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Equity and inclusion 29 January 2014 India: Unions develop Action Plan for gender equity
A South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Women’s Network Planning Meeting has been held in New Delhi, India. Three union leaders from EI affiliate All India Secondary Teachers’ Federation (AISTF) National Office, six AISTF representatives from the Indian Maharashtra State, as well as six AISTF representatives from the Indian...
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Equity and inclusion 28 January 2014 On the move for equality by mainstreaming and developing expertise on gender equality in unions
EI Deputy General Secretary Haldis Holst underlines the need to combine mainstreaming of gender equality policies and expertise in gender issues within education trade unions and the teaching profession, to help achieve quality education for all. These topics and many more will be addressed during the Second EI World Women’s...
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Equity and inclusion 13 January 2014 New ETUCE Project: Promoting gender equality within teacher trade unions and in the teaching profession II
In 2014, EI's European region, the European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE), is turning towards the issue of participation and leadership of women and men in teacher unions and in the teaching profession.
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Equity and inclusion 19 December 2013 African workshop focuses on gender mainstreaming
The Pan-Africa Teachers’ Centre (PATC) and EI African regional office (EIRAF) have joined UNESCO, UNICEF and several progressive regional and international organisations in coordinating a project to develop, print, validate and pilot a UNESCO guide on gender mainstreaming containing 10 modules to be used in Teacher Training Institutions (TEIs) in...
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Equity and inclusion 18 December 2013 Sri Lanka: Seminar focused on union role in national legislation
National laws, especially on gender issues, came under the spotlight at an International Labour Organisation (ILO)/National Laws Seminar evaluation and planning meeting attended by six EI affiliates from Sri Lanka. The seminar was organised by EI and its Norwegian affiliate, UEN, in Colombo, from 13-15 December.
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Equity and inclusion 16 December 2013 Latin America: Women educators call for increased participation in the public sphere
Strengthening the participation of women in decision-making structures was the focus of EI Latin America’s Women Education Workers’ Network when it met in Costa Rica on 27-29 November.
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Equity and inclusion 25 November 2013 Joint Statement on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Gender-based violence (GBV) is a fundamental violation of human rights. It is one of the worst manifestations of gender-based discrimination, disproportionately affecting girls and women, and a major obstacle to achieving gender equality. This is a global phenomenon that knows no boundaries geographical, cultural, ethnic, economic or other.
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Equity and inclusion 21 November 2013 Senegal: Call for increased participation of women
Some 300 women (and a number of men) from 100 countries are attending the second world women's conference organised by the International Trade Union Confederation’s (ITUC) in Dakar, Senegal, from 19-21 November. This is the first time that an African country is hosting an ITUC World Women’s Conference. In recognising...
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Equity and inclusion 7 November 2013 Nepal: Union rights and gender issues highlighted at educators’ workshop
EI and its national affiliates, the Nepal National Teachers' Association (NNTA), the Nepal Teachers' Association (NTA), and the Sansthagat Vidyalaya Schickshak Union Nepal (ISTU), co-organised a joint workshop on trade union rights and gender issues in trade unions, education and society in Kathmandu, Nepal, from 22-24 October. Discussions were held...
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Equity and inclusion 25 October 2013 European trade unionists want equality added to quality in education
The Standing Committee for Equality of EI’s European region, the European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE), has met in Brussels, Belgium. From 21-22 October, education unionists highlighted the need for and activities organised to achieve equality in education.
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Equity and inclusion 11 October 2013 Message by Fred van Leeuwen, General Secretary of Education International, on the occasion of the International Day of the Girl Child, 11 October 2013
The International Day of the Girl Child was celebrated for the first time in 2012 as a way of promoting girls’ human rights and focusing attention on the many challenges faced by girl children all over the world. Education International (EI) welcomes this year’s theme to mark Girl Child Day:...
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Equity and inclusion 11 October 2013 International Day of the Girl Child 2013
Today, as we celebrate the second international day of the girl child, we also note that 2013 has put the challenges that girls face in accessing and successfully completing education at the very top of the international policy agenda. This is in no small measure due to the courage of...
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Equity and inclusion 19 September 2013 EI regional conferences: Gender equality at heart of discussions
Kuala Lumpur: More than 80 trade unionists from the Asia-Pacific region gathered at the Women’s Caucus in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, prior to the 7th EI regional conference. The Caucus theme was: “Achieving gender equality through ending discrimination (against women and girls) in education”.
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Equity and inclusion 21 August 2013 Educators' network to empower women in the Pacific
Over 40 representatives from 11 countries in the Pacific gathered for two days in Fiji to outline their unions’ plans to grow the women’s networks and promote equality in education and unions in the region. The women’s network meeting was held prior to the triennial conference of the Council of...
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Equity and inclusion 9 July 2013 Education unionists mobilise for girls’ education on Malala Day
EI affiliates around the world join the events being coordinated by the offices of the UN Special Envoy on Global Education, Gordon Brown on 12 July, to celebrate Malala Yousafzai’s sixteenth birthday and renew the call for all governments to guarantee equitable quality education for all, especially girls.
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Equity and inclusion 4 July 2013 Second EI Arab Women's Network meeting
EI held the second meeting of its Arab Women Network (AWN) from 29-30 June in Beirut, Lebanon. This meeting aimed at following up on the discussions that started at last’s year inaugural meeting, where the AWN will build on the information shared and plan for future steps.
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Equity and inclusion 27 June 2013 Stand with Malala and take action for girls’ education!
EI has sent out a call for action to its affiliates, requesting them to take action for women’s rights and girls’ education.
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Equity and inclusion 24 March 2013 Morocco: Schoolgirl publicly humiliated by education minister
On 22 March EI has filed a complaint with the UN Envoy for Global Education against Mr Mohamed El Wafa, Morocco's Minister of Education.
Morocco: Schoolgirl publicly humiliated by education minister