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#CommsForEquality programme

Join #CommsForEquality, the first conference to train up comms professionals in LATAC about the role of communications to support positive change for the LGBTQ+ communities.

From:
British Embassy Lima, British Embassy Guatemala City (for Honduras), British Embassy Guatemala City, British Embassy Quito and British Embassy San Jose
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Published
1 November 2022
Last updated
11 November 2022 — See all updates
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The #CommsForEquality event takes place next Thursday 17 November 2022 remotely via Zoom. No previous registration required.

The UK is committed to defending and promoting LGBTQ+ rights internationally. In this context, the UK Government will host the virtual conference #CommsForEquality, an event focused on Latin America and the Caribbean with the aim of building capability and understanding about the role of communications in strengthening LGBTQ+ rights.

Audiences

Comms professionals and content creators.

Programme

Time Session Language Duration
9 to 9.30am, Mexico City time How can communications support positive change for the LGBTQ+ communities? Keynote session English with simultaneous translation to Spanish 30 mins. Including Q&A
9.30 to 10.20am, Mexico City time Visibility Roundtable Spanish with simultaneous translation to English 50 mins. Including Q&A
10.30 to11am, Mexico City time Now and then Keynote session English with simultaneous translation to Spanish 30 mins. Including Q&A
11 to 11.45am, Mexico City time Tackling disinformation Roundtable Spanish with simultaneous translation to English 45 mins. Including Q&A
12 to 12.45pm, Mexico City time Achieving balance Roundtable Spanish with simultaneous translation to English 45 mins. Including Q&A
1 to 1.45pm, Mexico City time Inclusive comms Spanish Workshop Spanish 45 mins. Including Q&A
1 to 1.45pm, Mexico City time Inclusive comms Portuguese Workshop Portuguese 45 mins. Including Q&A

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Session details

How can communications support positive change for the LGBTQ+ communities? Keynote session

Objective: to discuss what is the role of business as usual comms towards LGBTQ+ rights.

Speaker:

  1. Hugo Greenhalgh, Thompson Reuters Foundation, editor of Openly

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Visibility Roundtable

Objective: to discuss how comms can provide visibility to the LGBTQ+ community through business as usual.

Speakers:

  1. Andrea Rivas, leader of Asociación Familias Diversas de Argentina, Argentina. Twitter, LinkedIn, part of Top Voice 2022
  2. Tamara Adrian, Venezuelan 2015 National Assembly, Venezuela
  3. Alberto Moscoso, Executive Director ADESPROC Libertad, Bolivia . Twitter

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Now and then Keynote session

Objective: to reflect and compare how comms were around LGBTQ+ matters 10 years ago and how they are now.

Speakers:

  1. Nicole Davison, British High Commissioner to Belize.
  2. Anjoum Noorani, British Consul General, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Tackling disinformation Roundtable

Objective: to discuss how comms can counterbalance anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-gender narratives which are widespread online.

Speakers:

  1. Matías Trujillo, Todo Mejora, Chile.
  2. Pia Bravo, Director of Presente NGO, Peru.
  3. Yendri Velásquez, Amnesty International, Venezuela. Twitter

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Achieving balance Roundtable

Objective: to discuss how comms can provide visibility not only to the negative side (such as violence or lack of rights) but also to success stories (equal marriage legislation, etc.).

Speakers:

  1. Mildred Pérez, Homosensual, Mexico. LinkedIn.
  2. Gianna Camacho, defender of Human Rights and correspondent for Presentes Latam, Peru.
  3. Ramón Gómez, Movilh NGO, Chile.

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Inclusive comms workshop for Spanish language

Objective: to understand and use inclusive language in business as usual comms wording and visual assets.

Speaker:

  1. Eugenia Mitchelstein, Director of the Social Sciences Department at Universidad de San Andrés. Argentina. Twitter

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Inclusive comms workshop for Portuguese language

Objective: to understand and use inclusive language in business as usual comms wording and visual assets.

Speaker:

  1. Michelle Horovits, FCDO comms team Brazil

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Social media

Join the conversation in social media with #CommsForEquality

Enquiries

RegionalCommunicationsHub.Americas@fcdo.gov.uk

Updates to this page

Published 1 November 2022
Last updated 11 November 2022 + show all updates

  1. Additional translation to Spanish added

  2. Added translation