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Monthly meetings in Phnom Penh (Cambodia) focusing on poverty reduction among the LGBTI community
The LGBTI movement in Cambodia continues to expand and grow in strength despite still being relatively new. Many LGBTI Cambodians are not economically independent and the
Toronto, Canada 14 June 2017 On June 14, MRI’s Project Manager from Brazil, Lucas Paoli Itaborahy joined Lee Badgett from the Williams Institute on a
Brazil registers high rates of violence against LGBTI people every year. Pressure from activists to criminalizing trans/homophobia and regulate rights has been facing strong resistance
Micro Rainbow Brazil’s team participated in the first session of the Sexual and Gender Diversity Week, organised by the Sexual Diversity Commission of the Federal
MRI research “LGBT people living in poverty in Rio de Janeiro”, published in 2015, identified serious gaps in the professional and educational background of low-income-LGBT
Internationally, Brazil projects an image of tolerance and openness, where expressions of sexuality during Carnival are nurtured. However, when it comes to lesbian, gay, bisexual,
On April 14 2016, Micro Rainbow’s (MRI) Project Manager, Lucas Paoli Itaborahy, held a training for the European Union (EU) delegations in Brazil, Argentina, Chile,
Micro Rainbow attended the 60th session of the CSW (Commission on the Status of Women), held in New York, between 14 and 24 March 2016
Many LGBT people in Cambodia are destined to be and remain poor according to a report by Micro Rainbow and CamASEAN Youth’s Future.
Team No Sleep Foundation are fighting to help their community to step out of poverty. With the support of others, they are training LGBT refugees to sew bags and accessories for sale.
The hope and belief that the world may soon be a place with less prejudice and more opportunities for social inclusion is the optimistic vision
January 29 is the day of transvestite and transsexual visibility in Brazil. This day of celebration started in 2004, when the Ministry of Health’s STD/HIV
Celebrating 2015 IDAHOT by participating in the XII LGBT Seminar in Brazil’s National Congress. At this seminar we pre-launched the Portuguese version of our study LGBT people living in poverty in Rio de Janeiro.
Statement on the 29th session of the Human Rights Council Item 3 – Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
On occasion of Cambodia Pride and IDAHOT 2015 CamASEAN Youth’s Future and Micro Rainbow organized a workshop on poverty reduction of LGBTI people in Cambodia.
The ASEAN Civil Society Conference (ACSC)/ASEAN People’s Forum (APF) is an annual regular forum of CSOs in ASEAN member states to share and discuss issues and to make recommendations to ASEAN governments.
Interview with Ja’Leah Shavers, Outreach and Development Coordinator at BreakOUT! in New Orleans focusing on some of the challenges facing LGBTI youth living in poverty around the world.
Interview with Bree Sutherland is executive director of The Gender Expansion Project (GEP) in Missoula, Montana, USA. focusing on some of the challenges facing LGBTI youth living in poverty around the world.
Part 2 of the challenges of transforming LGBTI legal equality into social inclusion for all in Argentina by Darío Arias, the Youth Association for Diversity Coordinator in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Part 1 of the challenges of transforming LGBTI legal equality into social inclusion for all in Argentina by Darío Arias, the Youth Association for Diversity Coordinator in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Support from the European Union through the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) to fight poverty and discrimination of LGBTI people in Brazil.
A lesbian is liberated and her life is changed after starting up a business.
Statement on International Day for the Eradication of Poverty – 17 October 2014.
C.O.C. – Netherlands Interactive Dialogue with the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent – 14th session Delivered by Jim Ambrose, Micro Rainbow
Joint Statement, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network & International Lesbian and Gay Association. Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia.
Launch of a report entitled “LGBT people living in poverty in Rio de Janeiro” on the occasion of the International Human Rights Conference of World Pride in Toronto (Canada) 2014.
COC Nederland joined by International Lesbian and Gay Association Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants Delivered by Richie Maitland Watch the
Canadian HIV/Aids Network Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, and the Special Rapporeur on Violence against Women Delivered by
King Oey of Arus Pelangi, an LGBTI organisation, which concerns itself primarily with advocating LGBTI rights discusses LGBTI people and poverty in Indonesia.
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