Ging Cristobal, OutRight's project coordinator for Asia and the Pacific Islands Region based in the Philippines, in the Asia Times writes about Philippines’ role in leaving no LGBTIQ person behind and the Philippine government's claims to support the UN Sustainable Development Goals while it still lacks the political will to protect the LGBTIQ community.
The High-Level Political Forum on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – a set of goals agreed by member states of the United Nations to eradicate poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people are able to reach their potential – has kicked off at the UN headquarters in New York. This subsidiary body of the UN General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council is responsible for the entire organization’s sustainable-development policy, reviewing progress of member states toward achieving the goals, discussing best practice, negotiating steps going forward, and patting each other on the back while competing somewhat on who is doing better than whom.
Published on July 10, 2019 | OutRight Action International an LGBT human rights organization
