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During an intense debate at the diversity caucus, delegates at Education International’s 7th World Congress have designed strategies on how to tackle discrimination from the classroom and through trade union action.

Develop strategies to protect public education systems, reclaim the teaching profession and strengthen teachers unions are the top priorities for Education International’s Seventh World Congress during a “significant year for education.”

With the adoption of the new UN Sustainable Development Goals fast approaching, delegates at EI's Seventh World Congress have the chance to find out how how to introduce the most important topics to the classroom.

Iranian teacher unionist Esmail Abdi has been transferred from solitary confinement to the general ward of the Evin prison.

The Asia-Pacific office of Education International has organised two workshops on trade union issues for members of the Kazakhstan Trade Union of Education and Science Workers, its national affiliate, strengthening their negotiating and organising skills.

An Addis side event, which included UNESCO and the governments of Ethiopia, Norway and the Republic of Korea, focused on investing in education gave Education International the perfect opportunity to argue for free public education.

Twenty-three delegates from nine Education International member countries are in Washington, DC, this week as participants in the American Federation of Teachers’ biennial professional development conference, “Together Educating America’s Children,” also known as TEACH.

Education International joins heads of state and government, along with major stakeholders in development, in Addis Ababa to agree on financing for the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals to be launched this September.

The Teachers' Association of the Republic of Indonesia (PGRI) has asked the Government and local authorities to immediately pay the teacher profession allowance, which has been both reduced and withheld altogether is come circumstances.

Twenty-eight primary school teachers were killed after extremists set off a bomb that ripped through a crowded group of civil servants in north-western Nigeria, the latest in a string of deadly attacks this week.

During Congress sessions, many people will use their social media accounts to share their impressions in real-time. The Congress hashtag is #unite4ed.

A shuttle bus service has been arranged to transport participants to their hotels on arrival in Ottawa and returning to the airport at the end of Congress.

The business of Congress is set out in a series of publications, all of which will be available online on the Congress website in the course of next week. Hard copies of the books will be given to participants on registration at the Congress Centre.

Almost two thousand people will converge on the city of Ottawa in less than two weeks’ time to participate in the 7th Education International World Congress. The Pre-Congress events will begin on Sunday, 19th July, with the ‘Unite in Diversity’ LGBT and Indigenous Caucuses. Congress itself will begin at 17.00...

With over 1,800 participants confirmed for Education International’s upcoming 7th World Congress in Ottawa, Canada, it is set to be the most attended in the organisation’s history.

Education International Deputy General Secretary David Edwards reflects on the career, life, and influence of his friend and collaborator Ron Thorpe, who passed away last week after a lengthy illness.

The National Education Association has started preparing for World Congress during its annual Representatives’ Assembly in Orlando, Florida, where more than seven hundred of its three thousand delegates learnt about Education International first hand.

Education International joins global leaders in Oslo to bridge the global Education for All vision and commitments adopted at the World Education Forum with the necessary financing, priorities and political will.