<div class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Bridget Lloyd</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:blloyd@phmovement.org">blloyd@phmovement.org</a>></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; ">Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Persons</span><br>
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<p>The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
(Sida) works according to directives of the Swedish Parliament and
Government to reduce poverty in the world. The overall goal of Swedish
development cooperation is to contribute to making it possible for poor
people to improve their living conditions. Sida is organised in nine
departments.</p>
<p>Sida is conducting a three-week course on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Persons (LGBT) and Human Rights. </p>
<p>The first part of the programme will take place in Stockholm, Sweden,
from 17 October to 4 November 2011. The second part will take place in
Africa region from 21-25 May 2012. </p>
<p>The programme purpose of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender
Persons (LGBT) and Human Rights training programme is that participants
after the programme should have useful tools and perspectives for
working for LGBT persons’ human rights. <br>
The programme is designed for participants working in organisations or
sectors giving them an influence on issues concerning LGBT and human
rights. Applicants should have plans for, or ongoing, projects aiming at
enhancing the human rights for LGBT persons in their respective
country.</p>
<p>The course is open only to applicants from Botswana, Cameroon,
Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South
Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.</p>
<p>The application deadline is 8 April 2011. </p>
<p>For more about this course, refer to: <a href="http://goo.gl/3LWa7" target="_blank">http://goo.gl/3LWa7</a>.</p></div></div></div></div><br clear="all"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#888888"><br></font></div>