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The Global Thematic Consultation on Education in the Post-2015 Development Agenda was co-led by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The Consultation's report, to which Education International has given extensive input, has been published.

Kuala Lumpur: More than 80 trade unionists from the Asia-Pacific region gathered at the Women’s Caucus in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, prior to the 7th EI regional conference. The Caucus theme was: “Achieving gender equality through ending discrimination (against women and girls) in education”.

Over 400 education unionists are gathered from 18-20 September in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for the 7th EI Asia-Pacific regional conference. They will be holding debates on the theme: “Quality Public Education - Building Asia-Pacific’s Social and Economic Future”.

Two Canadian academics detained in Egypt have embarked on a hunger strike on Monday 16 September to protest the extension of their detention. Dr. Tarek Loubani and John Greyson will drink only fruit juice.

Monday, 16 September, marked the first day of industrial action by the Uganda National Teachers’ Union (UNATU), an EI affiliate. Teachers across Uganda are protesting at the Government’s failure to pay teachers a 20 per cent salary increment. After a series of negotiations and a teachers’ strike in 2011, an...

When the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon launched his Global Education First Initiative in 2012, he identified global citizenship education as one of the initiative’s three priorities areas, recognizing the role of education in creating more just, peaceful, tolerant and inclusive societies.

Eurostat published an article on participation of young people in education and the labour market on 12 July 2013. The article explains how youth unemployment in the EU is measured and how youth unemployment rates are affected by the transition of young adults from education to the labour market.

CEDEFOP published on 19 June 2013 the publication Labour market outcomes of vocational education in Europe - Evidence from the European Union labour force survey.

On 25 June 2013 the OECD report Education at a Glance 2013 was launched. This is an annual report analysing the education systems of the 34 OECD member countries, including 21 EU member states (Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta and Romania are not part of the OECD and therefore...

On Friday, 20th September 2013, ETUCE organizes a workshop on how to prevent early school leaving through the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT).

The 2013 edition of the Central and East European Roundtable will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan, on 26-28 September 2013.

OLME launched a five–days rolling strike as of September 16th following the decision of the teachers’ general assemblies. At the end of each 5 days strike the teachers’ general assemblies will take stock of the situation and then decide on the course of the strike action.

Mexican teachers have protested en masse after the government pushed through “supplementary” or “secondary” laws aimed at changing the Education Act, in particular aspects related to teachers’ careers.

One of EI’s affiliates in Spain, the Federación de Enseñanza de CCOO (FECCOO), has complained to the European Commission about the text of the forthcoming Organic Law for the Improvement of Education Quality (LOMCE).

One of EI’s affiliate in the US, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), has developed a useful toolkit designed to help the teaching of human rights in the classroom.

The Unión Nacional de Educadores Sindicato Nacional (UNE-SN), Education International’s affiliate in Paraguay, is mobilising its members around a major campaign to demand an increase in the education budgets for 2013 and 2014.

The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), one of EI’s national affiliates, has criticised the House of Representatives’ vote to grant autonomy to Nigeria’s local Governments without addressing issues relating to the development of primary education.The House of Representatives’ stance is “sad, unfortunate and inconsiderate”, said the NUT, as it impedes...

Plans are in place for a national teachers’ strike in England before Christmas in a row over adverse changes to teachers’ pay, pensions, working conditions and jobs. This is the next phase of a campaign to protect teachers and defend education, jointly coordinated by the two biggest UK teachers' unions...