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Union growth 3 September 2018 Caribbean education unions’ young teacher training for a bright future for teachers and education
Education International has assisted a fruitful workshop for Southern Caribbean’s young teacher unionists to enable sustainable and strong education unions promoting quality education in the region.
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Equity and inclusion 9 August 2018 Paraguay: Union leads effort to defend the rights of indigenous teachers
The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples reminds us that in many parts of the world, indigenous people routinely face exclusion, discrimination and economic hardship and violence. In Paraguay, after centuries of invasion of their lands, European colonization and the violation of their human rights by subsequent governments, the...
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Union growth 26 June 2018 Fighting racism with the light of learning, by Glen Hansman
Glen Hansman
Canadian teachers, like our colleagues worldwide, are united in a desire to make the world a better place by confronting social injustices such as racism. In our troubled times, disturbing signs of a resurgent neo-Nazi, white supremacist movement have got teachers across North America talking about how best to confront...
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Union growth 29 March 2018 Philippines: Criminalisation of indigenous leaders and human rights defenders
Education International joins its affiliate the Alliance of Concerned Teachers in expressing alarm about the deteriorating human rights situation in the Philippines, as the country’s State Prosecutor is seeking to have teachers, Indigenous peoples’ leaders and human rights defenders declared terrorists and outlaws.
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Union growth 12 October 2017 Education International’s Asia-Pacific leaders gather to tackle regional challenges
Asia-Pacific education union leaders reiterated their commitment to quality education for all, working towards countering for-profit education privatisation, increasing teacher professionalism and demanding respect for educators’ human and trade union rights.
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Trade union rights are human rights 12 September 2017 Education International joins Argentinian campaign to find Santiago Maldonado
Education International has joined Argentinian education trade unionists to call on their national public authorities to find Santiago Maldonado, who disappeared while participating in a march.
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Union growth 31 August 2017 Philippines: worldwide support grows for Lumad teachers and students fighting for their right to education
Teacher unions globally continue to show solidarity and answer the Education International’s call to action, condemning ongoing attacks against Lumad schools, teachers, students and their communities in the Philippines.
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Equity and inclusion 20 August 2017 Filipino colleagues and students receive a wave of education union solidarity
Teacher unions globally have condemned continuing attacks against Lumad schools, teachers, students and communities in the Philippines, a show of solidarity which comes after a call to action from Education International.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 3 August 2017 Philippines: UN experts urge government to put an immediate halt to human rights violations
Education International reiterates its call for action and great concerns, after UN experts declared that the “Philippines needs urgent action to reverse spiraling rights violations”.
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Equity and inclusion 31 July 2017 Indigenous rights firmly reasserted at Education International’s seminar
The adequate implementation of Indigenous language policies took centre stage at Education International’s recent Seminar on Indigenous Peoples’ Right to and Rights through Education.
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Equity and inclusion 21 June 2017 Mexican educators team up with UNESCO to launch multilingual indigenous education guide
The National Union of Education Workers and UNESCO announced that the pedagogical guide to indigenous education is now available in English and French, a move to provide greater access to the learning tool.
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Equity and inclusion 1 December 2016 Mexico: New guide to improve Indigenous education
The Mexican National Union of Education Workers (SNTE), together with UNESCO, has published a ground-breaking guide for teachers to help them excel in the delivery of Indigenous education in the classroom.
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Equity and inclusion 10 August 2016 Australia: teacher honoured for work with indigenous students
Teacher unionists have awarded an educator for her outstanding and ‘simple’ contribution to providing indigenous students with quality education, a welcomed respite of positive news amidst the Northern Territory’ youth detention abuse scandal.
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Equity and inclusion 9 August 2016 Reasserting Indigenous Peoples' right to quality education
On the occasion of the 2016 International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, Education International is reiterating that education must be available for all without discrimination, accessible, publicly funded and free.
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Equity and inclusion 11 July 2016 Malaysia: Union underscores rights of Indigenous Peoples
Sustainable development goals will not be achieved if the rights of indigenous peoples are not respected. That was the message emerging from a meeting of teacher unionists on issues related to the rights of indigenous peoples held in Miri, Malaysia in June.
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Equity and inclusion 21 June 2016 Majority of Canadian teachers surveyed say Aboriginal education is integrated into curriculum
To mark National Aboriginal Day the Canadian Teachers’ Federation has released a new survey revealing the perspectives of classroom teachers on topics related to Aboriginal education.
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Equity and inclusion 26 May 2016 Mexico: indigenous teachers call for inclusive quality education
The second Indigenous Teachers’ Parliament of Mexico has asserted the pressing need to include all educators in the fight for an integrated quality education system that recognises all cultures by beginning in the classroom.
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Equity and inclusion 10 May 2016 Canada supports UN Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples
In a long-awaited move the Canadian government has shifted its position on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by joining more than 140 other countries in signing the agreement.
Canada supports UN Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples