On 17-18 June 2014 in Stockholm, Equinet, with the support and hosting of the Swedish Equality Ombudsman, organised a training event on LGBTI issues.
Agenda and Objectives
The agenda of the training event can be accessed below:
LGBTI Training – Agenda
Equinet’s perspective on LGBTI people as well as other sources (such as the work of FRA) show that LGBTI people suffer serious discrimination in daily life. Equality bodies can be key actors of change in improving their situation.
This Equinet training event strived to provide equality body staff members with a space for peer learning and for discussing key challenges as well as good practices in the field.
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Speakers’s Presentations
SESSION 1 – The Context for LGBTI Equality in Europe
- The context for LGBTI equality in Europe, Juan Gonzalez-Mellizo, DG Justice, European Commission
SESSION 2 – Workshops
- Making recommendations to legislators and policy-makers and influencing policy on LGBTI issues, Jussi Aaltonen, Ombudsman for Equality, Finland
SESSION 3 – Addressing under-reporting
- Results and lessons from the FRA’s LGBT survey, Dennis van der Veur, EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)
- Research to understand the barriers in seeking access to justice, Deirdre Toomey, Equality Authority, Ireland
SESSION 5 – Specific policy areas and issues
- Research on the experience of discrimination by LGBT people in different fields, Maria Filletti, National Commission for the Promotion of Equality, Malta
Small group discussions
- Employment – how to achieve an inclusive work environment and support good practices, Peter Tai Christensen, Equality Ombudsman, Sweden
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Selected readings
Equinet publications
- Equality Bodies promoting equality and non-discrimination for LGBTI people (2013)
- Equinet Report – “Making equality legislation work for trans people” (2012)
Resources by Equality Bodies
- Antibullying program in Finnish schools:
http://www.kivaprogram.net/ (English)
https://www.kivaschool.nl/ (Nederlands)
http://www.kivakoulu.fi/framsida (Svenska)
http://www.kivaprogram.net/fr (en Francais)
- Resources on LGBTI issues in Ireland
- Research on LGBT Discrimination by the National Commission for the Promotion of Equality, Malta
- Mesure d’attitudes en matière de sexisme, d’homophobie et de transphobie (rapport de synthèse, Belgique)
European Union publications
- EU LGBT Survey, Fundamental Rights Agency (2012)
- Homophobia, transphobia and discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in the EU Member States, Fundamental Rights Agency (2010)
- Report on the EU Roadmap against homophobia and discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity (2013)
Council of Europe publications
- “A boy or a girl or a person – intersex people lack recognition in Europe“, Coucil of Europe (2014)
- Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in Europe, Council of Europe (2011)
- Human Rights and Gender Identity, Council of Europe (2009)
Civil society organisations publications
- Rainbow Europe 2014, ILGA-Europe (2014)
- Trans Rights Europe, Map & Index 2014, Transgender Europe and ILGA-Europe
- The impact of homophobic and transphobic bullying on education and employment, IGLYO and Sheffield Hallam University (2013)
Summary
A summary of the Training can be downloaded here:
Summary LGBTI Training
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