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Introduction

- Welcome and opening remarks by IGLYO.
- Overview of the webinar agenda and goals.

Panel Discussion: LGBTQI Refugees and Asylum Seekers • challenges, lived experiences and best practices
Tolulope Agbede•Artemis Akbary•Ann Aradi•Rose Wanjiku

This panel brings together a diverse group of experts to explore the webinar's topic from different viewpoints. The panel will start with an overview of the reality of LGBTQI Refugees and Asylum Seekers across Europe. Drawing from both expert knowledge and lived experience, the panellists will share the main challenges faced by LGBTQI Refugees and Asylum Seekers today from an intersectional perspective.

In a second moment, the panel will focus on best practices for peer support and service provision, sharing positive examples from various European countries. To conclude, the panel will explore what LGBTQI organisation can do, but also what each single individual can do, to include, platform and support LGBTQI Asylum Seekers and Refugees, from a structural perspective and through an anti-racist lens.

  • Tolulope Agbede (PhD researcher at University of Ulster)

    Tolulope Agbede

    PhD researcher at University of Ulster
  • Artemis Akbary (Executive Director of Afghan LGBTIQ organization)

    Artemis Akbary

    Executive Director of Afghan LGBTIQ organization
  • Ann Aradi (International Women* Space (IWS))

    Ann Aradi

    International Women* Space (IWS)
  • Rose Wanjiku (International Women* Space (IWS))

    Rose Wanjiku

    International Women* Space (IWS)
Closing Remarks
Yassine Chagh

- What can LGBTQI organisation do to include, platform and support LGBTQI asylum seekers and refugees, from a structural perspective and through an anti-racist lens?

  • Yassine Chagh (BM and ARP Coordinator at IGLYO Board and Staff)

    Yassine Chagh

    BM and ARP Coordinator at IGLYO Board and Staff
Q&A Session

Participants have the opportunity to ask questions directly to the panellists and speakers.