STUDY SESSION
Understanding, Developing and Implementing
LGBT-inclusive policies in European Secondary Schools
16th to 22nd April 2007
European Youth Center of Strasbourg, France
a joined-project by:
 OBESSU & IGLYO |
with support of:
Directorate of Youth and Sport - Council of Europe European Youth Fundation |
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Prep team:Guillermo Toral Martinez, Bruno Selun
PRESENTATION
A recent IGLYO/ILGA-Europe report on LGBT youth in Europe found that over 61% of young LGBT people have already been discriminated against at school. Additionally, 53% have experienced bullying, and 42% found their curriculum discriminatory in some way. Whats wrong with our schools? How come that so many LGBT students express their uneasiness at school, where they spend a third of their lives? How can such an important institution fail to accomplish its mission of educating against prejudice and for diversity and Human Rights?
With European school student activists and European young LGBT activists coming together, OBESSU and IGLYO want to answer these questions. We believe the heart of the problem is socially exclusive educational policies, which (sometimes actively) promote prejudice and intolerance. Understanding, Developing and Implementing LGBT-inclusive Policies in European Secondary Schools promises to be a thrilling event, where participants from two backgrounds will gather and reflect on better policies for everyoneLGBT students as well as other students, and the ensemble of the school community. OBESSU and IGLYO will hold this joint study session as part of the Council of Europe campaign All Different, All Equal.
Some of the questions that will be raised on this study session are How do present policies fail to protect LGBT students?, What are the mechanisms of social exclusion?, How to tackle widespread discrimination?, How to produce LGBT-inclusive educational policies?, How to implement them?, and many more.
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Practical and Financial Conditions
Working languages
The conference will be held in English. There will be no simultaneous translations provided.
Venue and dates
The conference will be held from 16th - 22nd of April 2007 in the European Youth Centre in Strasbourg, further information will follow once the successful candidates have been selected and notified. All delegates are expected to be able to attend the duration of the conference. If you need to leave early or arrive late you must tell the prep team within this application otherwise you will risk losing your placement.
Financial Conditions
Participants are required to arrange their journeys in the most economical way (APEX tickets, student fare ... etc.). Successful participants will be reimbursed on the basis of the shortest and least expensive route between their place of residence and Strasbourg, France. Applications, which do not indicate the approximate price of the ticket, will not be taken into account. Visa costs will also be reimbursed.
Participation Fee
Registration fee for the conference is 45 Euro. No exceptions will be made!
Accommodation and meals will be provided by the IGLYO in the centre. Please fill in the application for travel reimbursement if you want to be eligible for reimbursement.
Payment will be made either by bank transfer or in cash at the end of the conference. IGLYO highly recommends all participants to look for funding for their travel from external sources. The maximum reimbursement is that of 300 Euro.
Participants who come from disadvantaged areas will be given priority for reimbursements. In this respect the IGLYO team ask you wherever possible to check with other organisations/ funding groups/ charities/ NGOs etc for possible travel funds
IGLYO can assist in offering you support through a letter for possible funders!!