Frank van Dalen

Frank van Dalen is politiek adviseur, mensenrechtenactivist en ondernemer. Hij heeft zich toegelegd op het succesvol voeren van campagnes. Hij deed ervaring op als voorzitter van homobelangenvereniging COC en de Amsterdam Gay Pride, tevens was hij campagneleider voor een politieke partij.

 

Tegenwoordig is Frank van Dalen voorzitter van het politieke kenniscentrum stichting Politieke Academie en CEO van E-canvasser.com. Daarnaast is hij vicepresident van de internationale Gay Pride-beweging Interpride en voorzitter van de LGBTI-werkgroep van de mensenrechtencommissie van Liberal International.

 

 

 

El orgullo LGBTQI y los derechos humanos – Políticas de alto impacto

Los aspectos de derechos humanos son percibidos como importantes durante los eventos del orgullo LGBTQI, de acuerdo a las respuestas del 97% de los organizadores de estos eventos que participaron en una encuesta de InterPride. Al mismo tiempo, sólo el 31% está satisfecho con el impacto de las actividades relacionadas con los derechos humanos durante sus eventos. Éstas cifras muestran que hay un margen de oportunidad para mejorar. Sin embargo, el hecho de abordar el tema de derechos humanos por

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Advancing the global pride movement

We all know about the Prides in Tel Aviv, Copenhagen, New York, Mexico, Sao Paolo, Tokyo and Amsterdam. We also know that, with hundreds of thousands, sometimes even more than a million visitors, they are among the most popular prides in the world. Less attention has been paid to the prides in smaller places with only a small number of visitors varying from a couple of thousands to only a handful. With PrideRadar, InterPride, the international federation of pride organizers, has been able to identify

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Human Rights and Pride – high profile politics

Human Rights aspects are perceived to be important during Pride events, following the response of 97% percent of the pride organizers worldwide that filled out a survey sent out by InterPride. At the same time only 31% is satisfied with the impact Human Rights activities have during these events. These numbers show room for improvement when it comes to the impact of pride. Nevertheless just addressing Human Rights in itself will not be enough to have a lasting impact. In recent years we have seen

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