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“Education International has been one of the world's leading unions in the fight for the respect of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and intersex workers,” Education International's Executive Board member Daniel Lafrenière reminded at a top trade union event.

The international trade union movement is strongly committed to the realization of all human rights, to promoting equality and solidarity within trade unions and in all societies. Unions play a key role in promoting the human rights and social inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people in...

A new Global Education Monitoring Report Policy Paper clearly shows that textbooks can play a major role in helping build tolerance and positively shape young people’s views and acceptance of sexual diversity.

Action plans to promote and protect the rights of minorities, particularly for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people, were devised at an Education International workshop for teacher unionists in the Philippines.

The achievement of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people’s rights is both a trade union and professional challenge, reaffirmed Education International’s General Secretary Fred van Leeuwen at the Freedom at Work Conference in Amsterdam.

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.

A new UNESCO report puts the focus on the protection of students’ mental health and wellbeing as crucial elements for quality teaching and learning environments to mark the International Day Against Homophobia.

Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) is key to gender equality and reproductive health. That’s according to UNESCO’s new report, ‘Emerging Evidence, Lessons and Practice in Comprehensive Sexuality Education - A Global Review 2015’.

According to Canada’s largest study on teachers’ perspectives on LGBTQ inclusive education in the country, only 30 percent of educators say their schools have responded effectively to homophobic, biphobic and transphobic harassment.

Leaders of education unions in francophone West Africa discussed a rights-based approach to inclusive education, particularly of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender and intersex people.

Twelve United Nations’ agencies joined together in a call to action to end violence and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex adults, adolescents and children.

The landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling on same sex marriage is being praised by Education International’s American affiliates as a major step toward ending discrimination and moving the country onto the right side of history.

French trade unions united within the Education Collective Against LGBT-phobia in Schools and Universities have called on public authorities to implement a long-awaited ambitious policy to combat LGBT-phobia in schools and universities.

Teacher union leaders have made an important step in their journey to develop a better understanding of LGBT issues from a human rights perspective, as the region shifts its tolerance and acceptance toward sexual diversity.

The lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Teachers’ Group of the Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO), affiliated to Education International (EI), will mark its 10th anniversary with an education conference themed “The Inclusive School”.

Education International (EI) welcomes a landmark report which provides a stark picture of the added financial burdens faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in United States because of discriminatory laws.

EI has strongly condemned the fact that 18-year-old Jessica Urbina, who wore a stylist tuxedo in her high school portrait, was told by school officials that her picture would not appear in her class yearbook due to the Archdiocese of San Francisco’s rule that girls must appear in dresses for...