SO Sexual orientation
GI/E Gender identity/expression
SC Variations of sex characteristics
AM Anti-LGBTQI measures
HE Hostile environment
GR1 Legal gender recognition without self-determination
GR2 Legal gender recognition with self-determination (over 16)
GR3 Legal gender recognition with self-determination (under 16)
FPN LGBTI focal points network
CA Ministerial call to action
  • > 70%
  • 50 - 70%
  • 37 - 49%
  • 31 - 36%
  • 20 - 30%
  • 12 - 19%
  • 7 - 11%
  • 0 - 6%
  • < 0%
  • Anti-discrimination
    Legislation

    AM
    SO
    GI/E
    SC
    Total: 0

    N

  • Policies and
    action plans

    SO
    GI/E
    SC
    Total: 0

    N

  • Education
    curricula

    SO
    GI/E
    SC
    Total: 0

    N

  • Mandatory
    teacher training

    SO
    GI/E
    SC
    Total: 0

    0

  • Legal gender
    recognition

    GR1
    GR2
    GR3
    Total: 0

    Red

  • Data
    collection

    SO
    GI/E
    SC
    Total: 0

    NA

  • Support
    systems

    SO
    GI/E
    SC
    Total: 0

    N

  • Information and
    guidelines

    AM
    SO
    GI/E
    SC
    Total: 0

    N

  • School environment
    and inclusion

    HE
    SO
    GI/E
    SC
    Total: 0

  • International
    commitments

    FRN
    CA
    Total: 0

    0

  • Further
    information

    Significant news

    A transgender girl, who was student in a high school in Skopje, had experienced a long history of bulling and psychological, verbal and physical violence by peers and one teacher. The Coalition Margins provided free psycho-social and legal aid, and their psychologist invested a lot of time and effort in the school to create a supportive environment for the learner. The education inspectorate first recommended withdrawing the student from the school, but the psychologist strongly disagreed. She trained some of the teachers and the school psychologist in dealing with transgender issues, and also trained a group of peers to serve as a support team for this student. The learner succeeded in finishing high school as a girl. The teachers and students became more sensitive and provided a good deal of support. The Coalition Margins will continue to work and help individual cases, but a systematic approach is still needed for resolving this kind of problem.

     

    Good practices and campaigns

    Comprehensive sexual education, by HERA-Health Education and Research Association

    There was an assessment of the needs for sexual and reproductive health for teachers, parents and students. 48 civil society organisations signed the petition for including comprehensive sexual education in the education system. There was a training course on sexual education conducted for professors from Faculty of philosophy. The organisation has 20 accredited educators for sexual education and they organised training courses for 200 high school students in 2015/2016. The evaluation pointed out that the project was successful, the effect for the students was high, attitudes changed, and the level of knowledge was increased. Furthermore, there are four national strategies adopted by the Government in order to introduce comprehensive sexual education.

    Covers: SO and GIE

     

    Protocol for procedures in cases of protection from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, by HERA-Health Education and Research Association

    This document provides clear explanation on regulation, policies and procedures of protection from SOGI-based discrimination. The content includes: laws of conducting the procedure, international law practices for protection from SOGI-based discrimination, definitions of the terms used, relevant organisations that work on advocacy, and an example of form of complaint that can be used by persons discriminated on this basis.

    Covers: SO and GIE

     

    (Homo)sexuality in education in the Republic of Macedonia, by Coalition “Sexual and Health Rights of Marginalized Communities

    This is a textbook containing an in-depth research analysis of the presence of homophobic content in the literature used in secondary school education and universities in Macedonia. Six books were analysed from secondary school education: Citizen education, Introduction to law, Pedagogy, Sociology, Ethics and Philosophy (all of them used in different years). There was a further analysis of eight books used in different universities: Sociology, Social Pathology, Politics of human rights-general terms, Psychology of the childhood and adolescence, Psychology of the elderly and senescence, Psychology of gender: gender identity and gender roles, Medical Psychology and Psychiatry.

    Covers: SO and GIE