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Equity and inclusion 20 March 2014 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
On the occasion of the International Day against Racial Discrimination,celebrated every year on 21 March, EI calls on all education union leaders to take a leading role in the promotion of human rights, equality, and respect for racial diversity as an integral part of every education union’s activities. It also...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 19 March 2014 EI celebrates International Day of La Francophonie
On the International Day of La Francophonie, celebrated on 20 March each year, Education International has highlighted the importance the French-speaking community attaches to quality education as basis for a sustainable, peaceful and prosperous future.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 19 March 2014 OECD: cuts in public spending are not a good and sustainable solution
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has warned that cutbacks in government spending on social policies risk worsening the effects of the recent recession.
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Trade union rights are human rights 18 March 2014 Iceland: Strike over better conditions for teachers
Following on the failure of negotiations on a new collective agreement for secondary school teachers, EI’s national affiliate, the Kennarasamband Islands (KI), called on its members, upper secondary teachers employed by the state, to go on strike on 17 March.
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Equity and inclusion 18 March 2014 Côte d'Ivoire: Trade unionists highlight gender equality
The Gender Equality Committee of EI affiliate Syndicat national de l’enseignement primaire public de Côte d’Ivoire (SNEPPCI) held an International Women's Day commemoration ceremony on 7 March.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 18 March 2014 Zambia: Quality ECE at heart of union’s work
The Zambia National Union of Teachers (ZNUT), affiliated to EI, organised a multipartite workshop in Lusaka from 27-30 January to develop the union’s policy and strategy for the provision of quality Early Childhood Education (ECE) services in Zambia.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 March 2014 Deadline extended for nominations for education award
The deadline for nominations from the educational community for the 2014 Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education has been extended to 21 March. EI encourages affiliates and partners to send in nominations before the new deadline.
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Trade union rights are human rights 15 March 2014 Ukraine: A hotline for students and teachers in the Crimea
The Ukrainian education ministry has established a hotline for teachers and students in the Crimea who may find themselves Russian citizens after the referendum on 16 March. “We get a lot of calls from young people who are very worried about their future”, a deputy education minister told an Education...
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Trade union rights are human rights 14 March 2014 Ukraine: Global unions in solidarity with affected workers
A delegation from EI visited Kiev from 13-14 March in a show of support for the national teacher unions of Ukraine and the country’s democratic movement. Led by EI General Secretary Fred van Leeuwen, the delegation was composed of teacher union leaders from Bulgaria, the United Kingdom, and the United...
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Equity and inclusion 14 March 2014 UNCSW58: Women’s Leadership a priority in the post-2015 agenda
Over 100 women from the five sub-regions of Africa discussed achievements in increasing women in leadership and decision-making roles in public life at a side event on 13 March to the 58th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW58). The meeting also considered priorities for the...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 14 March 2014 European teachers and students raise concerns with US-EU trade partnership
Organisations representing teachers and students from across Europe are expressing concern about the potential impact of a proposed EU-US free trade deal. Negotiators from the European Union and the United States met in Brussels this week to continue controversial talks on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). The goal...
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Standards and working conditions 13 March 2014 OECD: Education policies report to be launched at 2014 ISTP
A report, “Equity, Excellence and Inclusiveness – policy lessons from around the world”, will be presented at the fourth International Summit on the Teaching Profession 2014 (ISTP). The report, which underpins the summit, will be presented by Andreas Schleicher, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Deputy Director for...
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Equity and inclusion 12 March 2014 Afghanistan: Rebuilding girls’ education after decades of conflict
Nahida, a school principal in Kabul, is the third participant in the ten-week #TeacherTuesday campaign, organised around the Education For All (EFA) Global Monitoring Report (GMR) 2013/4. In Afghanistan, conflict has raged for decades, cultural opposition to girls’ schooling is deep-seated, and education for girls was banned altogether under the...
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Standards and working conditions 12 March 2014 Cameroon: Unions still waiting for improvements in working conditions
EI’s national affiliates in Cameroon, the Fédération camerounaise des syndicats de l’Education(FECASE), the Fédération des syndicats de l’Enseignement et de la Recherche(FESER) and the Syndicat des travailleurs des établissements scolaires privés du Cameroun(SYNTESPRIC), have called on teachers to take action to improve their status and working conditions.
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Union renewal and development 11 March 2014 Finland: Quality teachers vital to development
On 4 March, the Opetusalan Ammattijärjestö (OAJ), one of EI’s national affiliates, attended a meeting coordinated by the Finnish Minister for Development Cooperation, Pekka Haavisto, and also attended by other trade unions and NGOs, to discuss development cooperation issues. The main discussion theme was education and the post-2015 global development...
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Equity and inclusion 11 March 2014 Beyond 2015: Putting girls’ education at the heart of the agenda
“Which government is prepared to tell a girl that she will never be able to go to school, and neither will her children or her grandchildren, but, if she is very lucky, her great-grandchild might be the first girl of her family to go to school?” asked EI President Susan...
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Equity and inclusion 11 March 2014 Women work 59 days ‘for free’
On average, women work 59 days unpaid per year. On occasion of the 4th European Equal Pay Day, the European Commission has released the new brochure Tackling the gender pay gap in the European Union, which explains the gender pay gap, its causes and the benefits of closing it.
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Equity and inclusion 11 March 2014 One in three women experienced violence
33 % of women living in the European Union have experienced physical and/or sexual violence since the age of 15, and one in 20 women was raped since the age of 15. These insights were revealed by an EU-wide survey on violence against women published by the European Agency for...
One in three women experienced violence