Greece
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Score on the GALE Checklist
| Item | Forbidden | Discouraged | No policy | Encouraged | Supported | No data | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Full access to schools? | x | no comments | |||||
| 2. Freedom of self expression? | x | Unfortunately in my country teachers don't have the appropriate education to deal with homosexuality issues. | |||||
| 3. Protection against bullying? | x | no comments | |||||
| 4. No drop-out? | x | no comments | |||||
| 5. Equal performance? | x | no comments | |||||
| 6. Is there public information? | x | In fact it is not forbidden, but for sure it is denied. During my Msc studies I heard many many comments about my postgraduate work (concerning lesbians and social exclusion they are facing in Greece). These comments (in their majority) were coming from my colleagues (teachers). | |||||
| 7. Attention in school resources? | x | no comments | |||||
| 8. Resources for LGBT students? | x | Nothing into the school books, no knowledge from the teachers, no policy from the goverment. | |||||
| 9. Support services open to LGBT? | x | Only the last 5 months, there is a help line that is counceling on lgbt issues (f | |||||
| 10. Peer-learning opportunities? | x | All these seems like a dream for greek schools!!! | |||||
| 11. Is staff supportive? | x | In their majority they have no knowledge about the issue, and when they are talking about human rights they don't mention the right for personal sexuality. | |||||
| 12. Is staff competent to teach? | x | In Greece... No way!!! | |||||
| 13. Is staff competent to support? | x | Same as above. | |||||
| 14. Supportive school environment? | x | no comments | |||||
| 15. Employment protection for staff? | x | Lgbt teacher don't talk about their sexuality. It is not forbidden but in fact... IT IS forbidden!!! |
The score is 27% forbidden (denying), 73% discouraged or no policy (ambiguous), 0% encouraged or supportive (supportive). We score this country therefore as ambiguous.
This report is based on one respondent, who based the results on the Greece report on education 2012.
Relevant Conventions
| Convention against Discrimination in Education | not signed | signed | ratified | succession |
| Convention on Technical and Vocational Education | not signed | signed | ratified | succession |
| International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | not signed | signed | ratified | succession |
| Convention on the Rights of the Child | not signed | signed | ratified | succession |
| Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women | not signed | signed | ratified | succession |
Links to interesting articles
- Offensive transphobic discrimination against LGBT organizations by the Greek Ministry of Education-run Observatory for School Violence and Bullying (Press Release. March 2013)
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This page was last updated on 29 October 2014.