This side event will share lessons learned and advocacy strategies for tackling discrimination and violence against trans communities, contributing to the promotion of trans rights at the Human Rights Council.
After 4 of years waiting, GATE receives the United Nations ECOSOC special consultative status. ECOSOC status facilitates us in serving TGDI communities globally and ensuring that our interests are brought forward in all UN spaces with policy-level impacts on our lives.
“Trans rights are human rights” is a concept that should not be debatable and should be accepted by all. However, anti-gender actors have been working to undermine this concept by trying to separate trans rights from human rights.
GATE's report The Impact of Regional and International Human Rights Mechanisms on Trans Rights: A Review discusses how different regional and international human rights mechanisms are dealing with gender identity-related issues.
