustafsson, Lärarförbundet, Sweden.
Matilda Gustafsson
"Three days filled with women's engagement, struggle and sharing. Wise, experienced colleagues from all over the world."
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Equity and inclusion 7 March 2018 #8March: Men in Support of Women’s Leadership in Education Unions, by Frank Jones
Frank Jones
The General Secretary of my union, the Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT), is a woman – Joan Donegan – and it has been a privilege to witness her leadership style. It is a style of encouragement and motivation, rather than the directing and instructing style traditionally adopted by many...
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Equity and inclusion 7 March 2018 #8March: UK Union UCU addresses gender inequity head on
Joanna de Groot
Reducing gender disparity in pay and campaigning around issues of sexual harassment and violence against women in the workplace are two key areas focused on by the UK’s University and College Union (UCU).
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