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  • Bringing Abortion Back to the Advocacy Table - Erasure and Silencing in the Sustainable Development Goals
    Date:
    Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 02:30pm to at 03:30pm
    Location:
    Church Center, 777 United Nations Plaza
    Description:

    Under the Sustainable Development Goals, governments have pledged to continue the unfinished business of the Millennium Development Goals. In the new ambitious agenda, governments have committed to reduce maternal mortality, achieve universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, and achieve gender equality as a matter of women’s and girls’ human rights. But some rights remain contentious - access to safe and legal abortion. Access to safe and legal abortion services is crucial to achieving reproductive health and rights but where is this right in the SDGs?

  • Combatting stereotypes and discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity - Podcast available
    Date:
    Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 01:15pm to at 02:30pm
    Location:
    United Nations General Assembly Building
    Description:

    The UN and Council of Europe standards and mechanisms seek to promote and ensure respect for the human rights of every individual, including those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT). Lesbian, bisexual and transgender women often face multiple layers of discrimination; they are not only discriminated because they are women – but also because of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity.

  • In partnership with UN Women: 2-day regional consultation in Bankok
    Date:
    Monday, February 29, 2016 at 12:00am to Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at 11:45pm
    Location:
    Bankok, Thailand
    Description:

    In partnership with OutRight Action International, today starts the two-day regional consultation with UN Women on promoting and protecting the rights of lesbians, bisexual women, transgender and intersex people. The Regional Consultation recognizes and builds on previous work in advancing the rights and the well-being of LGBTIQ people, reducing inequality based on sexual orientation and gender identity and supporting inclusive development in the region including UNDP, Being LGBTIQ in Asia Initiative, UN Free and Equal Campaign for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equality, etc.

  • Members Day at the United Nations
    Date:
    Friday, February 19, 2016 at 08:00am to at 12:15pm
    Location:
    United Nations
    Description:

    Kevin Schumacher, Regional Program Coordinator for MENA, was invited by the UN Association of USA to talk at their annual gathering on refugee issues. Other members of the panel included a representative from Doctors Without Borders and a Syrian young woman whose father is abducted by the Assad government and her family is refugee in Turkey, waiting for resettlement in the USA. The discussion went very well and it was well received by the audience. Here are pictures from the session.

  • &PROUD LGBT Film Festival
    Date:
    Thursday, January 28, 2016 at 07:00pm to Monday, February 1, 2016 at 10:45pm
    Location:
    Yangon Malaysia
    Description:

    The &PROUD Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Film Festival will host an exhilarating mix of films, discussions, Q&A’s, performances, art and cabaret. For this year’s edition we have selected 33 films from 17 countries, including 7 films from Myanmar. For more infor, visit www.facebook.com/andPROUD

  • A Next Step to Equality: LGBTQ Immigration and Asylum Today
    Date:
    Thursday, January 28, 2016 at 05:00pm to Friday, January 29, 2016 at 07:45pm
    Location:
    D’Agostino Hall, Martin Lipton Hall 110 West 3rd Street, NYU Law
    Description:

    OUTLaw Alumni Award Reception & Panel Discussion
    Panel: 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
    Award Reception: 6:00 PM - 8:00PM

    This year, the OUTLaw Alumnus of the Year Award will be presented to Iván Espinoza-Madrigal ’05, executive director at Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice, for the outstanding achievements that have characterized his career and for his exceptional contributions to the LGBTQ community. OutRight's Kevin Schumacher will be a panelist

  • Creating Change Workshop Chicago 2016
    Date:
    Saturday, January 23, 2016 at 10:45am to at 12:15pm
    Location:
    720 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60605
    Description:

    This workshop will help attendees understand how to work internationally through alliances with entities that in many cases have not been supportive of LGBTIQ rights globally. Attendees will leave with practical advice and tools and deeper knowledge of international issues.

  • OutSummit Conference - Podcast available
    Date:
    Saturday, December 12, 2015 at 09:00am to Sunday, December 13, 2015 at 08:45am
    Location:
    CUNY Law School, 2 Court Square, Long Island City, NY 11101
    Description:

    OutSummit.org is one day conference brings together international and US-based activists for a day of panels and workshops on rights relating to sexual orientation, gender identity and intersex issues. The keynote speaker will be the celebrated Ugandan journalist Kasha Jacqueline.

  • OutSummit Activist Pre-Conference Mixer
    Date:
    Friday, December 11, 2015 at 06:00pm to Saturday, December 12, 2015 at 05:45pm
    Location:
    Industry Bar, 355 W 52nd St, New York, New York 10019
    Description:

    Join us for 2 for 1 drinks all evening as we mix and mingle with activists from around the world! This is our pre-conference event - you can register for the full conference at OutSummit.org

  • Human Rights Day
    Date:
    Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 12:00am to at 11:45pm
    Location:
    United Nations
    Description:

    Each year a core group of Countries, in partnership with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, organizes a panel event on the human rights of LGBTI people in celebration of International Human Rights Day. This year the event will look at the economic cost of excluding LGBTI people.

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