CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

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  CALL FOR APPLICATIONS


Statement of Interest (SOI)

As part of CEPEHRG’s mandate to improve and expand the provision of sexual health, human rights and social justice for sexual minorities, particularly,  LGBTI persons in Ghana, CEPEHRG seeks to build the capacity of highly innovative and motivated individuals with strong passion and will to advocate for the rights of LGBTI community in Ghana through a speakers’ bureau  training.

The speakers’ bureau training will be organized to build the capacity of advocates to be able to respond appropriately to LGBT issues, provide accurate information to the media and other interested parties/organizations on LGBT issues. The speakers’ will represent a pool of advocates who will engage key policy makers and other stakeholders through public actions and presentations.

CEPEHRG, therefore, invites applications from individuals who wish to be part of this advocacy training programme to submit a brief SOI spelling out their expectations, strategies and skills they hope to acquire at the end of the training and how they hope to use the acquired knowledge to make an impact in the community.

The Goals are as follows;
Increase LGBTQA visibility and counteract misinformation about the lives of LGBTQA people. Many non-LGBTQ people still have little or no personal exposure to out LGBTQ people and to strong heterosexual and cisgender/non-transgender allies.
Discuss the diversity of LGBTQ communities. Being LGBTQ cuts across all cultures and identities. Therefore, Speakers Bureau members should make every effort to emphasize the varied experiences of LGBTQ people and to speak from their own points of view, rather than attempting to speak for all LGBTQ communities.
Make real the oppression of LGBTQ people. One of the main reasons that anti-LGBTQ propaganda (such as the argument that LGBTQ people want “special rights” rather than civil rights) has often been effective is because many non-LGBTQ individuals do not realize or believe that queer people are oppressed.
Empower audience members who may not be out about their sexual and/or gender identities. Members of the Speakers Bureau who are entirely open about being LGBTQ may forget that there was a time when they had to decide whether and how widely to come out.
Empower ourselves as LGBTQA people. While the Speakers Bureau is an important tool for educating audience members and raising awareness about LGBTQ lives, it is no less important as a forum for our own expression and personal development.
Demonstrate the importance of being a heterosexual or cisgender/non-transgender ally. Ally speakers offer a crucial perspective on how sexual and gender prejudice hurts everyone, not just LGBTQ people.
Serve as an impetus for questioning larger issues of social oppression. We hope that dispelling anti-LGBTQ attitudes can lead to a discussion about the origins of heterosexism, genderism, and other forms of oppression and how these “isms” can be eliminated.
Applications should be sent to cepehrg@gmail.com not later than 10th November, 2017

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