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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 November 2017 COP23: promoting climate change education for a fair economic transition
Education International reiterated the importance of emphasising climate change education in order to achieve a fair transition towards carbon-free economies during the 23rd United Nations climate change conference.
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Union renewal and development 16 November 2017 Brazil: Latin American unions gear up for national challenges in education sector
On 15-17 November, education unions from 19 Latin American countries assembled in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, for Education International’s 11th regional conference.
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Equity and inclusion 16 November 2017 Properly trained teachers, a prerequisite for eliminating child labour
The teacher trade union delegation to the Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour reiterated the need for quality teacher and public education system to eradicate the scourge of child labour.
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Trade union rights are human rights 16 November 2017 India: air pollution forces thousands of schools to close, stranding millions of students
A toxic cloud over India’s capital Delhi has prompted Indian public authorities to take the unprecedented step of closing 4,000 schools for nearly a week.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 15 November 2017 COP23: States must be more ambitious with regard to climate change education and training
The key role of education and training on sustainable development to safeguard the planet was highlighted at the 23rd Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Agreement on Climate Change.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 14 November 2017 Belgium: Unions shed light on increasingly difficult job of being a teacher
Teaching is a ‘difficult’ job, according to a thousand educators at one of the largest teacher gatherings ever organised in Belgium.
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Union renewal and development 13 November 2017 Citizenship in good shape, according to ICCS report
Immigrant children should have the same opportunities for education as other children, and immigrants should enjoy the same rights as everyone else in their host country. These were just some of the findings in the IEA’s 2016 International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) report.
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Union renewal and development 13 November 2017 UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova honoured by Education International
On a night when she was celebrated for her eight-year tenure as Director-General, Irina Bokova was made a Distinguished Associate of Education International, only the second person outside of the organisation to receive the honour.
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Union growth 9 November 2017 Spotlight on role of teacher unions in the eradication of child labour
Education International will represent teachers and stress their unions’ active role in ensuring quality education for all at the 4th Global Conference on Child Labour.
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Union growth 8 November 2017 Yemen’s education crisis deepens as unpaid teachers continue to strike
With more than 1,700 schools already closed due to damage from armed conflict, the country’s teachers have gone on strike, desperate to be paid after one year, only adding to the country’s education woes.
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Union renewal and development 7 November 2017 EI: UNESCO member states should put quality education and education professionals first
EI has called on governments attending the 39th Session of the General Conference of UNESCO to put quality public education and educators high on their policy agenda.
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Trade union rights are human rights 6 November 2017 Yemen: 70th country to endorse the Safe Schools Declaration
Education International welcomes the move by Yemen to endorse the Safe Schools Declaration, committing itself to protect students, teachers, schools, and universities during times of violent conflict.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 3 November 2017 Uruguay: the latent privatisation and commercialisation of education is setting off alarm bells
The launch of a new study on the commercialisation and privatisation of education in Uruguay was an eye-opener to those who believed public education was safe from becoming a commodity.
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Union growth 2 November 2017 Trade unionists united to ensure LGBTI rights at the workplace
“Education International has been one of the world's leading unions in the fight for the respect of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and intersex workers,” Education International's Executive Board member Daniel Lafrenière reminded at a top trade union event.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 31 October 2017 The ‘core value’ of academic freedom is voiced in Paris
The status of higher education teaching personnel was the focus of an Education International event in Paris where academics were joined by teachers’ unions to shed light on a sector under threat.
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Trade union rights are human rights 30 October 2017 Francophone education unions assemble to improve the teaching profession
After meeting in Dakar, the Board of the Comité Syndical Francophone pour l’Education et la Formation committed to promoting quality public education accessible to all, as well as increase vibrant and respected teacher trade unionism.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 27 October 2017 Higher education teaching personnel to be celebrated in Paris
To mark the 20th anniversary of the UNESCO Recommendation on Higher Education Teaching Personnel, Education International is throwing the spotlight on tenure, academic freedom, self-governance and collegiality, which are being challenged around the world.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 26 October 2017 Germany: More investment needed in primary schools
German education unionists are calling for a comprehensive set of measures to improve the situation at primary schools in response to a new report on education in the sector.
Germany: More investment needed in primary schools