Working Toward Policy Coherence
U.S. assistance programs must, like overall U.S. foreign policy, be grounded in U.S. principles. We believe it a moral imperative that our assistance programs embrace the rights and…
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Opening up U.S. assistance programs to LGBT populations
A little green dot marks December 6 on our calendar for last year. That’s the day the President issued his Memorandum instructing all USG foreign affairs agencies to…
Read moreForeign Assistance Blog Series
Beginning Monday, February 6, The Council for Global Equality will begin a four-part series of blog postings on foreign assistance. The postings will cover issues impacting foreign assistance…
Read moreDeMint wrong on gay rights
Repost from the Post and Courrier Written by Michael Guest, Senior Advisor to The Council for Global Equality The contrast could not be starker. In a Human Rights…
Read moreWatch Ban Ki-moon tell leaders at the AU that they must respect gay rights
Read moreBan Ki-Moon: Africa Leaders Should Respect Gay Rights
Repost from Huffington Post ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says African nations should stop treating gays as “second-class citizens, or even criminals”. Ban told African…
Read moreImmigration Equality Hails New Government Training Module
Repost from Council Member: Immigration Equality For Immediate Release January 24, 2012 Contact: Steve Ralls (202) 347-7007 / sralls@immigrationequality.org Immigration Equality Hails New Government Training Module for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,…
Read moreCommunity Call with Deputy Assistant Secretary Dan Baer
Join the Council for Global Equality on January 26 at 12 PM (EST) for a community briefing call with Deputy Assistant Secretary Dan Baer, who will discuss the…
Read moreHonduras is test of new U.S. policy on gay rights
Repost from the Miami Herald by Tim Johnson SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — From U.N. chambers to the halls of the State Department, global pressure on countries to protect…
Read moreUnited States Issues UN Report on Its Own Human Rights Conditions
On December 30, the United States submitted its fourth periodic report to the United Nations Committee on Human Rights concerning the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which…
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