Global Alliance of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Education (GALE)

Alianza para la Educación LGBT
Alliance pour l'éducation LGBT

Contact Details

Main address: Exec Dir: Peter Dankmeijer, Vinkenstr 116-a, NL-1013 JV, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tel: (31 20) 428 80 73, Fax: (31 20) 421 32 06, E-mail: info (at) lgbt-education.info

URL: http://www.lgbt-education.info/

Aims

Promote the full inclusion of people who are disadvantaged because of their sexual orientation, sexual identity and their expression by identifying, enhancing and sharing educational expertise.

Official Relations

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)^* (Consultative Status).

Activities

Projects; workshops; meetings; speeches.

Publications

GALE Update - electronic (12 a year). Toolkit.

Members

Individuals. Membership countries not specified.

UNESCO NGO Section Data

Type of Relation with UNESCOConsulatative Status

Admission Date2009

Programme Sector: OtherUNESCO Bangkok and Brasilia

Name and contact details of NGO focal point at UNESCOMs Shen Xuesong
ED/EO/IFE
81082

History2007 Creation 2009 Admission to operational relations (184 EX/29 and 184 EX/ONG.2) (184 EX/Dec.29)

Contribution to UNESCO's programmes GALE has been involved in a number of joint activities with UNESCO on sexual diversity and human rights education: UNESCO Brazil (Brasilia) supported the GALE Implementing Partner Organization CEPAC to carry out a survey on sexual diversity education in Latin America (funded by UNAIDS Brazil) in May 2008; UNESCO Bangkok office is part of the Asian GALE Strategy Group since October 2007; the Section for Teacher Training has been part of the development group to design a teacher training module on sexual diversity; GALE attended the 48th session of the International Conference on Education in 2008 as part of the Dutch delegation. The organization proposes to collaborate further with UNESCO in the areas of universal access to HIV prevention, care and treatment, inclusive education, non-discrimination and diversity policy.

Keywords Education,Teaching,HIV/AIDS

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