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5 Ways Countries Can Promote Transgender Rights as Human Rights
As some governments pursue anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, all countries must protect transgender rights. July 9, 2021
Members of the LGBTQ+ community experience greater stigma and discrimination based on their sexual orientation or gender identity, and the COVID-19 pandemic has only made these challenges worse. For people who identify as transgender, the risks of encountering violence and harrassment are higher than for others, making it necessary for governments to promote policies that support transgender rights.
The transgender community faces unique challenges that traps them in the cycle of poverty. Because of discrimination that prevents them from securing a reliable source of income, some transgender people find jobs in the informal labor sector, which are often low-wage and more vulnerable than others. The rejection of transgender people by families, in addition to social stigma and a lack of institutio
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International and African LGBTQ organizations have called for a redirection of aid after an in-depth investigative report alleged government and private foreign investments unknowingly fund conversion therapy practices in East Africa.
The investigative report conducted by United Kingdom-based openDemocracy revealed organizations funded by major international aid agencies USAID, PEPFAR, UK Aid, and Global Fund inadvertently are supporting conversion therapy.
Undercover reporters allegedly found staffers secretly offering referrals to so-called conversion therapy services provided by third-party operators in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
OpenDemocracy published its findings in a series of articles June 30.
Efforts to cure homosexuality are inherently degrading and discriminatory, said Kaajal Ramjathan-Keogh, Africa director at the International Commission of Jurists human rights organization, in response to the openDemocracy s reporting.
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