Advocacy

  • Explainers

7 May 2025

ILGA World at CSW69: Honouring legacy, advancing LGBTI rights   

CSW69: Here is how ILGA World ensured we maximised the participation of activists from member organisations, allies and our partners in the 69th Commission on the Status of Women

  • Opinion

7 May 2025

The Conclave begins: will it be a turning point for the Catholic Church and LGBTI people?

As Cardinals gather in the Vatican for a conclave to elect a new Pope, LGBTI Catholics hope for the Church to head towards inclusion

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  • Events

29 April 2025

Promoting the digital inclusion of LGBTIQ+ people and ensuring their safety in hostile environments

Join us on Thursday 15 May to discuss how to promote the digital inclusion of LGBTIQ+ people and ensure their safety in hostile environments

The image shows three diverse characters designed as if they were characters of a video game. Text in French reads: “Together against cyber-violence targeting LGBTIQ+ people” and shows the website of the annual campaign against LGBTI-phobia by Ville de Genève
  • Conferences

29 April 2025

Promoting the digital inclusion of LGBTIQ+ people and ensuring their safety in hostile environments

Join us on Thursday 15 May to discuss how to promote the digital inclusion of LGBTIQ+ people and ensure their safety in hostile environments

  • Explainers

16 April 2025

7 recommendations from intersex advocates to guide inclusive change

Reflecting on the landmark Human Rights Council resolution, intersex advocates share lessons learnt that can guide social justice movements pushing for change

  • Stories

16 April 2025

Intersex human rights: one year after historic UN resolution, civil society keeps pushing forward

One year after the historic intersex resolution at the United Nations, civil society organisations release a report summarising ten years of advocacy in United Nations spaces and explaining what steps lie ahead

  • Explainers

7 April 2025

LGBTI racialised people and the right to health: how to use CERD general recommendation No. 37  

This general recommendation by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination includes 18 specific references on the rights of people of diverse SOGIESC: discover how to use this document in your advocacy work!

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  • Opportunities

25 March 2025

The human right to education: contribute to a United Nations report!

Contribute to the upcoming report by the UN Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity on the human right to education and its intersections with sexual orientation and gender identity

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  • Explainers

12 March 2025

Advancing HIV response and human rights: a timeline of ILGA World’s advocacy work

Since 2021, ILGA World has followed negotiations on HIV/AIDS response at the Human Rights Council, the World Health Assembly, and UNAIDS