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Equity and inclusion Strategies to end school-related gender-based violence
The experience of education unions in Africa
22 December 2019Strategies to end school-related gender-based violenceThe issue of gender-based violence in and around schools and other educational settings is particularly important to education unions and their members. Since everyone in schools – teachers, students, support personnel - can be perpetrator and victim, SRGBV is a violation of both the right to quality education and the...
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Equity and inclusion Working to end school related gender based violence
Writings by representatives of education unions from Eastern, West and Southern Africa
22 December 2019Working to end school related gender based violenceThe Education International (EI) initiative Education Unions take Action to End School Related Gender Based Violence, is part of more than 30 years of international advocacy to advance gender equality in education and in unions.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 November 2024 Teachers mobilised to play their part in ending violence against children
The first-ever Global Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence against Children takes place in Bogota, Colombia on 7 and 8 November 2024. Education International is the voice of teachers in this critical meeting that brings together governments, children, young people, survivor, and civil society allies to unite behind a shared vision...
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Equity and inclusion 7 December 2022 #16Days | Using technology to foster meaningful conversations on gender-based violence
Aayushi Aggarwal
Over the past two years, the world has undergone massive changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These abrupt and unpredictable changes have required adjustments to how we work and have challenged us to re-think, re-assess and re-formulate our approaches and engagements. Gender at Work’s engagement with Education International on capacity...
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Equity and inclusion Building Momentum to End School-Related Gender-Based Violence in the Time of COVID-19
1 December 2022Building Momentum to End School-Related Gender-Based Violence in the Time of COVID-19In 2021-22, Education International (EI), with the technical support of Gender at Work (G@W) and financial contribution from the National Education Association (NEA, USA) implemented a nine-month learning cycle to build further momentum among education unions in Africa to take action to end School-Related Gender-Based Violence (SRGBV).
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Equity and inclusion 30 November 2021 Education unions adapt their approaches to address school-related gender-based violence through the pandemic
Rex Fyles
Over the last six years, Gender at Work (G@W) has been collaborating with Education International (EI) to put education unions at the forefront of global efforts to end gender-based violence in and around schools. When we started, I had no idea what ‘SRGBV’ meant, let alone how to pronounce it....
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Equity and inclusion Education unions take action to end school-related gender-based violence
12 July 2021Education union activists from nine countries across Africa share what they have learned about challenging gender-based violence in their schools, their communities, their unions and their national education systems.