Education International is one of the world's largest teachers' organizations, with 395 member organizations in 172 countries and territories, representing over 32 million teachers and support education staff. It aims to further the cause of teachers' organizations and promote the status, interests and welfare of their members, to promote the right to education for everybody, and to promote peace, democracy, social justice and equality for all peoples and in all nations. It is a Global Union Federation associated with the International Trade Union Confederation.