Objectives

• To make a needs assessment in a participative way on needs produced by gender-based violence in childhood, focusing on LGBTI and gender non-conforming children.
• To map the good practices regarding attention in the intersection between gender, sexuality and childhood in 5 key spheres: school, health, family, public spaces and media.
• To design working methods and practical tools for professionals and children.
• To implement innovative actions which allow for the unfolding of new inclusive intervention proposals, as well as evaluating their impact.
• To promote interagency and multidisciplinary cooperation between public bodies, NGOs and other relevant agencies working with children and gender-based violence.
• To increase professional, personal, peer groups and proximity environment abilities to favour the well-being of LGBT and gender non-conforming children through training of trainers.
• To raise awareness on diversity in gender expression as well as gender-based violence in childhood with impact throughout the whole life cycle.

Activities

• Needs assessment and good practices collection
• Elaboration of innovative work proposals
• Training and Cooperation between stakeholders
• Awareness-campaign and dissemination activities

Type and number of persons benefiting:

Directly

• 210 children, especially LGBTI and gender non-conforming children:
• 1200 professionals trained
• 100 decision makers
• 200 international students and professionals in MOOC
• 18 trainers

Indirectly

• 3400 readers of the handbook
• Children and professionals users of the virtual app
• General public through awareness-campaign
• Academia sphere through scientific papers
• EU bodies and public bodies
• Trainers from equality bodies and childhood agencies

Expected results

• Awareness raising and prejudice reduction.
• Improvement of violence protection and support to LGBTI and gender non-conforming children.
• Risk reduction of violence.
• Provision of effective tools to stakeholders.
• Strengthening of the well-being and the fundamental rights of LGBTI and gender non-conforming children.
• Deeper knowledge on the multiple dimensions of violence against children
• Increased empowerment of LGBTI and gender non-conforming children victims.
• Embedding of child safeguarding standards across a wide range of professionals and stakeholders to better protect children in particular from harm, abuse, and violence.

Type and number of deliverables to be produced

• 550 online surveys
• 110 in-depth interviews
• 9 national analysis
• 1 comparative analysis
• Collection of 50 good practices
• 1 handbook for professionals
• 1 interactive app
• 2 training module for trainers of professionals and children
• 55 training for professionals and seminars for stakeholders
• 14 workshops with children
• 1 MOOC
• 1 day final conference
• 1 position paper

Implemented activities:
All you need to know about LGBT: Α new online app available for youngsters
LGL Representatives Participated in the “DIVERSITY-CHILDHOOD” Conference in Barcelona
LGL Video Urges to Consider the Needs of LGBT Children During COVID-19 Restrictions

The project is implemented with the financial support of the Rights, Equality and Citizenship (REC) Programme of the European Union.