Global Equality Today: March 2024
As we write here in Washington, D.C., spring has arrived. Clocks have sprung forward, cherry blossoms have just peaked, and pollen allergies are back with a vengeance. Temperatures…
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China Detains Women’s Rights Activists on International Women’s Day
Repost from Human Rights First by Darren Gan Five Chinese women’s rights activists are still missing after authorities detained at least ten on March 6. Most of them…
Read moreAdvocacy Groups Seek U.S. Travel Ban Against Gambian President
Repost from the Washington Blade More than a dozen LGBT advocacy groups on Friday called upon the Obama administration ban Gambian officials responsible for human rights abuses from…
Read moreAJWS and Human Rights Organizations Meet with White House to Make the Case for a Special U.S. Envoy for LGBT Rights
Repost from American Jewish World Service Washington D.C. – American Jewish World Service (AJWS) and a coalition of advocacy and human rights organizations met with White House officials…
Read moreFurther U.S. Efforts to Protect Human Rights in Uganda
Statement from The White House Written by Grant Harris and Stephen Pomper Our hopes for a more peaceful and just world depend on respect for the rights and…
Read moreHuman Rights: Advancing American Interests and Values
National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice addressed the participants of the Human Rights First 2013 Summit in Washington DC yesterday, in her speech Amb. Rice stressed that advancing…
Read moreStrengthening Protection for LGBT Refugees
Council Chair Mark Bromley moderated a panel at an event hosted by The Council for Global Equality, The Human Rights Campaign, and Human Rights First marking International Day Against Homophobia and…
Read moreInternational Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia.
IDAHO is celebrated worldwide to commemorate the date, May 17, 1990, when homosexuality was removed from the International Classification of Diseases of the World Health Organization. The Council…
Read moreDignity For All: Reactions from LGBT and Human Rights Organizations
Repost from The Office of Public Engagement Earlier this week, President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton articulated the first-ever U.S. Government strategy to direct all…
Read moreHuman Rights First calls for the respect of fundamental freedoms of assembly and association
Repost from Human Rights First | by Innokenty Grekov Human Rights First calls on governments to abide by commitments to respect the fundamental freedoms of assembly and association…
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