Education International Africa

Statement by the global labour movement on the United Nations Secretary General’s Biennial Report on the Implementation of the Global Compact for Migration

On 5 December 2024, United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, presents to the UN General Assembly his 3rd biennial report on the implementation of the Global Compact on Migration. The report also includes a limited set of indicators to assist reviews of the Compact alongside a strategy for improving disaggregated...

Activating the recommendations related to teachers in early childhood education

The United Nations High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession Recommendations

The High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession was convened by the United Nations Secretary General in response to the global teacher shortage. Tasked with providing policy advice for governments to ensure that every child’s right to a professionally-trained, qualified, and well-supported teacher is fulfilled, the Panel identified 59 recommendations .

Activating the recommendations on teacher well-being

The United Nations High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession Recommendations

The High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession recognises that “teachers need to work in a climate of security, support, well-being and decent working conditions”. It calls for comprehensive national teacher policies to address teacher well-being and for multi-stakeholder national commissions to be established. The commissions should address workload and well-being...

Teacher and Education Support Personnel Well-being - Vital for Education

Policy Brief

This Briefing outlines the importance of teacher and education support personnel (ESP) wellbeing to high quality education. It sets out a road map for education unions and their members on how to ensure that educational jurisdictions put in place practical strategies for enhancing the wellbeing of all teachers and ESP....

Activating the recommendations for higher education

The United Nations High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession Recommendations

The High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession was convened by the United Nations Secretary General and brought together academics, ministers of education and labour, former presidents, employers’ organisations, teachers and students and their unions.

Activating the Recommendations of the UN High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession

A Guide for Education Unions

The High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession was convened by the United Nations Secretary-General in response to the global teacher shortage. The Panel brought together academics, ministers, former presidents, teachers and students and their unions.

Towards a Just Transition in Education: A Strategic Guide on Fossil Fuel Divestment for Education Unions

Alanah Torralba

Amidst intensifying climate change impacts, demanding the phaseout of fossil fuels and the acceleration of a just and rapid transition into a low-carbon economy are urgent political tasks. For educators and their unions, a critical step is consolidating a fossil fuel divestment campaign that targets not just the disentanglement of...

Toolkit on Open Educational Materials for Higher Education Unions

Patricia Díaz Charquero Virginia Rodés Paragarino

Teachers' unions, students, and academic support staff are key players in promoting social dialogue on access to study materials in higher education and fostering transformative action. This toolkit aims to provide unions with basic knowledge about Open Educational Resources (OER) in higher education, as well as practical ideas and examples...

Teachers and technology

Advocacy brief by Education International and the Global Education Monitoring Report

The Global Education Monitoring Report and Education International have developed an advocacy brief for teachers based on the 2023 GEM Report, Technology in education: A tool on whose terms?

Building Momentum to End School-Related Gender-Based Violence in the Time of COVID-19

In 2021-22, Education International (EI), with the technical support of Gender at Work (G@W) and financial contribution from the National Education Association (NEA, USA) implemented a nine-month learning cycle to build further momentum among education unions in Africa to take action to end School-Related Gender-Based Violence (SRGBV).

The Transforming Education Summit: A Toolkit for Education Unions

For the first time ever, the Heads of State of the world are meeting to discuss progress in education. Convened by the UN Secretary General, the Transforming Education Summit (TES) is taking place on 19 September 2022 in New York. It is a very important opportunity for us as education...

Using Women's Power for Change: A Festival of Ideas, Experiences & Strategies to Advance Gender Equality in and through Education Unions

Report of the 4th Education International World Women’s Conference

Under the theme “Using Women’s Power for Change: A Festival of ideas, Experiences and Strategies to Advance Gender Equality in and Through Education”, the 4th Education International (EI) World Women’s Conference (WWC4) offered women education unionists a space for reflection, information sharing and exchange, and strategising across regions to advance...

Education versus austerity

Why public sector wage bill constraints undermine teachers and public education systems -and must end

At least 69 million more teachers are needed by 2030 to achieve the sustainable development goal on education, yet around the word existing teachers face low pay and deteriorating conditions, affecting the status of the profession. There is a clear common cause uniting low pay and teacher shortages – both...

Schools shall be safe sanctuaries

Education International declaration on violent political and military attacks against education institutions, students, teachers, academics and all other education personnel

This declaration voices the collective demand by teachers and their unions worldwide that the international community take action to ensure that education is both protected in conflicts and enabled to realize its potential as a force for peace in the world.

Teach for the Planet | An Education Unionist’s Guide to Climate Education Advocacy

Alanah Torralba

We can still avoid the worst consequences of climate change if we start making critical changes today. This is where teachers can make a difference: by educating students and their communities about the pathways to a more livable and equitable future.

Strategies to end school-related gender-based violence

The experience of education unions in Africa

The issue of gender-based violence in and around schools and other educational settings is particularly important to education unions and their members. Since everyone in schools – teachers, students, support personnel - can be perpetrator and victim, SRGBV is a violation of both the right to quality education and the...

Trabalhando para acabar com a violência de género no âmbito escolar

Escritos dos representantes de sindicatos da educação da África Oriental, Ocidental e Austral

A iniciativa “Sindicatos da Educação Intervêm para Acabar com a Violência de Género no Âmbito Escolar” da Internacional da Educação1 (EI), faz parte de um processo de mais de 30 anos de advocacia internacional com vista à promoção da igualdade de género na educação e nos sindicatos.

Estratégias para acabar com a violência de género no âmbito escolar

A experiência dos sindicatos da educação em África

A Violência de Género no Âmbito Escolar (VGAE), nomeadamente, nas escolas, nos seus arredores e noutros contextos educacionais, consiste num problema de particular importância para os sindicatos do sector da educação e seus membros.