The Human Rights Campaign Honors Human Rights Day with Grants to Global LGBTQ Advocates
Today, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation is commemorating Human Rights Day by announcing the launch of a Global Small Grants Program, which is supporting 20 initiatives to advance the human rights of LGBTQ people in 17 countries. HRC is also joining a public campaign with other advocates calling on Nigerian President Mahammadu Buhari to take action against ongoing human rights abuses in Nigeria.
Human Rights Day marks the date in 1948 when the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, that was the first time the global community spelled out a set of inalienable rights everyone is entitled to, including LGBTQ people.