Gabi Calleja | |
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Nationality | Maltese |
Known for | LGBTIQ rights |
Gabi Calleja is an LGBTIQ rights activist in Malta. [1] She read for a Masters in Youth and Community Studies at the University of Malta. [2] From 2010 to 2019, she was the coordinator 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]
In addition to her work on LGBT 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. [2] 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. [2]
She received a 2012 International Women of Courage award. [6]
Gabi Calleja | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Maltese |
Known for | LGBTIQ rights |
Gabi Calleja is an LGBTIQ rights activist in Malta. [1] She read for a Masters in Youth and Community Studies at the University of Malta. [2] From 2010 to 2019, she was the coordinator 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]
In addition to her work on LGBT 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. [2] 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. [2]
She received a 2012 International Women of Courage award. [6]