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The Education International (EI) initiative ‘Education Unions Take Action to End School-Related Gender-Based Violence’ is part of more than 30 years of international advocacy to advance gender equality in education and in unions. In 2016, seven teacher unions actively engaged in a Gender at Work (G@W) - Gender Action Learning Process (GAL). This process created a participatory pilot programme in Southern, East and West Africa focusing on individual teachers’ and teacher unions’ capacity to address SRGBV. With the support of Gender at Work facilitators, participants strengthened their understanding of gender inequality and gender-based violence in the context of schools. Throughout the GAL process participants spoke from their hearts, sharing inspirational stories of change that are compiled in this report.