Reconciling Religion, Gender & Sexual Orientation programme launches this week

Our award-winning Reconciling Religion, Gender & Sexual Orientation programme launches this week in Venice.

The programme methodology won the European Commission’s Gold Award for Lifelong Learning and the BMW Group Award for Intercultural Commitment.

Background
Any examination of the challenges faced by those living in religiously diverse societies shows that some of the most sensitive topics revolve around issues of gender and sexuality, i.e. the role of men and women, sexual and reproductive rights, and conflicts of rights (real or perceived) between religious rights and gay rights.

We need to find productive ways to transform the discourse around these issues, raise awareness of other perspectives and views, and find ways in which they can be reconciled so that all people can express their full identity with mutual respect for our rights and responsibilities.

The ‘Reconciling Religion, Gender and Sexual Orientation’ training programme  was created for this very purpose. The programme was tested throughout 2011 as is being run for the first time for professional trainers in Venice this week.

Find out more about our training programmes.