Summary
Throughout 2018, ILGA pledged to focus on promoting advocacy of 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. More and bisexualadjective used to describe a person who has the capacity to form enduring physical, romantic, and/ or emotional attractions to those of the same gender or to those of other genders. More women in this UN mechanism, where their experiences still remain largely invisible. Published on the occasion of Lesbian Visibility Day, this video invites you to listen to their voices.
Here are recommendations/questions made by CEDAW andHRCtee following defenders’ advocacy:
Chile:
CEDAW recommended Chile to adopt the draft Law on Same-sex Marriage and the draft Gender Identityrefers to a person’s deeply felt internal and individual experience of gender, which may or may not correspond with the sex assigned at birth. More Law, and to ensure that filiation and parental rights are protected.
Republic of Korea:
CEDAW recommended the Republic of Korea to ensure that LB women are covered by anti-discrimination legislation and domestic violence legislation. The State party has to report about implementation of these two recommendations in 2 years.
The FYR Macedonia:
CEDAW asked Macedonia if the new anti-discrimination legislation will prohibit discriminationunequal or unfair treatment which can be based on a range of grounds - such as age, ethnic background, disability, and diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions or sex characteristics, amongst others. More based on SOGIabbreviation standing for sexual orientation and gender identity More, and requested information on intersecting forms of discrimination faced by LBTI women.
Nepal:
CEDAW requested Nepal to provide information on the situation of LBT women.
El Salvador:
Recommendations not published yet.