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1. Creating Safe Spaces for LGBTI Youth:
Reflections of the #PurpleMySchool
Campaign Hunter Gray
Education Consultant
UNESCO Bangkok
YOUTH AT THE HEART OF THE
2030 AGENDA: THE CASE FOR
SPACE
Bangkok, Thailand
30 November 2016
2.
3. MOST LGBT ARE AFFECTED
Source: See original citations in Figure 5, UNESCO. 2015. From insult to inclusion: Asia-Pacific report on school bullying, violence and discrimination on the basis of
sexual orientation and gender identity. Bangkok: UNESCO.
6. Source: Mahidol University, Plan International Thailand, UNESCO Bangkok. 2014. Bullying targeting secondary school students who are or are perceived to be
transgender or same-sex attracted: Types, prevalence, impact, motivation and preventing measures in 5 provinces of Thailand. Bangkok: UNESCO.
7. UNDERSTANDING THE
PROBLEM
LGBTI students face bullying, discrimination, and violence
that is much higher than that which their non-LGBTI peers
experience
▪ It is not only those who self-identify as LGBTI who are targeted – those
that do not conform to gender norms and/or norms that are associated
with being heterosexual are also at risk
▪ Misrepresentation, or the lack of positive representations, within
textbooks and curricula are contributing factors
▪ In many cases, students that are the targets of bullying do not seek help,
as schools may not have the supports or response mechanisms to
address the issues
10. CAMPAIGN.COM WEBSITE
• Campaign.com partnered with the
#PurpleMySchool campaign by
providing a free Campaign.com
website and account
• The campaign website was
available in Chinese, Hindi, Bahasa
Indonesian, Thai and Vietnamese
15. PHOTOS FROM SCHOOL EVENTS
Defence Services
Medical
Academy, Myanmar
Samar State
University
Philippines
Quezon City High
School
Philippines
16. PHOTOS FROM SCHOOL EVENTS
St Peters College
Iligan City,
Philippines
DMMA College of
Southern
Philippines
Nguyenviethong High
School
Cantho City, Vietnam
22. SOCIAL MEDIA
▪ 21,600+ video views for promotional videos in six languages
▪ 13,250+ Facebook page likes
▪ #PurpleMySchool events and photo submissions from 11 countries
(Australia, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, the
Philippines, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam)
▪ 55,100+ people reached via the networks and social media platforms of
contributing organizations
▪ Over 400 posts submitted on the campaign site
23. ENGAGEMENT
28 human rights, LGBTI, and youth organizations have contributed to the
campaign. Some of the organizations that support the campaign include:
▪ Australia: Wear it Purple
▪ Cambodia: Cam ASEAN and Cambodia Centre for Human Rights, Ministry of Education,
Youth, and Sport, Youth's Networks of UNICEF
▪ China: Aibai, Tongxingshe
▪ India: Breaking Barriers
▪ Indonesia: Arus Pelangi, Transhition Indonesia, the Independent Youth Alliance, Sudah
Dong, and Into the Light
▪ Myanmar: Rainbow Colors, Youth Development Program of the Myanmar Medical
Association, Youth Stars Myanmar, Human Rights and Gender Working Group
▪ Nepal: Blue Diamond Society
▪ The Philippines: Y-Peer Pilipinas
▪ Thailand: Path2Health, Mplus, and Plan International
▪ Viet Nam: VietPride and ICS
24. China:
At Harbin Medical University, the
student club Tongxingshe has
used the #PurpleMySchool
theme as the impetus for
organizing advocacy and peer
support activities for their LGBTI
peers on campus.
Nepal:
BDS, UNESCO and UNDP facilitated
informative LGBTI sessions at six
schools (4 private and 2 government
schools) reaching approximately 770
students and 40 teachers, and
created of a video for advocacy.
Cambodia:
Cam ASEAN has trained over
4,000 teachers trained on
SOGIE, sex education and life
skills with UNESCO support,
and created a Facebook page
and group.
Indonesia:
UNDP supported three youth
organizations – the
Independent Youth Alliance,
Sudah Dong and Into the Light
– to convene activities for the
#PurpleMySchool campaign at
the Selamat Datang Monument
in downtown Jakarta. More
than 40 youth participants took
part in the advocacy event.
27. Thank You
”The more diverse a society is, the
better it will develop. The same goes
for a school environment. If we
embrace diversity at school, it will
improve the quality of education …
because we all have a lot of colors.”
- Dinh Thi Yen Ly, PFLAG Viet
Nam
