Climate change: A hands-on guide for educators Climate change is high on the agenda of EI’s 8th World Congress – now educators have the chance to gear up the fight against the climate crisis from their classroom thanks to a...
The employer Kim Seong Rok failed to provide any severance payment for affected workers, and suspended payment of statutory minimum wages from 2013 to 2019.Currently, the Indonesian police have put the South Korean investor under the wanted persons list. According...
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kailash Satyarthi sparked hope for change among delegates at the EI World Congress with a motivational speech on leadership, change and justice. An ally of educators well known to delegates present at EI World Congress in...
In a historic move, the Education International (EI) 8th Congress carried a resolution modifying the constitution that greatly promotes gender balance in terms of representation within their own global union. As a result, open seats for election have increased to...
The Women's Caucus met today in the framework of the 8th EI World Congress. In her welcoming remarks, Susan Hopgood, president of Education International (EI) reminded participants of the Congress theme - Educators and their unions taking the lead -...
Today, 1400 educators gathered in Bangkok for the 8th Education International World Congress. During the opening ceremony, President Susan Hopgood welcomed delegates and began her speech with a challenge to them and educators across the world: “Are you ready to...
Participants at the higher education caucus learnt from academics from all over the world on topics ranging from the lack of funds, privatisation and commercialisation of higher education to precarious employment conditions and attacks on academic freedom. The caucus that...
Better Technical and Vocational Educational Training: the way forward to social justice Today, during the Higher and Further Education caucus of its 8th World Congress, Education International launched “Technical and Vocational Education and Training as a Framework for Social Justice”...
About 200 participants at the Indigenous Peoples’ Caucus discussed the many impacts of colonialism as it relates to education and exchanged ways in which to move forward in securing their full rights. Whether it’s Australia, the Philippines, Central America, South...
ESN holds General Assembly prior to World Congress The Education and Solidarity Network (ESN), of which Education International (EI) is a founding organisation, held its General Assembly in Bangkok, Thailand on July 20. These organisations from all around the world,...