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Education International

We are the voice of teachers and education workers around the world.

Through our 375 member organisations, we represent more than 33 million teachers and education support personnel in 180 countries and territories.

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Informed and empowered by teachers and education support personnel everywhere, we develop tools and strategies that enable us to work across all sectors of education and all regions of the world to effect change and create a better future for our students. Click here to see how we work and find out more about our priorities below.

  1. Quality education for all

  2. The profession

  3. Rights and democracy

  4. Building union power

Latest Updates

  1. News 31 March 2026

    Asia-Pacific education unions stand firm amid escalating crises

    Gathering in times of overlying crises across the region, the Education International Asia-Pacific (EIAP) Regional Committee issued an urgent call for peace, democracy, and public education. It adopted a statement demanding “an immediate ceasefire and de-escalation” in Iran and the Middle East and condemning attacks on schools and education workers.

    Asia-Pacific education unions stand firm amid escalating crises
  2. Worlds of Education 30 March 2026

    United Nations Commission on the Status of Women: Recognizing the connections between our struggles and joining forces

    Tesa Fiddler

    There’s always something powerful about being in a space with women from all over the world, each carrying their own stories, responsibilities, and reasons for being there. You feel the weight of that, but also an understanding of shared strength in knowing you’re not alone in the work.

    United Nations Commission on the Status of Women: Recognizing the connections between our struggles and joining forces
  3. News 30 March 2026

    Educators join the biggest day of mass protest in U.S. history to raise their voice against the Trump Administration

    Organisers report that more than eight million people participated in over 3,300 No Kings events across all 50 US states. Outside the US, Americans living abroad and others took part in demonstrations in France, Portugal, Germany, Italy, and Greece.

    Educators join the biggest day of mass protest in U.S. history to raise their voice against the Trump Administration
  4. News 26 March 2026

    Remembering former Education International Vice-President Reg Weaver

    Reginald “Reg” Weaver, an outspoken advocate for public education and a leading African American labour leader, passed away Tuesday at age 86. The global education union movement remembers and pays tribute to a tireless champion for the right to education and the rights of education workers in the United States...

    Remembering former Education International Vice-President Reg Weaver
  5. News 26 March 2026

    ComNet Africa: Unions leading to decolonise education

    Many education systems across Africa remain structured by colonial legacies: what is taught, the languages used in classrooms, and the approach to formal schooling. Education unions must lead the effort to decolonise minds, curricula, and education financing across the continent. This was the call issued during a webinar of union...

    ComNet Africa: Unions leading to decolonise education
  6. News 26 March 2026

    France: a week of joint union action to defend public education

    Confronted with a 2026 budget “set to asphyxiate the public education system”, French unions are pressing for more resources, jobs, and pay increases. Building on the many local initiatives led by employees determined to defend their working conditions and the right to education, they are calling for a week of...

    France: a week of joint union action to defend public education

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