North America & Caribbean

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  • Press releases & statements

2 March 2026

Extension of the “global gag rule”: Pride 7 calls on the G7 to act to protect the integrity of the international aid system and human rights

The expansion of the Global Gag Rule, the Pride 7 group argues, is a political weapon: G7 countries must take a stance against it

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  • Press releases & statements

27 January 2026

Expanded Global Gag Rule: The Trump administration prioritises ideology over human life

The Trump administration’s expansion of the Global Gag Rule is a violent attack on everyone’s freedoms and bodies

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  • Press releases & statements

24 July 2025

USA: Sanctions on UN Special Rapporteur an assault on human rights

Civil society organisations express concerns about acts of intimidation, reprisal and retaliation against Special Procedures, which constitute "a severe hindrance to multilateralism and international justice"

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  • Press releases & statements

8 May 2025

LGBTI advocates respond to election of Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost

Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost, has a profound opportunity to shape a Church that lives more fully into its message of love, compassion, and justice

  • Press releases & statements

7 February 2025

United States: Trump administration denies people right to play and fails to protect women

The Sport & Rights Alliance vehemently rejects the executive order by the Trump administration which aims at excluding trans, gender-diverse, and intersex people from competing in sports at all levels

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  • Press releases & statements

3 February 2025

The Trump administration has launched a “war on development”, leading human rights organisations say

Foreign aid is used as a deadly political weapon, ILGA World and IPPF said, and millions of people are already in dire straits because of it

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  • Press releases & statements

30 January 2025

IPPF, ILGA World, and Amnesty International: Fighting back against Trump administration’s anti-rights agenda

IPPF, ILGA World, and Amnesty International vow to speak out for sexual and reproductive health and rights, and justice for ALL

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  • Press releases & statements

21 January 2025

Trump’s reactionary executive orders harm trans and intersex people and fail to protect women, says ILGA World

Read ILGA World's statement responding to US President Donald Trump's executive orders signed during his first day in office

  • Podcast

2 May 2024

“There is a lot more visibility and people being able to be themselves in Guyana”, a conversation with Nazima Raghubir

The guest on the new episode of our "Making Rainbow Waves" podcast is Nazima Raghubir from Guyana