There is an emergency to invest and develop competencies in Human Rights Education and Advocacy, especially among youth workers who are dealing with the most sensitive and who have in the same time the biggest capacity of change among the global population: Young people!Manny organizations which are interested to act for LGBTQ+ rights or already active are struggling to do so in societies which are highly intolerant. They need to build their capacity to increase the level of tolerance in their society in order to create a more open environment for vulnerable people to be visible and to take their place in the society.The partners involved in the project are genuinely concerned about the Human Rights abuses in the world today, especially regarding LGBTQ+ communities, by the lack of awareness and knowledge among young people and also by the lack of sufficient support from the public authorities and discriminatory legislations. Main aims of this project is to build the capacity of the consortium members to bring about awareness to general public about LGBTQ+ rights and to advocate for policy changes in these matters. For more specific objectives we envision: • To provide a space for sharing best practices among youth organization from 2 continents, specifically on the topic of activism on LGBTQ+ Rights • To increase the level of innovation and creativity in youth work field dealing with LGBTQ+ rights;• To increase the knowledge level of young people and youth workers in topics like: Human Rights (values, principles, study cases), LGBTQ+ Rights history and movement, social exclusion, intercultural dialogue, tolerance;• To develop youth workers’ sense of initiative;• To empower LGBTQ+ activist to continue their work in a more impactful way;• To develop youth workers’ competencies in various human rights education methods: living library, legislative theatre, street campaigning, etc.• To stimulate youth organization to advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and influence policies in their communities and at global level.Through its structure and planned activities (see next sections) the project is clearly fostering the assessment of transversal skills, stimulating active participation of young people in democratic life and promoting young people's social inclusion and well-being – as main priorities of the program.The project will last for 24 months and is envisioned to have the following concrete results:- A team of 30 LGBTQ+ rights educators and advocators (from Serbia, Macedonia, Romania, South Africa, Nigeria, Uganda and Botswana);- At least 2940 direct beneficiaries of the local practice phase (living library and other campaigning events) by the multipliers ;- 7 advocacy campaigns for changing LGBTQ+ rights related policies in 7 countries.- Written and video collection of Human Books from the project- Movie about the project experience translated in all languages from the consortium.
Objectives:-to share best practices among youth organization from 2 continents -to increase innovation and creativity in youth work field dealing with LGBTQ+ rights;-to increase the knowledge level in human rights issues-to empower LGBTQ+ activists to continue their work in a more impactful way;-to develop youth workers’ competencies in living library and legislative theatre-to advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and influence policies in their communities and at global level
Based on the obvious need and emergency to invest and develop competencies in Human Rights Education and Advocacy, especially among youth workers we have decided to design and implement this project. Our consortium members, interested to act for LGBTQ+ rights or already active are struggling to do so in their highly intolerant communities. They needed to build their capacity to create a more open environment for vulnerable people to be visible and to have their voices heard in the society.
<< Background >> Based on the obvious need and emergency to invest and develop competencies in Human Rights Education and Advocacy, especially among youth workers we have decided to design and implement this project. Our consortium members, interested to act for LGBTQ+ rights or already active are struggling to do so in their highly intolerant communities. They needed to build their capacity to create a more open environment for vulnerable people to be visible and to have their voices heard in the society. << Objectives >> Objectives:-to share best practices among youth organization from 2 continents -to increase innovation and creativity in youth work field dealing with LGBTQ+ rights;-to increase the knowledge level in human rights issues-to empower LGBTQ+ activists to continue their work in a more impactful way;-to develop youth workers’ competencies in living library and legislative theatre-to advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and influence policies in their communities and at global level << Implementation >> The structure of the project:-Kick of meeting (South Africa)-Local research and selection of multipliers -Training course on LGBTQ+ rights and Living Library(Uganda)-Local events using Living Library method in each country-Second training course for advance competencies in educating and advocating for LGBTQ+ rights (focus on legislative theatre) - Romania-Local events for advocating for LGBTQ+ rights in each country-Final evaluation meeting Serbia-Local dissemination and follow-up << Results >> -- A team of 38 LGBTQ+ rights educators+advocators - Research about the situation of LGBTQ_Rights - More than 2244 direct beneficiaries - Advocacy processes to change LGBTQ+ rights related policies- 19 Legislative Theatre performances- 83 local volunteers who were involved in local performances -196 Living Books among whom 136 were from LGBTQ+ community - 24 Living Libraries organized - Podcasts with LGBTQ+ Human Books - Project Movies - 60local partners - 6700 indirect beneficiaries