During the past weekend, the non-governmental organizations "LGBTIQ Social Center" and "LGBT Forum Progress" organized training for doctors in Kolaša with the aim of improving information, capacity and professional activity in the context of stereotypes, prejudices and discrimination against LGBTI people in the health system, according to the announcement of LGBTIQ Social center.
As they say, the training was attended by doctors from Pljevlje, Bijelo Polje, Mojkovac and Podgorica.
"During the first day of the training, Dr. Jovan Kojičić, professor of law and visiting professor at the University of Göttingen and the University of Passau (FR Germany), gave a lecture. Dr. Kojičić's lecture focused on the normative framework of health care for LGBTI persons in Montenegro. , as well as the circumstances of minority stress, prejudice and difficulties that the Montenegrin LGBTI community has in the context of access to the health system in the country," the announcement states.
The second day of training was marked, as they point out, by a lecture by Dr. Aleksandra Marjanović, social medicine specialist and patient rights defender at the Institute for Public Health of Montenegro, "who shared with the participants her experiences and knowledge in the field of overcoming stigma and prejudice in the treatment of HIV- and hepatitis, as well as best practices in the context of HIV and hepatitis treatment".
They said that both days of the training were marked by a constructive discussion about the specifics and obstacles to access of LGBTI people to the health system, the stigma that often accompanies and hinders access to health for this community, as well as the direct role of doctors and medical workers in reducing these negative phenomena.
"The activity was realized within the framework of the project 'Health without prejudice - together for inclusive health care and empowerment of LGBTI persons', which is implemented in partnership by the LGBTIQ Social Center and the LGBT Forum Progress with the support of the Ministry of Human and Minority Rights of Montenegro", the announcement concludes.
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