World Refugee Day: Teachers stand up for displaced children and teachers
As growing numbers of refugees try to find safety from conflict, persecution, and natural disasters often induced by climate change, Education International is highlighting the plight of displaced children and educators worldwide.
“World Refugee Day: Stop Fencing out Democracy”, by David Edwards.
David Edwards
In her 1948 speech concluding the work of the nascent UN Commission on Human Rights, Eleanor Roosevelt said, “Democracy, freedom, human rights have come to have a definite meaning to the people of the world which we must not allow any nation to so change that they are made synonymous...
Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4
20 June 2019
“The Fast Track for Newly Arrived Teachers in Sweden: the union’s perspective”, by Patrik Ribe.
Patrik Ribe
In 2015 the number of immigrants seeking asylum in Sweden reached record numbers. In total, Sweden received 163 000 asylum seeking refugees that year. For us. as a teachers’ union, it was natural to contribute to the creation of a system that would make good use of the teaching competence...