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  1. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 19 December 2008

    Millions more teachers needed to achieve Education for All

    Education International is committed to achieving quality Education For All, both in word and deed, and helping to train more highly-qualified teachers is at the heart of that commitment.

    Millions more teachers needed to achieve Education for All
  2. Trade union rights are human rights 19 December 2008

    Caribbean union renew their commitment to the EFAIDS Programme

    Twenty four unionists from across twelve Caribbean countries met in St Lucia for the Caribbean regional workshop of the EI EFAIDS Programme. During the four day meeting participants evaluated 2008 activities and finalised plans for 2009, and together developed new strategies to tackle education and AIDS topics.

    Caribbean union renew their commitment to the EFAIDS Programme
  3. Trade union rights are human rights 19 December 2008

    Teachers bring Courage, Hope and Cooperation to the HIV/AIDS response

    CARVEE, a new inter-union network to support Senegalese teachers living with and affected by HIV/AIDS, emerged from the 15th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) held in Dakar from December 3- 7.

    Teachers bring Courage, Hope and Cooperation to the HIV/AIDS response
  4. Union renewal and development 16 December 2008

    Teacher unions tackle climate change, financial crisis

    Real progress on climate change will require collective action by governments worldwide, with the support and involvement of a whole range of social institutions, including trade unions.

    Teacher unions tackle climate change, financial crisis
  5. Trade union rights are human rights 9 December 2008

    Teachers Spread the Word on World AIDS Day

    Around the globe teachers and students led the massive outpouring of solidarity on World AIDS Day within their schools, workplaces and communities. EI’s engaging activity ‘One Hour on AIDS’ was just one of the ways that teachers and their unions showed their commitment to educating about HIV and AIDS issues...

    Teachers Spread the Word on World AIDS Day
  6. Equity and inclusion 9 December 2008

    EI urges greater respect for Indigenous languages and culture

    Bilingual and multicultural education is not only “important for the human rights of Indigenous Peoples, but also for all other children, as well as for humanity as a whole, collecting and conserving relevant knowledge to help our planet survive,” EI Vice-President Susan Hopgood told participants in the EI seminar on...

    EI urges greater respect for Indigenous languages and culture
  7. Trade union rights are human rights 9 December 2008

    International Human Rights Day: Education International launches new Trade Union Rights Manual

    Education International, the global voice of teachers and the world’s largest international union federation, is strengthening its support of national unions and workers’ rights by publishing its Trade Union Rights Manual, a guide for union activists around the world. The launch of the Manual is to coincide with the 60th...

    International Human Rights Day: Education International launches new Trade Union Rights Manual
  8. Equity and inclusion 5 December 2008

    EI hosts its largest-ever seminar on Indigenous issues

    “Quality education and social justice for Indigenous peoples” is the theme of Education International’s Indigenous educators’ seminar to be held 6 December 2008 in advance of the World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education in Melbourne.

    EI hosts its largest-ever seminar on Indigenous issues
  9. Union growth 4 December 2008

    Zimbabwe: Ten teachers released, but four still incarcerated

    Latest reports from Zimbabwe show that more teachers than originally known were arrested in this week's crackdown by the Mugabe government in response to demonstrations protesting the financial and humanitarian crisis. In fact, of the 14 arrested, four remain in prison.

    Zimbabwe: Ten teachers released, but four still incarcerated
  10. Trade union rights are human rights 3 December 2008

    Zimbabwe: Five teachers among sweep of arrests of union leaders

    Five leaders of the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe, including PTUZ General Secretary Raymond Majongwe, are among 48 trade unionists who were caught up in a wave of arrests across the country on 3 December.

    Zimbabwe: Five teachers among sweep of arrests of union leaders
  11. Standards and working conditions 3 December 2008

    Macedonia: Teachers achieve new collective agreement, strike is over

    Leaders of the Trade Union of Employees in Education, Science and Culture (SONK) and representatives of the Macedonian education authorities reached an accord 3 December, bringing to an end the strike which had closed elementary and secondary schools since 24 November.

    Macedonia: Teachers achieve new collective agreement, strike is over
  12. Standards and working conditions 2 December 2008

    Macedonia: Teachers hopeful for resumption of negotiations

    Teachers are more optimistic after an announcement by Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski condemning the pressure exerted on teacher union members, and urging education officials and union leaders to get back to the negotiating table and come to a mutually agreeable solution to the current strike.

    Macedonia: Teachers hopeful for resumption of negotiations
  13. Union renewal and development 2 December 2008

    Ugandan teachers plan for success

    The Ugandan National Teachers Union (UNATU) presented its strategic plan at an All Donors Strategic Planning meeting in Kampala in mid November 2008. UNATU, sensitive to its role as a vibrant civil society organisation, is streamlining its development programme to better respond to the needs of its members and the...

    Ugandan teachers plan for success
  14. Trade union rights are human rights 1 December 2008

    Teachers take the lead on AIDS

    Teachers everywhere are marking World AIDS Day with special lessons, marches, and cultural activities. Education International’s lesson plan called “One Hour on AIDS” is being taught in classrooms around the world, from Peru to Nepal to the Netherlands.

    Teachers take the lead on AIDS
  15. Union renewal and development 28 November 2008

    Worlds of Education: A special edition on human and trade union rights

    The latest issue of EI’s flagship magazine Worlds of Education features a series of articles celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10th, and reasserting human and trade union rights of teachers and education workers everywhere.

    Worlds of Education: A special edition on human and trade union rights
  16. Union growth 27 November 2008

    Iranian teacher unionist still alive, but remains at risk

    Teachers, trade unionists and human rights defenders around the world are mobilising in defence of Farzad Kamangar, an Iranian Kurdish teacher and trade unionist who is at risk of execution.

    Iranian teacher unionist still alive, but remains at risk
  17. Union growth 26 November 2008

    Alert: Iranian teacher unionist could be executed today

    Education International has been informed that Farzad Kamangar, the Iranian Kurdish teacher and social worker sentenced to death on “absolutely zero evidence” according to his lawyer, could be hanged on Wednesday 26 November 2008.

    Alert: Iranian teacher unionist could be executed today
  18. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 November 2008

    Sacrificing education quality is not an option

    The Education For All Global Monitoring Report 2009 provides a useful blueprint for achieving greater equality of opportunity and improved quality of education for learners of all ages around the world.

    Sacrificing education quality is not an option