- “Building bridges: how a mentoring programme is empowering queer refugees for the German labour market”Navigating the German labour market is often difficult for refugees – especially for queer refugees.Discrimination, cultural barriers and insecurities about how to deal with one’s own identity in the workplace are just some of the obstacles they may face. This is precisely where Tent Deutschland’s mentoring programme for LGBT*IQ refugees comes in. Why queer refugees… Read more: “Building bridges: how a mentoring programme is empowering queer refugees for the German labour market”
- ‘Queer Empowerment: LGBTIQ+Q* refugees for the German labour market + lecture on asylum law’ online information event on 05/11/2024 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for professional and volunteer counsellors:LGBTIQ+Q* refugees flee their home countries due to persecution and violence. However, even upon arrival in the new host country, many of them still lack the support they need to integrate economically. Companies are well positioned to take on this challenge. By engaging employees to provide professional advice and individual support to LGBTIQ+Q* refugees, companies… Read more: ‘Queer Empowerment: LGBTIQ+Q* refugees for the German labour market + lecture on asylum law’ online information event on 05/11/2024 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for professional and volunteer counsellors:
- What can you do as a queer refugee against violence and bullying?Queer refugees who experience LGBTIQ+Q* hostility are significantly more frequently affected by depression, stress and a lower level of life satisfaction. This tends to apply more to queer refugees in asylum centres. Queer refugees are therefore considered an especially vulnerable group in German asylum centres in accordance with the “Minimum Standards for the Protection of… Read more: What can you do as a queer refugee against violence and bullying?
- New: Publication of the Federal Office’s terminology list for language mediation in asylum procedures with reference to sexual orientation and/or gender identity (SOGI)The new guide in Arabic, Dari, English, French, Pashto, Persian, Russian, Turkish and Urdu is an invitation to learn more about sexual and gender identities. In Germany, too, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, intersex and queer people (LGBTIQ+Q*) experience marginalisation in their everyday lives, which needs to be addressed sensitively but clearly. Our aim with this… Read more: New: Publication of the Federal Office’s terminology list for language mediation in asylum procedures with reference to sexual orientation and/or gender identity (SOGI)
- New: Publication of the Federal Office’s terminology list for language mediation in asylum procedures with reference to sexual orientation and/or gender identity (SOGI)The new guide in Arabic, Dari, English, French, Pashto, Persian, Russian, Turkish and Urdu is an invitation to learn more about sexual and gender identities.