SO | Sexual orientation |
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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 |
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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.
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