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Workshop – “How to build LGBT family movement” Dublin, 20th October 2012 info@nelfa

Network of European LGBT Families Associations. Workshop – “How to build LGBT family movement” Dublin, 20th October 2012 info@nelfa.org. 1. Network of European LGBT Families Associations. NELFA aisbl. Network created 1 st of May 2009

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Workshop – “How to build LGBT family movement” Dublin, 20th October 2012 info@nelfa

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  1. Network of European LGBT Families Associations Workshop – “How to build LGBT family movement”Dublin, 20th October 2012info@nelfa.org 1

  2. Network of European LGBT Families Associations NELFA aisbl • Network created 1st of May 2009 • NELFA was incorporated under Belgian law as an international non-profit association (AISBL) on 12th March 2012. • The official NELFA headquarters are located in the Rainbow House in Brussels.

  3. Network of European LGBT Families Associations NELFA aims • Raises awareness • Initiatives and projects supporting LGBT Families • Equal opportunities for all families • EU right to freedom of movement

  4. Visibility of diversity

  5. Get Involved - 1st Sunday of May International Family Equality Day www.internationalfamilyequalityday.org

  6. 5. May 2012 USA Canada Israel Germany

  7. Get involved Socialmedia Facebook Website

  8. Universal Periodic Review Your Country ? Universal Periodic Review (or “UPR”) is a new mechanism of the UN Human Rights Council, set up as part of the reform of the UN human rights system. The UPR affords a unique opportunity not only to raise awareness of LGBT issues, but also to get governments to commit to concrete recommendations, especially since NGOs have a number of opportunities to be involved throughout the UPR process. Basic Facts about the UPR

  9. Universal Periodic Review Your Country ? A number of international NGOs have expertise in working with the United Nations human rights system and can offer useful advice in relation to bringing information and submitting reports to the United Nations: ARC International John Fisher Co-Director 62, rue de Vermont, # 44 CH-1202 Geneva, Switzerland Phone: +41 22 733 4705 Fax:+41 22 734 4761 john@arc-international.net www.arc-international.net

  10. Grundtvig 2 years EU-Project “Being an LGBT Parent as an Expereince of Democracy and active citizenship.” Partners: Italy, Portugal, Finland, Switzerland and Greece

  11. Grundtvig Aim Aim of the project and of the partnership is to educate the lgbt parents to practise the active citizenship at a European level, struggling for equal rights and dignity for their families in a supranational dimension. The project will help the partner associations and their volunteers to develop a better understanding of civic partecipation and of their active citizenship in a European context.

  12. Support us – become a member NELFA aisbl membership Fullmember – 50 Euro Supportmember – 30 Euro • [1] Associations of LGBT families or associations that deal • substantially with issues related to LG BT families and [2] which are duly constituted • as associations in their European State of origin may apply to be full members of • NELFA aisbl. • Supporting members may be natural persons or legal persons such as associations.

  13. 3rd European Meeting of LGBT Families Join us!Detail information coming soon on www.nelfa.org

  14. Your activism does matter Thank you!

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