Gabi Calleja
Gabi Calleja is a gay rights activist in Malta. [1] She read for a Masters in Youth and Community Studies at the University of Malta. [2] As of 2010, she is chairwoman of the Malta Gay Rights Movement. [3] As of 2014, she is co-chair of the Executive Board of ILGA Europe, a lesbian and gay advocacy group. [4] In 2014 she spoke publicly in favor of Denmark's removing a law which had required transgender people to undergo sterilization before they were legally allowed to change their gender. [5] [6]
In addition to her work on gay rights, she is also a senior executive in the public sector in Malta, and has worked in the fields of teaching, drug prevention, training, community development, fundraising, and project management. [7] In 2005, the “School Attendance Improvement” Report, a review of absenteeism from school in Malta, was published; she had been part of the group appointed to write it. [8]
She received a 2012 International Women of Courage award. [9]
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References
- ^ http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120612/local/Straight-talking-on-gay-rights.423915
- ^ http://eige.europa.eu/content/gabi-calleja
- ^ http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/interview/3166/indifferent-strokes-gabi-calleja#.VAoHxel0yM8
- ^ http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/31/us-cyprus-gaypride-idUSKBN0EB0O120140531
- ^ http://www.ilga-europe.org/home/news/for_media/media_releases/denmark_becomes_the_first_european_country_to_allow_legal_change_of_gender_without_clinical_diagnosis
- ^ http://rt.com/news/165772-denmark-gender-change-sterilization/
- ^ http://eige.europa.eu/content/gabi-calleja
- ^ http://eige.europa.eu/content/gabi-calleja
- ^ http://malta.usembassy.gov/en-05242012.html