YEAR 9, NUMBER 7, 30 NOVEMBER 2016

GALE NEWS: STRATEGY

GALE calls to help improve new strategic education guide

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24 November 2016 - GALE calls activists on LGBTI education to help improve a new guide for LGBT education strategy. They can help by reading the guide, fill in a short survey. Some experts will also be asked if they are willing to be interviewed during one hour. The improved guide will be published in May 2017.

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GLOBAL NEWS: UNDP

Government and civil society partnerships needed

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16 October 2016 - Government and civil society from across the globe must work together to identity strategic opportunities and leverage each other’s strengths to further advance the human rights and inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people, said a panel of ambassadors and lawmakers at the Salzburg Global LGBT Forum this week in Chiang Rai, Thailand.

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RESOURCES: PRIMARY SCHOOLS

BeLonG To launches primary school anti-bullying program

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18 Octobre 2016 - BeLonG To, the Irish LGBT Youth Support organization, launched All Together Now, an anti LGBT bullying resource for primary schools. The project was created in response to LGBT young people telling us about their difficult experiences in primary school. They are available to download for free at www.belongto.org/primary.

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LOCAL NEWS: VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS NETHERLANDS

The Netherlands strengthens her strategy towards vocational schools

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19 September 2016 - The Dutch Ministry of Education decided to fund COC Netherlands, Theatre AanZ en EduDivers for another 2 years for a project to promote and integrate sexual diversity in vocational schools. This was reported by EduDivers in the third newsletter of the project.
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LOCAL NEWS: EUROPEAN GOOD PRACTICES

Eleven good practices from Europe

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17 September 2016 // - In June, a seminar with 20 participants from all over Europe took place in Łódź, Poland. During the 4 days of the seminar the participants shared experience, knowledge and expertise on the topic, using experiential learning and non-formal methodology.

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