“WOMEN MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER”: THE FOURTH ISSUE IS HERE!
Summary
In this issue:
- Spotlight on LBTIQ women who lead LGBTIQ organisations in ILGA World
- Olena Shevchenko and the NGO INSIGHT fighting for LGBTIQ+ people’s rights in Ukraine
- Insight into an Italian lesbianadjective/noun to describe a woman whose enduring physical, romantic, and/or emotional attraction is to other women. Women and non-binary people may use this term to describe themselves., jurist, transfeminist’s daily fight for LGBTQI+ rights
- Regional platforms for LBTQI+ women’s human rights advocacy: LESLAC – Red de organizaciones de lesbianas y mujeres bisexualas y cuir de América Latina y el Caribe
and the EurocentralAsian Lesbianadjective/noun to describe a woman whose enduring physical, romantic, and/or emotional attraction is to other women. Women and non-binary people may use this term to describe themselves.* Community - 2022 ILGA World Conference: Women Pre-Conference and Lesbianadjective/noun to describe a woman whose enduring physical, romantic, and/or emotional attraction is to other women. Women and non-binary people may use this term to describe themselves. Pre-Conference
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Every two months, the magazine will explore the work of women leading ILGA World member organisations and offer insights into how LBTIQ women have historically pushed for change. It will also highlight the dedicated advocacy work of ILGA World, and list some opportunities for funding directed to LBTIQ groups.
ILGA Word’s Women Committee is currently chaired by Cristina González Hurtado (from the member organisation Corporación Femm; Colombia), and formed by Sandra Kwikiriza (Fem Alliance Uganda, Uganda), Brenda Rodriguez Alegre (STRAP – Society of Transadjective/umbrella term to describe a person whose gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. Women Philippines; Philippines), Teresa Fernandez (Red de Mujeres Lesbianas y Bisexuales; Cuba), Maria Nailevu (Pacific Sexual and Genderrefers to a social construct which places cultural and social expectations on individuals based on their assigned sex. Diversity Network; Tonga), and Angelica Polmonary (Arcigay Modena; Italy), while the position of representative for North America and the Caribbean is currently vacant.