Deadline: 23-Jul-20
Have you been monitoring violations of human rights of the LGBTI community in your country and reporting them to UN mechanisms? Are you interested in supporting the LGBTI community in your country to engage with UN mechanisms? If yes, then apply for this program.
ILGA Asia is looking for a team of 2-3 LGBTI activists in the same country in South Asia to organize online training on UN mechanisms for the LGBTI community in their local language and context. Technical support to planning and facilitating your online workshops will be provided throughout July-September, and financial support to the workshops will conclude by the end of October 2020. The objectives of the training are:
- To create a platform for LGBTI human rights defenders working with UN mechanisms to review their skills and knowledge and sharing best practices;
- To develop training modules on human rights mechanisms that fit the needs and context of the local LGBTI community in different Asian countries;
- To adapt the knowledge of international human rights mechanisms into local languages and context;
- To integrate the use of UN mechanisms in advocacy for LGBTI rights.
The training is continuous efforts to strengthen the capacity of the LGBTI community in Asia on the use of UN mechanisms to promote human rights and domestic advocacy. They are looking for LGBTI activists:
- With intermediate to advanced knowledge of the Universal Periodic Review, the UN Special Procedures, and their application, with at least 2 years of engaging them;
- With a working knowledge of English and their native tongue;
- With a plan to deliver training on UN mechanisms to the LGBTI community in their country.
Funding Information
Team of participants who successfully complete the training, are expected and awarded with a small grant no more than 3,000 US Dollars to organize training on UN mechanisms for the LGBTI community in their own country.
For more information, visit https://www.ilgaasia.org/news/2020/07/12/call-for-applications-tot-on-un-mechanisms