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Equity and inclusion 14 April 2023
Great steps forward for teaching and research at the World Intellectual Property Organisation

The 43rd meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organisation’s (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) concluded with major wins for the rights of teachers and researchers to adapt and choose materials for quality education and research. Education International participated together with member organisations CONADU (Argentina), AUSPS (Fiji),...
Great steps forward for teaching and research at the World Intellectual Property Organisation
Fighting the commercialisation of education 16 March 2022
World Bank to exit investment in for-profit school chain Bridge International Academies

Education International (EI) welcomes the decision from the World Bank’s private sector arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), to stop investing in the for-profit chain of schools, Bridge International Academies. The IFC had invested more than US$ 10 million in Bridge International Academies operations in Africa and supported the company's...
World Bank to exit investment in for-profit school chain Bridge International Academies
Fighting the commercialisation of education 28 January 2022
Challenging global tech giants: the critical role of Global labour

Carmen Ludwig, Edward Webster

In a recent research paper, Carmen Ludwig and Edward Webster examined the role of global unions to contest the use and abuse of digital technology through transnational activism in two African contexts. Action included work with Education International’s Global Response against the privatisation of education.
Challenging global tech giants: the critical role of Global labour
Democracy 30 April 2021
May Day: Trade unionists fight for democracy around the world

On May Day, Education International recognizes and stands with the trade unionists fighting for democracy around the world.
May Day: Trade unionists fight for democracy around the world
Trade union rights are human rights 14 December 2020
Education International calls upon Kenyan authorities to stop its onslaught on the KNUT

Education International calls upon Kenyan authorities to stop its onslaught on the KNUT
Education International calls upon Kenyan authorities to stop its onslaught on the KNUT
Union growth 10 December 2020
#16dayscampaign | “When teachers’ unions take action, schools become safer for everyone”, by madeleine kennedy-macfoy (EI) and Rex Fyles (Gender at Work).

Rex Fyles, madeleine kennedy macfoy

Gender-based violence in and around schools poses big challenges to education unions and their members. Because everyone in and around schools – teachers, students, education support personnel - can be both perpetrator and victim of such violence, school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV) is a violation of both the right to quality...
#16dayscampaign | “When teachers’ unions take action, schools become safer for everyone”, by madeleine kennedy-macfoy (EI) and Rex Fyles (Gender at Work).