Overall targets
LGBT+ Denmark' efforts aim to increase engagement of the LGBTIQ+ youth, especially BIPOC and migrants, in Copenhagen and Aarhus for SOGIESC rights in the Global South, in order to switch common narratives from charity approaches to global cooperation.
Immediate targets
1: LGBTIQ+ youth especially BIPOC and migrants in Copenhagen and Aarhus participate in trainings and preparations for implementing events and activities about SOGIESC rights in the global south. 2. They are part of the planning team for organizing and carrying out activities and events with the support of LGBT+ Denmark. 3. The volunteers are independently carrying events and activities about SOGIESC rights globally.
Target groups
The intervention's primary target group is the LGBTIQ+ youth in Copenhagen and Aarhus, especially BIPOC and migrants, with a majority of non-danish speakers. They include volunteer coordinators (between 8 and 10 coordinators in total), the team's global queer volunteers (approximately 40 volunteers) and volunteers engaging in specific large events (approximately 80 volunteers) The intervention will also indirectly target: - Volunteers' groups within LGBT+ Denmark (Trans groups, Health groups, volunteering counsellors etc.) - Events organisers in Denmark -Activists and volunteers in Tunis and rural Uganda, connected to the intervention's partnered organisations The initiative Mawjoudin for equality and Sauti Youth Foundation.
Resume
LGBT+ Denmark wishes to increase engagement of the LGBTIQ+ youth, especially BIPOC and migrants, in Copenhagen and Aarhus for SOGIESC rights in the Global South, in order to switch common narratives from charity approaches to global cooperation. As part of our international team, the intervention’s efforts will lead to more LGBTIQ+ youth, joining our global volunteers' team. They will engage in training, meetings, and workshops to be supported in organizing events and activities about global LGBTIQ+ rights in Denmark. The global volunteers’ team will be supported by LGBT+ Denmark to plan and coordinate events with this focus during mass meetings, town fairs, festivals, etc, to work with the Tunisian organization Mawjoudin and the Ugandan organization Sauti Youth Foundation to coordinate joint events hosted in several countries, and to participate in lobbying, advocacy, and campaigning activities to support the international advocacy efforts of partners in the global south.