The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) is supporting international travel, participation fee, meals and accommodation for participants interested to attend the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Persons (LGBT) and Human rights Training Programme to be held in two parts: Part 1 from 18 October 2010 to 5 November 2010 in Stockholm, Sweden and Part 2 from 30 May 2011 to 3 June 2011 in any one of the participating countries. The purpose of the programme is to equip participants with useful tools and perspectives for working for LGBT persons’ human rights. “The training is administered by RFSU, The Swedish Association for Sexuality Education, in partnership with RFSL, The Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trangender Rights and will be conducted in English.”
The contents of the programme are as follows:
Week 1: Sexualities, Norms and Genders
Week 2: Human Rights and Protection for LGBT Persons
Week 3: Supporting LGBT in Practice
Week 4: Regional follow-up
Within these themes there will be lectures, group discussions and workshops on: Perspectives on Sexualities and Gender, LGBT and the Right to Health, Violations of Human Rights, Religion and LGBT, Strategic Advocacy Work, Parliamentarians’ and Politicians’ Work for Change, Planning with LFA, Region Specific Challenges.
The training programme is only for candidates from African countries of Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Moçambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. To apply to participate in the programme, candidates should have a minimum of three years of work experience either in LGBT or in the field of human rights in they should have an academic degree in social sciences, law, public health or related field of study. Besides, they should have equivalent knowledge obtained through similar experiences.
The last date to apply for programme is 9 April 2010. For more information, visit this link.
