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The Global Student Forum joins the global community to celebrate the transformative work that teachers do to educate students in the formal and informal education sector. World Teacher’s Day also marks the “adoption of the 1966 International Labour Organisation and...
[EN] 27-year-old Colombian student leader Esteban Mosquera was assassinated on August 23, 2021 in Popayán. Esteban was a student leader and community organiser who campaigned in hometown for publicly funded tertiary education and economic improvement for the poor in...
We urge European governments and EU institutions to take immediate action to secure the lives and careers of Afghanistan’s scholars, students, and civil society actors.
We encourage our student unions, organisations and movements to defend the dignified entry of Afghan people into their countries of refuge. We also call upon governments in host countries, particularly in Europe and North America, where Afghan students are on scholarships or participate as international students to accommodate them in the host country if they so choose for their safety.
JUSTICE FOR LADDIE GILLETT [EN] 14-year-old Laddie Gillett was shot and killed on July 14, 2021 in southern Belize. Police officer Kareem Martinez has since been charged with manslaughter in relation to the Gillett case. The Police Department has also acknowledged...
A PATHWAY TO PEACE IN HAITI [EN] The Global Student Forum is deeply saddened by the assassination of Jovenel Moīse at his private residence. Open attack and murder of a Head of State is a threat to democracy around the globe. During his tenure, Haiti was plunged into...
LGBT ACTIVISTS IN GEORGIA AND THE RIGHT TO CELEBRATE AND CONVENE [EN] On July 5, 2021, extremist organisations in Georgia marched in hundreds through the streets to promote homophobic and discriminatory messages and threats to the LGBT community. Protesters clashed...
The UN has called for nations to ‘build back better’ – but, concerned by the lack of real commitments being made by governments to do this, 100 Million and the Global Student Forum brought together youth activists from all over the world to monitor the outcomes of the HLPF and advocate for stronger and serious action for the rights of children and young people.
Since the 1st of February 2021, Ahmed Samir Santawy, a Central European University (CEU) student in Austria, has been arbitrarily detained by the Egyptian Security Forces. Since the beginning, the European Students’ Union and the Global Student Forum have been...
The Global Student Forum stands in solidarity with the bold leaders, students and people fighting for their political freedom and peace in Myanmar.
The report on "The State of Student Governance in the Commonwealth" published in 2016 takes a systematic review of the history of National Student Organisations in the commonwealth and their tendencies "to co-operate at national,...
The Global Student Forum condemns the arbitrary detention, torture and ill-treatment of Ahmed Samir Santawy.
We join the call for his immediate release and an end to the persecution of students, academics, researchers and activists.