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Standards and working conditions 20 July 2022 Uganda: Government must put an immediate halt to the intimidation of teachers
Education International has firmly condemned the intimidation of teachers currently taking industrial action led by the Uganda National Teachers Union (UNATU), an organisation affiliated to Education International.
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Trade union rights are human rights 18 July 2022 Global education union movement mourns Aloysius Matthews and celebrates his legacy
Aloysius Matthews passed away peacefully on July 18, 2022. He was the Chief Regional Coordinator of the Education International Asia Pacific Region from 1996 to 2013. He was also the founding General Secretary of the National Union of the Teaching Profession, Malaysia and Regional Fund Manager for the Civil Society...
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Climate action and literacy 8 July 2022 European educators reaffirm their commitment to enhance the status of the teaching profession for inclusive, peaceful, democratic and sustainable societies
Confronted with turbulent times for teachers, educational staff and their trade unions, delegates at the Special Conference of the European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE), the European region of Education International (EI), took a pro-active stand and reasserted their will to mobilise and organise for quality public education, for...
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Democracy 7 July 2022 Iraq: An attack on teachers leads to the destruction of society
Strongly condemning the murder of two academics in its Iraqi region, the Kurdistan Teachers’ Union (KTU) has reaffirmed that an attack on teachers is an attack on education, which is the keystone of peaceful, healthy and sustainable society.
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Trade union rights are human rights 17 June 2022 Afghanistan: International solidarity to face human and education rights violations
International solidarity was reaffirmed at a webinar on Protecting the Right to Education of Girls in Afghanistan organised by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and Unite the Union. Participants took stock of the educational and trade union situation in the country.
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Trade union rights are human rights 9 June 2022 Afghanistan: Union ensures the distribution of allowances to unpaid teachers
The National Teachers Elected Council (NTEC) has played a key role in ensuring that UNICEF’s badly needed emergency funds reach teachers across Afghanistan and advocating for secondary girls access to education be reinstated.
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Trade union rights are human rights 1 June 2022 Afghanistan: The Taliban regime must stop its attacks on the teaching profession
Education International condemns the abusive measures imposed by the Taliban government on universities and higher education institutions in Afghanistan. These measures are in clear violation of the principles of academic freedom and institutional autonomy, as enshrined in the 1997 UNESCO Recommendation concerning the status of higher education teaching personnel .
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Trade union rights are human rights 25 May 2022 Afghanistan: As the Taliban regime undermines education, peace and human rights, Education International and its member organisations step up their actions
Education International’s Afghanistan Teachers’ Rights Observatory (ATRO) , to be launched in September 2022, is the latest in a series of strong actions undertaken demonstrating the global education community’s solidarity with Afghan educators and populations, who are undergoing great hardship under the rule of the Taliban.
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Trade union rights are human rights 12 May 2022 Statement: Teachers and trade unionists in Iran must be immediately and unconditionally released!
Education International, the global federation of educators, condemns the arrest of Iranian teacher trade unionists and demands their immediate and unconditional release.
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Trade union rights are human rights 3 May 2022 Afghanistan: reaffirming strong support for exiled trade unionists and for the return of democracy, freedom and equality
Together with French affiliates and leaders of French national and international trade union confederations, Education International took stock of the catastrophic situation of democracy and education in Afghanistan under Taliban rule. It also reiterated its commitment to and solidarity with Afghan trade unionists who, despite being exiled in France, are...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2 May 2022 Hungary: Union defending the rights of members while welcoming Ukrainian refugees
The Teachers' Democratic Union of Hungary (PDSZ) has been proactive this year in its actions to ensure quality inclusive education. It has also led various initiatives to help Ukrainian refugees coming into the country.
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Trade union rights are human rights 27 April 2022 Haiti: Seeds of international solidarity bear fruit
Education International is pleased to report that it has received letters from member organisations in Haiti informing it that the repression against union leaders has been lifted, following a strong show of solidarity from education unions around the world.
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Trade union rights are human rights 12 April 2022 Active support from New Zealand’s educator unionists for Myanmar counterparts
Teachers from New Zealand are supporting educators in Myanmar who are protesting against the February 2021 military coup and who are committed to delivering quality education.
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Trade union rights are human rights 1 April 2022 Jordan: The harassment against union leaders and members must stop immediately
Education International has strongly reiterated its condemnation of the acts of harassment against the Jordanian Teachers’ Association (JTA), its leaders and members. It deplores the criminalisation of legitimate trade union activities including marches and demonstrations.
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Leading the profession 27 March 2022 Uruguay: Unions say yes to public education
Education International in full solidarity with its affiliates
Against all the odds, trade union organisations and grassroots movements in Uruguay secured a referendum in the country to overturn a series of government-imposed measures set to undermine public education and encourage privatisation.
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Leading the profession 21 March 2022 Senegal: Unions win pay rise
At a high-level meeting with several ministers, the leaders of Senegal's principal education unions reached agreement on several positive measures, namely a pay rise for education and training staff and the upgrading of the allowance system for managerial and administrative roles. The career prospects for education and teaching staff were...
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Trade union rights are human rights 14 March 2022 Cameroon: The government must respect the unions as partners in social dialogue
Faced with the rise of anarchic and disorganised teacher protest movements on social networks, Cameroon's education unions are stressing the urgency of holding social dialogue in good faith. They have asked the public authorities to respond as quickly as possible to the many teacher demands and to keep their promises.
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Standards and working conditions 23 February 2022 Mauritania: teachers strike for a decent life and better working conditions
A coalition of Mauritanian education unions called for a strike from 21-25 February. The widely supported action aimed at “wresting the rights” of teachers from the Minister of Education and underlined the unity of teachers.
Mauritania: teachers strike for a decent life and better working conditions