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“Being LGBT in Asia: A Participatory Review and Analysis of the Legal and Social Environment for LGBT Civil Society” aims to understand not only the contexts faced by LGBT people; it will also address LGBT organizations, the space they operate in, and their capacity to engage on human rights and policy dialogues.
This initiative will examine laws and policies, access to justice and health services, cross-border partnerships, and the role of new technologies to support LGBT advocates.
LGBT people in many parts of Asia live where social and legal environments remain far from inclusive. Understanding the contexts of discrimination, stigma, and rights deprivation on LGBT communities remains a challenge.
This innovative joint analysis will focus on engaging and understanding LGBT communities and supporters throughout Southeast and East Asia with a view towards policies that are inclusive and supportive of the human rights of LGBT peoples, especially in the rapidly changing development and social environments in the region.
Over the next 12 months, “Being LGBT in Asia” will utilize innovative and participatory consultations to reach out to LGBT communities. Through discussions and surveys, a clearer picture will emerge on how legal, social, political and health factors impact LGBT individuals and communities, and how these factors affect their rights and capacity to participate in policy and political dialogue with national governments and regional intergovernmental bodies.
“Due to the laudable efforts of local non-governmental organizations and advocates in recent years, the space has opened to contemplate the development, health and human rights challenges specifically experienced by LGBT people in the region,” said Rebeca Grynspan, Associate Administrator of UNDP. “Therefore, we must work together to make human rights truly universal so that the aspirations of millions of LGBT people can add to the diversity and dynamism of Asia in its rapid transition towards socially and economically sustainable and inclusive societies.”
USAID’s 2011 LGBT Assistance Strategy states, “The Administration’s vision is that LGBT, like gender, is a human rights issue in all foreign assistance programming and business practices as well as for operating procedures.”
This regional engagement process will be used to guide UNDP, USAID, multi-lateral organizations, development partners, and governments at all levels to better engage and meet the needs of LGBT communities. UNDP and USAID will also work with LGBT private sector partners and social enterprises, for instance B-Change in Manila and Singapore, to harness the energy and innovation of social media and mobile applications, to develop and create advocacy videos documenting the lived experiences of LGBT across Asia in their languages to enhance knowledge transfer and support the emerging community of practice.
This initiative will examine laws and policies, access to justice and health services, cross-border partnerships, and the role of new technologies to support LGBT advocates.
LGBT people in many parts of Asia live where social and legal environments remain far from inclusive. Understanding the contexts of discrimination, stigma, and rights deprivation on LGBT communities remains a challenge.
This innovative joint analysis will focus on engaging and understanding LGBT communities and supporters throughout Southeast and East Asia with a view towards policies that are inclusive and supportive of the human rights of LGBT peoples, especially in the rapidly changing development and social environments in the region.
Over the next 12 months, “Being LGBT in Asia” will utilize innovative and participatory consultations to reach out to LGBT communities. Through discussions and surveys, a clearer picture will emerge on how legal, social, political and health factors impact LGBT individuals and communities, and how these factors affect their rights and capacity to participate in policy and political dialogue with national governments and regional intergovernmental bodies.
“Due to the laudable efforts of local non-governmental organizations and advocates in recent years, the space has opened to contemplate the development, health and human rights challenges specifically experienced by LGBT people in the region,” said Rebeca Grynspan, Associate Administrator of UNDP. “Therefore, we must work together to make human rights truly universal so that the aspirations of millions of LGBT people can add to the diversity and dynamism of Asia in its rapid transition towards socially and economically sustainable and inclusive societies.”
USAID’s 2011 LGBT Assistance Strategy states, “The Administration’s vision is that LGBT, like gender, is a human rights issue in all foreign assistance programming and business practices as well as for operating procedures.”
This regional engagement process will be used to guide UNDP, USAID, multi-lateral organizations, development partners, and governments at all levels to better engage and meet the needs of LGBT communities. UNDP and USAID will also work with LGBT private sector partners and social enterprises, for instance B-Change in Manila and Singapore, to harness the energy and innovation of social media and mobile applications, to develop and create advocacy videos documenting the lived experiences of LGBT across Asia in their languages to enhance knowledge transfer and support the emerging community of practice.
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“To those who are gay, lesbian, bisexual,or transgender-let me say- you are not alone. You're struggle, for the end to violence and discrimination, is a shared struggle. Today, I stand with you. And I call upon all countries and people, to stand with you too.
A historic shift is underway. We must tackle the violence, decriminalize consensual same sex relationships and end discrimination. We must educate the public. I call on this council and people of conscience to make this happen.
The time has come.”
― Ban Ki-Moon
A historic shift is underway. We must tackle the violence, decriminalize consensual same sex relationships and end discrimination. We must educate the public. I call on this council and people of conscience to make this happen.
The time has come.”
― Ban Ki-Moon
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