IDAHOTB DAHOT International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

Organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the purpose of the meeting, was to raise political momentum for a meaningful agreement to tackle this violence in educational settings. It drew together Ministers and representatives from government, civil society, UN agencies and other multi-lateral agencies to: affirm their political commitment to ensure the right to education in a …

The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Queer Youth & Student Organisation (IGLYO), a pan European network, working with over 95 LGBTQ youth and student organisations, announces a youth-focused fringe event, associated with the IDAHOT Forum “Building Bridges and Communities” in Copenhagen, in May 2016. This initiative will have a dual goal, bringing together an advocacy perspective, through raising the voice of LGBTQI youth …

This excellent article by wagingnonviolence.org deserves to be made available to all IDAHOT activists! The 2015 Creative Activist Awards By Nadine Bloch In November 2015 in Paris, activists with the Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination and others launched the Climate Games to counterbalance the U.N. climate talks — yet another international convention full of hot air on an ever more scorched earth. Climate Game Awards were used …

We are happy to announce that we teamed up with the brilliant New Tactics in Human Rights initiative to organise an online discussion on “Principles of Persuasion: The Social Psychology Behind Change”. What exactly is this topic? Tomorrow’s world is shaped by those who impact what people think and how they behave. But how do you influence people’s opinions, mindsets, and preconceived notions?  All of us …

Brandalism is a tactic that use existing brands and vandalises them by associating them with negative messages. During UN Climate Change summit in Paris in November 2015, COP 21, activists against green washing mobilised for a very visible campaign. Over 600 artworks critiquing the corporate takeover of the COP21 climatetalks were installed in advertising spaces across Paris ahead of the United …