A network of 250 large companies has launched a new mentoring programme to prepare LGBT*IQ refugees for entering the world of work. The programme aims to give them access to new employment opportunities. The term LGBT*IQ covers people with same-sex or bisexual orientation as well as transgender, intersex and queer identities.
The special support of these refugees seems to be of particular importance to the members of the initiative “Tent Partnership for Refugees (Tent)“, as people with same-sex orientation are criminalised in almost 70 countries, and in nine countries they even face the death penalty. There are no official figures, but it is estimated that thousands of LGBT*IQ refugees live in Germany. Numerous companies have committed to mentoring at least 50 LGBT*IQ refugees over the next three years, including adidas, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Post DHL, L’Oréal, Novartis and SAP.
Interested persons in the region can contact the Weissenburg e.V. Centre LGBTTIQ Stuttgart: https://www.zentrum-weissenburg.de/
To the press release of tent: PRESSEERKLÄRUNG: Großunternehmen in Deutschland bereiten hunderte LGBT*IQ-Geflüchtete auf den Einstieg in die Arbeitswelt vor – The Tent Partnership for Refugees
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