February 2022
On 24 February 2022 Russia launched an unjustifiable full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Education International and its member organisations around the world stand in solidarity with the teachers, students, and people of Ukraine. The outpouring of support and solidarity have been unprecedented.
As the already fragile situation at the border between Ukraine and Russia further deteriorates, Education International calls for immediate de-escalation and a diplomatic solution to secure a lasting peace.
Educators around the world stand with Ukraine and call for peace
Ignoring global pleas for peace and diplomacy, Russia has launched an unjustifiable full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Education International stands in solidarity with the teachers, students, and people of Ukraine and calls on the international community to stop the bloodshed and do their utmost to avoid a catastrophic humanitarian crisis in...
Educators around the world stand with the people of Ukraine and condemn Russia’s act of war
Education unions from around the world have expressed their solidarity with the people of Ukraine and have condemned the Russian invasion of the country.
Ukraine: Education unions from around the world stand in solidarity
The global turmoil of recent decades causing crises, conflicts, and wars and the consequences of climate change worldwide have led to millions of individuals fleeing their countries in search of safety and shelter.
Protecting the rights and dignity of all refugees
"We know that they lie; They know that they lie; They know that we know that they lie; We know that they know that we know that they lie; And yet they persist lying." Aleksandr Isajevitsj Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008)
War in Europe: Unions must stand together to defend democracy
Education unions from Ukraine and other European countries, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, local authorities in neighbouring countries, and international organisations came together in Warsaw on May 3 and 4, to step up collaboration to ensure that education continues for all Ukrainian refugee students.
Ukraine: Education unions, national and local authorities, and international organisations mobilise to ensure access to education for all refugee students
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Fédération des Syndicats Libres de l'Enseignement (FSLE) of Romania has been undertaking many activities in solidarity with Ukrainian colleagues and children. Romanian educators are working as volunteers making sure schools are ready to receive Ukrainian students and organising rapid training for teachers to...
Romanian unionists unite and take action to support Ukrainian educators and students
In a horrific effort to rewrite history and indoctrinate, Russian forces are cracking down on teachers and education in occupied territories in Ukraine. According to Serhiy Shkarlet, Ukraine’s Minister of Education and Science, the Russian army is burning Ukrainian books and threatening, arresting, and torturing teachers in the Kherson region...
Ukraine: Education International condemns Russian attacks against teachers and education in occupied territories
A new law deprives as many as 70% of Ukrainian workers of labour protections, including their collective bargaining rights. Trade unions in Ukraine, including Education International member organisation, the Trade Union of Education and Science Workers of Ukraine, are dismayed at this push to undermine the rights of workers in...
Ukraine: Trade unions strongly oppose new law that undermines labour rights, collective bargaining, and democracy
From hosting refugees in union buildings, to organising donations, volunteering at border crossings and reception centres and organising classes for children, education unions and their members in Poland have shown great solidarity with those fleeing the war raging in the neighbouring country of Ukraine.
Polish educators in full solidarity with Ukrainian colleagues and children
On October 11-12, 2022, a delegation of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and of the Polish education trade union ZNP visited Ukraine at the invitation of the Trade Union of Education and Science Workers of Ukraine (TUESWU). AFT President and Education International Executive Board Member Randi Weingarten headed the...
Solidarity with Ukraine: Education unionists from the United States and Poland meet with colleagues in Ukraine
The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 marked the beginning of a collective nightmare. Attacks against civilians, including sexual violence against women and girls have been used as part of the campaign of terror to intimidate the population. This first-hand account from Ukraine details the horrors war unleashed but...
#16Days | I was less afraid of a russian missile than of a russian soldier: Sexual violence as a weapon of war in Ukraine