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Content Type(s): Publication
Region(s): Asia, China, Timor-Leste, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan
… In countries where there are laws addressing domestic violence, redress and services do not adequately encompass LGBTQ survivors. As a result, they are often unable to seek justice …
Content Type(s): Publication
Topic(s): Torture, Violence and Abuse
Region(s): Asia, Philippines, Sri Lanka
… (WMC) in Sri Lanka to address barriers to domestic violence protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) persons. Family violence is the primary source of violence for … violence, where perpetrators tend to be same-sex partners, dating partners, and heterosexual male partners of bisexual women or lesbians coerced into heterosexual marriage. To avoid exposing … police or legal services. This is the case in the Philippines, where being lesbian or gay is not a crime, and in Sri Lanka, where homosexuality and lesbianism are criminalized, adding …
Content Type(s): Publication
Topic(s): Torture, Violence and Abuse
Region(s): Asia, Philippines, Sri Lanka
Summary for Enhancing Domestic Violence Protections For LGBT People in the Philippines and Sri Lanka