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Equity and inclusion 27 November 2017 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence 2017
This year’s campaign turns its focus toward ending gender-based violence in education by continuing the momentum and achievements built up over a year that saw more than 700 organisations in 92 countries voice their support.
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Union growth 24 November 2017 One story at a time, violence against women is thrust into the spotlight
The wave of revelations of sexual harassment and abuse of women from all walks of life marks a tipping point in tackling gender-based violence, and that effort begins in classrooms around the world.
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Union renewal and development 24 November 2017 Gender Equality in development co-operation among the General Union of Palestinian Teachers (GUPT), the National Union of Teachers (NUT), and the Union of Education Norway (Utdanningsforbundet, UEN) as of 2017
The NUT and the UEN’s co-operation efforts with the GUPT date back to the early ‘90s.
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Equity and inclusion 16 October 2017 Africa’s education union leaders go to school to sharpen their understanding of gender issues
The Africa Women in Education Network’s Trainers of Trainers Programme is bringing new skills and tools to education union activists and women mobilisers.
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Equity and inclusion 11 October 2017 International Day of the Girl Child
Education International celebrates the annual day for promoting the empowerment of girls and the fulfilment of their human rights, as well as highlighting existing challenges faced by girls all over the world.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 29 September 2017 UNESCO aims at ‘Cracking the code’ to end gender disparities in STEM
A new UNESCO report addresses girls and women’s significant underrepresentation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics professions worldwide, a divide rooted in girls’ earliest days of socialisation and schooling.
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Equity and inclusion 28 September 2017 Curriculum, Textbooks and Gender Stereotypes: The case of Pakistan
Haleema Masud
Education holds the power to form the understanding, attitudes and the behaviour of individuals. It is used as a tool for the promotion of national identities and can enhance the privilege of certain groups in the society (Smith, 1991), including men’s power over women. Gender roles and inequalities are reproduced,...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 September 2017 New OECD report takes aim at teacher salaries, class size and gender equality
The release of the 2017 edition of the OECD’s ‘Education at a Glance’ contains data supporting Education International’s position that teacher salaries remain stagnant and that class size does have an impact on student outcomes.
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Equity and inclusion 25 July 2017 Tanzania: Union leaders support efforts to achieve gender equality
Leaders of the Tanzania Teachers' Union have agreed on the importance of achieving gender equality in their trade union and enhancing women’s leadership skills, and committed themselves to strategies to achieve it.
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Equity and inclusion 5 July 2017 Global effort intensifies to end gender-based violence in the world of work
Education International is urging its affiliates around the world to throw their support behind a campaign to end violence against women and men in the workplace through a proposed International Labour Organisation Convention addressing the issue.
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Equity and inclusion 5 July 2017 Southern Africa: unions unite to advance the gender agenda
Female leadership, school-related gender-based violence, and resource mobilisation were among the many topics that came under the spotlight at the Southern Africa Women in Education Network Gender Training and Advocacy workshop.
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Equity and inclusion 19 May 2017 Women Teachers in Africa
Nelly P. Stromquist
A balanced representation of men and women teachers in the classroom creates a healthy environment, where children and youth have access to the wisdom and guidance of adults with varying experiences, attitudes, and skills. The presence of women teachers in two regions of the world, however, is quite weak. In...
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Union growth 10 May 2017 Arab countries’ teacher union leaders commit to defend human rights and quality public education
The newly elected leadership of the Committee of Education International's Arab Countries Cross-Regional Structure has vowed to protect human and trade union rights and promote quality public education for all in the region.
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Equity and inclusion 4 May 2017 From the classroom to the world and back: educators take on a global perspective
In a search for solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing people around the world, the second day of the Unite Conference in Rotterdam looked to build bridges from schools to politicians to policies.
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Equity and inclusion 29 April 2017 Education’s Promise for Gender Equality (2/2)
Gender equality is a stand-alone goal under the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), but is also a key aspect of the SDG 4 Quality Education. In light of the forthcoming 2018 World Development Report (WDR) and the influence of the World Bank in shaping global narratives on education...
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Climate action and literacy 12 April 2017 Competencies for Today and Tomorrow
Nelly P. Stromquist
At a recent education conference, I was invited to participate in a panel entitled, “Problematizing future competencies: Learning development in the unknown 21st century.” Something about the title generated resistance in me, so instead of offering suggestions on “competencies” for the “unknown” 21st century, I problematized the theme of the...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 11 April 2017 Malala Yousafzai, appointed UN Messenger of Peace
Education International welcomes the appointment of Nobel laureate, Malala Yousafzai, as United Nations’ Messenger of Peace, a key international role where she will be able to continue to fulfil her commitment to the promotion of girls’ education.
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Equity and inclusion 22 March 2017 Raising Arabic female teachers’ voices
At the 61st Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, female education union leaders reasserted their solidarity with their sisters in Arab countries, with a specific focus on Bahrain.
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