Working with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) Persons : Training Overview

Training package for a wide range of practitioners serving in the fields of migration and humanitarian assistance. The primary audience will be staff members of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and their partner organizations, but persons working for many other organizations and entities, including Governments, non-governmental organizations, community-based organizations, educational institutions and volunteer agencies, will find content from this training package useful. In particular, Module 01 has wide application to a variety of service areas within the humanitarian arena, as it teaches basic skills in critical areas such as terminology, LGBTI issues and communication. It also serves as a platform for advanced learning on more specialized topics specific to an organization?s area of service. This training package is for all staff members of an organization. Organizations serve LGBTI people in all their programs, whether they know the beneficiaries are LGBTI or not, and a person of concern could potentially disclose their sex, sexual orientation or gender identity to any staff member at any time. Every organization also has LGBTI staff members. Thus, all colleagues can benefit from training ? even those who do not work directly with persons of concern.