Our human rights education and advocacy with regard to trans* and inter* rights takes place through several activities. Find below a list of themes and instances we have been active.
Speaking engagements
- Lecturing and advising on trans* related films: Movies that Matter, festivals
- Lecturing on a regular basis on the state of trans* and inter* on Europe on various occasions
Education
Gender education
- Council for International Educational Exchange (CIEE): lecturing
- School for International Training (SIT Worldlearning): lecturing and supervising students with term papers
- University of Michigan summer school social sciences at University of Amsterdam (UvA): lecturing on the origins of queer theory
Human rights education
- Teach webinars on SOGI and human rights related themes for Human Rights Education Associates (HREA)
- Developing courses in human rights and SOGIE and body diversity (syllabus for HREA)
- Developing courses in human rights and trans*/inter* issues (Vreerwerk product)
Expert meetings
- International Classification of Diseases and transgender health (with Global Activists for Trans Equality, GATE (Buenos Aires, 2012)
- Capacity building of East and Southern African trans* activists with Mama Cash (Nairobi, 2012)
- Expert panel LGBT and the workplace in Amsterdam (October, 2012)
- CoE workshop in Tirana, Albania on trans* and inter* legislation
Participation in conferences
(speaking, panel participation, presiding round tables, workshops organising)
- LGBT(I): ILGA Europe (2009,2010), UN/EU civil society meeting on SOGI issues (Paris, 2013), France (World IDAHO conference 2009)
- Trans*: TGEU (Berlin 2008, Malmo 2010, Dublin 2012)
- EU and UN conference in Paris (2013) on SOGI rights
- World Outgames Human RIghts Conferences (Copenhagen 2009, Antwerp 2013)
- Meeting Social Platform on the occasion of the Lithuanian EU presidency in Vilnius. For TGEU (2013)
- Conference European Alternatives. Present on trans* and Freedom of Movement in Barcelona, Spain. For TGEU (June, 2013). Id., in Berlin, Germany: finishing Citizens manifesto for the EU Elections (trans* input)
- Intersex: International Intersex Forum in Brussels (2011) and Stockholm (2012), Inter* Tagung in Berlin, Germany (2013)
Consultancy work with trans* organisations
- Assisting Transvanilla in Budapest with strategic advice on politics and community building (August, 2013)
- Advising OTD Chile in health care issues with regard tot legislation/protocols (2011)
- Present workshops on gender normativity with LGBT educators, on conferences, LGBT events
Project development
- “Where is my health”:Trans health and human rights, towards a European advocacy strategy
- “Behave normal!” (work title): Transforming gender normativity in trans* people and bisexuals in the Netherlands
Organising
- Ceremonies and manifestations: TDOR, Transgender Day Of Remembrance (from 2007, local and national), IDAHO manifestations (local)
- Discussion nights on Depathologisation of trans* Identities, Latin America and trans*
- Conferences (Congenid 2010, European Transgender Council, And Others work meeting),
- Exhibitions (Melkweg Amsterdam, 2011)