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International
Women's Day statement: Equal access to education, training and science
and technology - Pathway to decent work for women
Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ)
March 06, 2011
As
Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe, we note that continued homophobic
language, patriarchy, discrimination and stigmatisation that lead
to Gender Based Violence or Violence Against Women, have negative
impacts on the girl child, women, lesbian, bisexual and transgender
peoples' access to education and decent work.
Recent statements
by education officials in Bulawayo 'condemning acts of homosexuality
in schools, as unacceptable' are irresponsible and fuel victimisation.
Such statements serve as confirmation of institutionalised homophobia
practiced by public officials going against the principles of articles
23 and 26 of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights:
1. Everyone
has the right to education, without discrimination on the basis
of, and taking into account, their sexual orientation and gender
identity.
2. Everyone
has the right to decent and productive work, to just and favourable
conditions of work and to protection against unemployment, without
discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
GALZ calls on
families, parents, political, religious, cultural and traditional
leaders and society at large to:
- Renounce
discrimination and language that incites violence against girls,
women, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people
- Encourage
self-determination that will realize the full utilization of citizens'
capacities to build the nation
- Ensure that
education is directed to the development of respect, the upholding
of dignity for people's rights, peace, tolerance, and equality
Visit the GALZ
fact
sheet
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