GEORGE NEWS - George Municipality LGBTIQA+ Helpdesk in the Community Development department hosted a Human Rights Day programme last week. 

The programme focused on discrimination and mental health issues among individuals of the LGBTQIA+ community as well as sex workers. 

The attendees formed a human chain in front of the George Civic Centre, which symbolised support for victims of human rights violations.

"The theme for this year's event was #Leave No One Behind," said Jonathan Fortuin, co-ordinator of the LGBTIQA+ Helpdesk at the George Municipality.

A Human Rights Toolkit workshop was conducted by the George Municipality LGBTQIA+ Helpdesk, in partnership with Social Health and Empowerment. Topics focused on at the workshop were collective trauma, discrimination, community stigma and health care trauma and debriefing.

People attending the Human Rights event at the George Civic Centre last week.

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