Projects in Poland

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Digital workshop and workshop in Warsaw

Digital workshop: The limits of freedom in Poland (14.12.2020)
Danuta Sowińska focus on challenges in Poland connected to freedom of thought , religion, and women rights (abortion) and discrimiation of minorities (LGBT). Several new laws have resulted in numerous civilian protests all over Poland. Download: Limits on Freedom in Poland Workshopen var en del av prosjektet «Demokratiundervisning: Erfaringer fra Europa" About Danuta Sowińska: Danuta is a writer, commentator and LGBT-activist. She leads the organization Diversity Polska in Gdansk.

Workshop in human rights education in Warsaw (2017)
Aim: To launch the polish version of the "Build bridges, not walls" by Lillian Hjorth and Enver Djuliman. The book has now been translated into Polish: Buduj mosty, nie mury. Activities: Human Rights Academy organized a workshop in Warsaw for teachers addressing human rights, multicultural understanding and conflict management. Partners: The Bronislaw Geremek Foundation. Read more: Workshop in Warsawa

According to the 2017 Universal Periodic Review from United Nations, the human rights challenges in Poland relates to, among others:

Incidents of violence, hate speech and discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation;
Racial violence and discrimination;
Lack of independence and impartiality of the judiciary;
Lack of an appropriate system of legal aid;
Tendency of family court judges to place children in institutional care rather than prioritize the provision of support to the family of origin or choose placement in family-based care;
Discrimination of migrants and refugees in housing;
Inequality in gaining access to quality education;
Structural barriers negatively affecting the enrolment of girls and women in non-traditional educational and vocational fields and gender segregation in the educational system;
Lack of education for asylum-seeking children placed in detention centres;
Sex and gender-based discrimination in political and public life;
Ill-treatment of children in police emergency youth centres, youth shelters or reform schools;
Forced marriages of girls in situations of migration and refugee and asylum-seeking girls.