ILGA Secretariats Questionnaire

About the Secretariats:

Presently, the ILGA board includes three secretariats, including an intersex secretariat, a trans secretariat, and a women’s secretariat. These positions are elected from the full membership during the World Conference for a term of 2 years, and report to the Board.

Secretariats are tasked with being ILGA’s experts on key thematic issues. This is accomplished though the provision and development of research, advocacy, and civil society engagement. Secretariats are also expected to work closely with the board as necessary.

This survey by the Co-Secretaries General of ILGA aims at getting feedback from ILGA members and non-members in relation to the three secretariats of ILGA.

Please fill in the survey before December 15th, 2015!

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Specific Secretariat tasks, as outlined in the ILGA Constitution, include:

Women’s Secretariat:

1. Collect and co-ordinate information/visibility world wide on lesbians and bisexual women, in close co-operation with the Executive Board;
2. Initiate articles world wide on women’s issues for ILGA publications;
3. Attend relevant conferences within and outside ILGA and make policy inputs to international organizations and agencies;
4. Co-operate with other international women’s organisations;
5. Co-ordinate and arrange women’s caucuses and workshops in co-operation with the group planning for a World Conference;
6. Carry out tasks allocated to it by ILGA World Conferences.

Trans Secretariat:

1. Collect and compile information world-wide on trans people, in close co-operation with the Executive Board;
2. Develop actions in order to highlight trans issues;
3. Initiate and request articles world wide on trans issues for ILGA publications;
4. Attend relevant conferences within and outside ILGA and make policy inputs to international organizations and agencies;
5. Co-operate with other international organizations on LGBTI rights and gender identity issues;
6. Co-ordinate and arrange trans caucuses and workshops in co-operation with the group planning for a World Conference;
7. Carry out tasks allocated to it by ILGA World Conferences.

Intersex Secretariat:

1. Collect and compile information world-wide on trans and intersex people, in close co-operation with the Executive Board;
2. Develop actions in order to highlight intersex issues;
3. Initiate and request articles world wide on intersex issues for ILGA publications;
4. Attend relevant conferences within and outside ILGA and make policy inputs to international organizations and agencies;
5. Co-operate with other international organizations on LGBTI rights and bodily diversity issues;
6. Co-ordinate and arrange intersex caucuses and workshops in co-operation with the group planning for a World Conference;
7. Carry out tasks allocated to it by ILGA World Conferences.