Fighting multiply discrimination (working title)

Since 2011 Arcigay Palermo offers counselling and support for migrant people who belong to the LGBTI community. During these years, the organisation realized that the support for their integration has to go beyond local and national level. Since LGBTI migrants suffer from multiply discrimination, their situation is complex and has to be debated at international level, given the fact that they are in continuous move before settling in a country. This issue calls for a transnational cooperation, establishing a network between organisations in order to be able to accompany and support migrants beyond borders.

As we stated above, the difficulties this target group has to face are multiply, thus we want to tackle them from different sides. Obstacles are:
- lack of access to information on support, due to language difficulties
- lack of confidence and autonomy of migrants to look for support due to social pressure from their communities
- discrimination from both sides: from the side of migrant communities discrimination based on sexual orientation; and from the side of LGBTI communities ratial and ethnic discrimination
- lack of professional competencies of supporting staff: a) youth workers and social workers working with migrants b) youth workers/social workers working with the LGBTI community
- lack of international understanding on how to demonstrate sexual orientation in a moral way in order to receive international protection for asylum seekers

The project aims to build a network between organisations in order to improve their capacities to tackle these issues.

Date and venue:
Palermo, Italy
April 2017

Number and profile of participants:
From each country we will involve two organisations: one LGBTI organisation and another one working with migrants. Each organisation has to send 2 youth workers/volunteers/social workers/educators (thus 4 participants/country).

Contribution to travel costs:
In accordance with the Erasmus+ regulations

How to apply:
Send your partner identification form (find it attached below) by the 10th of April to Dora: forme.mobility@gmail.com
In the subject of the mail write: Partnership proposal - Fighting multiply discrimination