OutRight’s report Vulnerability Amplified shows that LGBTIQ communities around the world are suffering disproportionately from the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis. Join OutRight, OPEN Finance, and Deutsche Bank to learn about actions needed to ensure a more LGBTIQ-inclusive response in pandemic response strategies.
OutRight speakers include:
- Katie Hultquist
- Amie Bishop
- Neish McLean
We invite you to join us for OutRight’s Pride month program with Out & Equal Workplace Summit. OutRight Action International recently released a pioneering report on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on LGBTQ+ people. Join us in this enlightening discussion on how communities have been affected around the world, how the work is proceeding, and how the private sector can play an active supporting role. Panelists:
The fund received 1500 applications from all regions of the world. The main request was for basic necessities like food, shelter, and health care.
The webinar will feature the researchers and participants of the report who will discuss the data in the report and will include a Q&A at the end. The panel discussion will be moderated by Amie Bishop, OutRight's lead researcher.
Published on May 13, 2020 | OutRight Action International an LGBT human rights organization
The Fund received 1500 applications from all regions of the world, mostly for basic necessities like food, shelter, and health care.
The researchers and participants discuss the detailed data from the report followed by Q&A.
The host is Amie Bishop, OutRight's Consultant Research Advisor.
Regional updates/talks with partners on how they and their organizations are being affected by the COVID crisis and what their resilience/coping strategies are.
Speakers are:
- Neish McLean, Caribbean Program Officer
- Kennedy Carrillo, Regional Sexual and Development Expert
The Caribbean, Asian and African Story. This webinar will focus on demystifying conversion therapy in the African, Asian, and Caribbean context. It will highlight the nature and extent of CT in these regions, discuss the negative impacts of CT, and recommended strategies (as well as joint strategies) to work towards a complete ban on all forms of CT.
Speakers are:
- Kennedy Carrillo, Regional Sexual and Development Expert
- Yvonne Wamari, Africa Program Officer
- Jean Chong, Program Field Coordinator
Situational analysis of the challenges faced by LGBTIQ HRDs in monitoring, documenting, and responding to human rights violations in the midst of COVID-19. Are there safety and security mechanisms available for HRDs during this time? How can they access them? The webinar will have 4 panelists representing various regions as well as a global organization that primarily focuses on HRDS.
Speakers are:
- Yvonne Wamari, Africa Program Officer
- Luiza Drummond Veado, United Nations Program Officer
- 4 Panelists