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Application deadline: February 21, 12:00 am CET
IGLYO is happy to announce a call for three members to the new working group
Education.
In 2012 IGLYO will establish the 4th
working group after Health, Human Rights and Intercultural and inter-religious
working group (ICIRD). In line with IGLYO’s strategic plan a focus shall be
made on Education during the current board mandate.
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The International LGBTQ Youth and Student Organisation (IGLYO) is deeply concerned about the case of an 11 year old trans girl in Berlin/Germany who is about to be committed to a mental institution by the local authorities.
The girl lives with her mother, who supports the young person's gender expression. However, the girl's father, divorced from the mother, strongly rejects his daughter's gender identity and wants to force her to grow up as a boy. The father has gained the support of the Youth Welfare Office in Berlin, and the young girl is now to be committed to an mental institution as soon as possible. The child has not been examined by independent experts.
The board of IGLYO strongly advocates the rights of transgender youth and are concerned with the institutionalization of this happy and healthy child. We would like to highlight the endangerment of forced "therapy" to make children fit into the gender roles the society thinks are right for them. IGLYO follows the wealth of research that shows that reparative therapy regarding sexual orientation or gender identity can be seriously harmful to the child.
The Board of IGLYO declares our solidarity with the girl and her mother. Moreover, we ask the authorities of Berlin to intervene with the actions of the Youth Welfare Office and stop the removal of the child from her mother. We find it extremely irresponsible and unacceptable to remove any child from a loving and supportive home without thorough research and consultation with experts.
In line with international human rights standards, IGLYO advocates for the best interests of the child. The institutionalization of this child violates many human rights instruments, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the European Convention on Human Rights.
IGLYO is a Brussels-based umbrella organisation representing the needs and interests of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer young people throughout the pan-European region. For more information, visit www.iglyo.com or email info@iglyo.com.
Further information can be found at http://www.taz.de/Transsexualitaet-im-Kindesalter/!85899/ (in German).
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The International LGBTQ Youth and Student Organisation (IGLYO) voices its concern for the 2 young lesbian women assaulted in Malta this weekend (13 January 2012). In particular, one 16 year old woman was struck in the face and dragged by her hair across pavement by an assailant clearly motivated by homophobic bias. After the incident, police failed to arrest the young man who carried out the violent attack and his brother, who also participated in the harassment.
IGLYO calls on police to take appropriate response to such violent biased-based crime by arresting the young men involved in the attack. Also, the event has revealed that teachers in Malta schools encouraged the young woman's family to treat her negatively to change her sexual orientation- the family, however, has accepted the woman since she came out and continues to do so. IGLYO condemns the lack of action from the police, as well as the misconduct by Maltese teachers and school officials.
IGLYO insists that Malta law enforcement uphold their obligation and arrest the assailants involved in this attack. Furthermore, IGLYO insists that school administration and the Maltese government investigate the harmful and discriminatory actions by schools officials and institute anti-discrimination policies in education.
IGLYO also calls on the European Union to pass the Horizontal Anti-Discrimination Directive as soon as possible. This incident highlights the importance of EU-wide protections from discrimination, particularly in the area of education.
IGLYO is a Brussels-based umbrella organisation representing the needs and interests of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer young people throughout the pan-European region. For more information, visit www.iglyo.com or email info@iglyo.com.
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The EU has thrown in the towel about protecting discriminated groups, including lesbian, gay and bisexual people, persons with disabilities, religious minorities, youth and older people. A coalition of European equality and anti-discrimination NGOs [1] now calls on the European Commission and the Danish Presidency of the EU to urgently take up this issue.
The European Commission proposed a progressive EU anti-discrimination law in 2008, which would ban discrimination on grounds of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation in areas including education, housing, and access to goods and services, but it has been stuck at EU Council level for over three years. So far, EU law only protects against discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief, disability, age and sexual orientation in employment and occupation, but not in other areas.
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