Winds of Change

ICJ ran a SOGIE Facebook Live Campaign for Pride Month

The ICJ hosted live interviews with human rights defenders from Asia, Africa and Latin America to mark Pride Month, which is celebrated during the month of June in various parts of the world

UK: Majority of women support trans people’s right to self-identify despite years of relentless transphobia

Despite years of negative news coverage relating to transgender rights and reformation of the Gender Recognition Act, a YouGov poll on behalf of PinkNews has found that most women are in favour of trans people self-identifying as a gender other than which they were assigned at birth.

UK: Open letter to Boris Johnson from the Media Industry, in support of the trans community

“We, as a collective of organisations from the media and entertainment industry, are writing to express our support of the trans community.”

Trans Inclusion in the Development Framework of Zimbabwe

A successful development agenda requires inclusive partnerships: at the global, regional, national and local levels built upon principles and values, and upon a shared vision and shared goals placing people and the planet at the centre.

LGBTQ rights facing uphill struggle when it comes to young Africans

While young Africans strongly support a variety of fundamental rights, the vast majority draw the line at those for the LGBTQ community, according to results from a sweeping new Pan-African survey.

EU: COVID-19 underlines importance of strong fundamental rights protection

Growing intolerance and attacks on people’s fundamental rights continue to erode the considerable progress achieved over the years, finds FRA’s Fundamental Rights Report 2020. As Europe begins to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic we see a worsening of existing inequalities and threats to societal cohesion.