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The 2016 event has three grand marshals: Queens Council Member Julissa Ferreras-Copeland, the AIDS Center of Queens County, and our very own Jessica Stern.
The 2016 event has three grand marshals: Queens Council Member Julissa Ferreras-Copeland, the AIDS Center of Queens County, and our very own Jessica Stern.
OutRight Action International (formerly the International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission) serves to promote and defend the human rights of LGBTIQ people around the world. Serving to engage activists and document abuses since 1990, OutRight has status at the United Nations where it can assist in bringing LGBTIQ issuse and advocates to the forefront of international politics.
Join the Young Professionals Engagement Committee (YPEC) of OutRight Action International for an evening of LGBTIQ activism.
Learn about LGBTIQ human rights on an international level, meet like-minded students and professionals, and enjoy drink specials while you mingle.
100% of your £20 cover goes directly to supporting OutRight's fight for human rights in Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and the Mideast.
We hope you will join us for this year's Celebration of Courage for the first time at the United Nations inside the exclusive Delegates Dining Room where we will honor the work of Indonesia’s LGBT organization, Arus Pelangi, as well as invite special guest India's Crown Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil. Enjoy cocktails and hors d’oeuvers in support of human rights for LGBTIQ people everywhere. Special Guest: Indian Crown Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil, The Lakshya Trust, an HIV and LGBTIQ rights charity (featured recently in th Huffington Post).

Women on Top is Seattle's premier cocktail hour for LBT and allied professional women. Join us and strengthen connections with colleagues you haven’t seen for a while, make new connections and take some time to enjoy friendships with other professional women colleagues in a fun and relaxed atmosphere. Whether you're in business, nonprofits, academia, or government, Women on Top is the perfect time and place to enjoy the company of other like-minded professional women.
Location: Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building, 1st Floor Conference Room, 162 Ryders Lane, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Join the discussion making the connection between the effects of poverty and sexuality in human rights.
Four major themes will be covered:
The discussion will focus on:
In the context of recently adopted Sustainable Development Goals no one is to be left behind when accessing socio-economic and cultural rights. Access to housing, education, employment, services, health care are important factors to ensure active participation in society, its development and leading a life in dignity. LBTI women are one of the most vulnerable groups and at risk of being discriminated and excluded. In the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goal measuring progress is going to be crucial.