Category: Equality Focus Group

Being a member of the Equality Focus Group this year has been a good experience. We all completed our first major project while also working on something on the side; namely, a poster raising awareness about the conditions for LGBTQ+ individuals in Qatar during the period of the 2022 World Cup. Our first major project was making support videos for teachers, students and parents separately conveying important messages. The process was overall smooth with the script coming together easily, however I think that recording the audio to accompany the slideshow could have been done with more precision. Below is linked the slideshow, screen-recorded presentation that we delivered targeted at students in particular. Other smaller groups worked on the parent and teacher videos.

Moving forward, we are planning to hold a film screening on the 1st of March. We will provide popcorn as we show a movie called Fair Haven that raises LGBTQ+ themes of acceptance and other struggles faced. Alongside this, we are also trying to create posters raising awareness about queer topics of choice. I am looking forward to the rest of the year; I believe that our collaboration has gotten better this year and that we have been relatively on track with our goals and aims.

This year, I have been part of the Equality Focus Group which is in an initiative that raises awareness about LGBTQ+ issues and seeks to make the school a safer place for queer students. I have been part of this service since Grade 9 and I currently co-lead it. We are working towards making informative video content to share with varying members of the school community. We’ve split into smaller groups and in my group, we’re planning to create a video for students that further educates them on how to respect and create a safe space for LGBTQ+ students. Here is a link to our planning document.

I’ve enjoyed being part of this focus group so far and I am proud of the progress I have made with it over time starting out as a communications officer in grade 9.