It is well documented that the trans and gender diverse population is disproportionately disadvantaged, due to discrimination and injustice. This results in poverty and poor health and well-being outcomes for trans and gender diverse communities globally.
The majority of trans and gender diverse activists and organizations devote an extensive amount of time and effort in their daily schedules and work tasks to the thematic areas captured in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Many of us frame our work purely through human rights language and frameworks, and rarely position it through the lens of the SDGs. However, human rights are inseparable from the SDGs, as they are grounded in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
How does this work tie in with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?
There are countless examples of how community-led work aligns with the SDGs. The Sustainable Development Goals & Trans Engagement Guide should assist activists and advocacy organizations in engaging more meaningfully, through the SDG framework, with governments and government agencies to support the work they do.
Discover what the Sustainable Development Goals are and how you can link them to trans and gender diverse advocacy work
This guide provides updated guidance based on previously published documents:
- The SDGs & Trans Engagement: A Toolkit (GATE, 2020)
- SDG 1 and SDG 3 Technical Briefs (GATE, 2020)
- Report on Poverty (GATE, 2020)
