Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4
12 December 2025
Indonesia: Teacher union and global partners urge government to go public and fund education
At its national Seminar of the Go Public! Fund Education
campaign, the Teachers' Association of the Republic of Indonesia (PGRI, from its Indonesian acronym) rallied hundreds of educators and international allies to demand the government fulfill its constitutional promise of quality education for all. Union leaders and international organizations called...
Asia-Pacific: Top union leaders reaffirm commitment to defend academic freedom as a cornerstone of democracy
Growing threats to academic freedom and institutional autonomy require education unions to chart collective strategies for their defense. At the Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Academic Freedom and Democracy, unions shared insights and mapped the way forward.
Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4
18 February 2021
Iraq: Academics’ freedom and trade union rights under attack
The Association of Iraqi Academics (AIA) has warned against the abrogation of the law allowing Iraqi academics to perform trade union activities. It has also called for solidarity with them and support for their rights of association and organisation.