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Current AffairsGovernment issues new handbook to combat homophobia in Czech schools
The Czech government is distributing a new handbook to primary and
secondary school teachers called “Homophobia in Schools” – aimed at
raising awareness of homosexuality and the problem of bullying based on
sexual orientation. The government council behind the handbook says it
wants teachers to be better able to recognise homophobia – and to do
something about it.
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Current AffairsCzech HIV/AIDS experts fear complacency is preparing ground for explosion in infections
The Czech Republic released its latest figures to coincide with world
HIV/AIDS day on Tuesday. In spite of the steady climb in new cases, the
country still stands out as a low infection zone compared with Western
Europe and some states of the former Soviet Union such as Ukraine. But
there is a real fear that complacency and indifference over infection
twinned with greater exposure to risk are storing up a potential explosion.
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Current AffairsGovernment moves to stamp out homophobia in schools
Research conducted by the Czech charity People in Need two years ago
suggested that nearly three-quarters of school-age boys in this country had
a ‘negative attitude’ towards homosexuality. A recently published
European study indicates that that situation is not improving, and that
homophobia is still a widespread problem in Czech schools. In light of the
findings, the Czech government is producing a teachers’ manual to tackle
the problem. Earlier, I spoke to Lucie Otáhalová who is behind the
project. I asked her first about the scale of the problem faced:
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Current AffairsCountry’s first-ever gay parade clashes with extremists
The first-ever gay parade in the Czech Republic took to the streets of Brno
on Saturday, despite threats by neo-Nazi and other extremist groups. Even a
heavy police presence at the march failed to prevent attacks by anti-gay
protesters who shouted insults and even threw tear gas at marching gay
rights activists.
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