Summary
SDG 4 aims to end all forms of 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 and violence against women and girls everywhere. Several key targets under SDG 5 focus on promoting equal opportunities for women in leadership roles and society, eradicating harmful practices like forced child marriages, and ensuring universal access to sexual and reproductive health rights.
Watch the video below to learn more from ILGA World about SDG 5 and LGBTIacronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people. Although this is not the acronym available to describe people of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics, it is the most commonly used in United Nations spaces and advocacy. More people’s human rights.
Transcription of the episode: Sustainable Development Goals and LGBTI people’s human rights | #SDG 5: Gender equality
Hello everyone!
In this video of our SDG series, I’m going to talk about Sustainable Development Goal number 5: Gender Equality.
SDG 5 aims to end all forms of discrimination and violence against women and girls everywhere. Several key targets under SDG 5 focus on promoting equal opportunities for women in leadership roles and society, eradicating harmful practices like forced child
Of all the SDGs, Goal number 5 has the most overlap with LGBTI rights, and so this SDG is particularly useful for advocates and human rights defenders. Research shows that across the globe there is prevalent violence targeted towards people due to their actual or perceived sexual orientationrefers to a person’s capacity for profound emotional, affectional and sexual attraction to - and intimate and sexual relations with - individuals of a different gender or the same gender or more than one gender. More, 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, gender expressionrefers to how a person presents their gender through physical appearance – including dress, hairstyles, accessories, cosmetics – and mannerisms, speech, behavioural patterns, names and personal references. More or sex characteristicsa term that refers to physical features relating to sex - including genitalia and other sexual and reproductive anatomy, chromosomes, hormones, and secondary physical features emerging from puberty. More.
Therefore to ensure that no one is left behind, when States draft programmes or policies with the aim of addressing SDG #5, we can use this opportunity to advocate for the inclusion and rights 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, 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 and transgender women.[
Our website, ilga.org provides further resources and information on Agenda 2030’s potential contributions to LGBTI advocacy and is a great starting point if you want to learn more.
If you’re curious about how Agenda 2030 can help with LGBTI advocacy, feel free to read our article and watch our previous videos on the SDGs by clicking on the link in the description. Don’t hesitate to drop us a message at sp@ilga.org if you have any questions about the SDGs or if you think we can help you with advocating for LGBTI issues in your country.
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