01/12/2016 | Writer: Kaos GL
The fifth Symposium against Discrimination, which is to be held in dedication to the International Human Rights Day by Kaos GL Association, will take place on 8-10 December in Ankara.
The fifth Symposium against Discrimination, which is to be held in dedication to the International Human Rights Day by Kaos GL Association, will take place on 8-10 December in Ankara.
Organized in the field of struggle of LGBTI rights and social rights Symposium against Discrimination, held in 2012 for the first time, is taking place in Ankara with the theme of “Another Social Work is Possible!” this year.
There is a need for “another” social work, which has already been producing information and service models on the basis of social justice and human rights, that includes the production of both information and service models for LGBTIs as well. There is also a serious need for acceleration of the works on this field with a new social work approach which would both decrease the inequalities of sexual orintation and gender identity, and intervene in the problems LGBTIs facing directly.
Symposium against Discrimination organized during the “Human Rights Week” will be held on 8-10 December in Ankara.
"How can social policies be built for LGBTIs? How are LGBTs included in Social Service Policies? How will we work with LGBTI clients in social work practices?” We will try to find answers to those questions with social workers from Turkey, Canada, Italy, UK, Sweden, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.
With the participation of social work academicians and social work experts Symposium against Discrimination will be held in the hall of Tuğrul Çubukçu, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Hacettepe University, 8-9 December 2016. On 10th of December it will continue with the workshops in Neva Palas Hotel.
Kaos GL announces the full program:
8 December 2016, Thursday
Location: Hacettepe University - Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences , Tuğrul Çubukçu Conference Room, Beytepe
11:00-12:30, Opening Conference
Social Work and Sexuality Discussions, Hans Knutagard
Moderator: Sema Buz
12:30 -13:30, Lunch Break
13:30-15:00
Responsibilities of Social Work for LGBTIs, Nick Mule
Moderator: Özlem Cankurtaran
15:30-16:30, Social Work Rainbow Forum
Meetings with LGBTIs on Social Work Fields
Özge Arslan, Burcu Yamaner, Erkan Yıldırım, Zeynep Yıldırım, Eren Köse, Tarık Şimşek, Esra Aynacı, Murat Özbek
Moderator: Sema Buz
9 December 2016, Friday
Location: Hacettepe University - Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences , Tuğrul Çubukçu Conference Room, Beytepe
11:00-12:30, Social Work with LGBTIs, Country-Level Experiences -1
Moderator: Dragana Todorovic/ ERA
Speakers:
Marsida Cela/ Albania LGBTI Shelter, Albania
Marija Vuletić/ CURE, Bosnia Herzegovina
Nothdurfter Urban, Italy
13:30-15:00, Social Work with LGBTIs, Country-Level Experiences -2
Moderator: Sedat Yağcıoğlu
Speakers:
Biljana Ginova/ LGBTI Support Center, Macedonia
Ivana Vujovic / Juventas, Montenegro
Kristian Randejlovic / Trans and Intersex Services, Serbia
10 December 2016, Saturday
Location: NEVA Palas Hotel, Esat Street, No: 32, Küçükesat – Ankara
First-round Workshops
10:30-13:00
Gay and bisexual men raped by men: an invisible group in social work / Hans Knutagard
Özge Sanem Özateş Gelmez
Social Work with LGBTI refugees / Hayriye Kara (Kaos GL)
Gizem Yıldırım (SHU-Der, Board Member of Ankara Branch)
Second-round Workshops
13:30-16:00
Social Work for Lesbian and Bi-sexual women/ Marija Vuletic and Biljana Ginova
Burcu Yamaner, SHU-Der, Board Member of İstanbul Branch
Social Work and HIV/ Yasin Erkaymaz and Hasan Atik
Third-round Workshops
16:30-18:30
Social Work on Disability, LGBTI and Refugee Children + Documentary/ Tess Vo
Aslıhan Aykara
Trans and Intersex Services / Kristian Randejlovic
With participation of the activists from Interseksüel ŞaLaLa
Tags: human rights