UN Trans Advocacy Week is a joint initiative driven by trans-led collaborative work, centering trans activism and issues at this significant global arena.
It is organized annually by the Asia Pacific Transgender Network (APTN), Global Action for Trans Equality (GATE), the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA), the Swedish Federation for LGBTQ Rights (RFSL), and Transgender Europe (TGEU).
UN Trans Advocacy Week takes place in Geneva at the UN Human Rights Council in June/July each year, providing a fundamental opportunity to highlight trans related issues on a global stage, where historically they have been ignored, invisibilized and subsumed into the framework of advocacy centering on sexual orientation.
4th UN TAW: June - July 2020
Banning conversion therapies – Protecting LGBTI persons from harmful practices
Join us on 15 July at 3pm CEST for the Human Rights Council side event discussing banning conversion therapies.
Intersex rights at the Human Rights Council
Join us on 14 July at 1.30pm CEST for the Human Rights Council side event discussing human rights violations against intersex persons.
Where did the money go? How the COVID-19 crisis drains trans funding worldwide
Join us on 2 July at 4pm CEST for UN Trans Advocacy Week webinar on how COVID-19 crisis is draining trans funding worldwide
On The Road: advancing trans and gender diverse depathologization
Join us on 25 June at 2pm CEST (English) / 7pm CEST (Spanish) for UN Trans Advocacy Week webinar on advancing trans and gender diverse depathologization.
UN Trans Advocacy Week 2020: Joint Statement
In June 2020, Trans Advocacy Week will take place virtually. More information will be released soon!
3rd UN TAW: 24 June - 12 July 2019
UN Trans Advocacy Weeks 2019
Events and statements by trans activists at the 3rd Session of UN Trans Advocacy Week(s), taking place over 3 weeks this year, 24 June – 12 July 2019.
Press Release: Renewal of IE SOGI Mandate
Geneva, July 12, 2019 – In a defining vote, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution to renew the mandate of the Independent Expert focusing on the protection against violence and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
Press Release: 3rd UN Trans Advocacy Week
In an unprecedented effort, 16 defenders from 15 countries participated over the three weeks of the 41st Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva from 24 June to 12 July – a historic landmark in trans and gender-diverse participation at UN level advocacy.
2nd UN TAW: 17-22 June 2018
Side Event: UN Human Rights Council 37th Session
Gender, Depathologization & Human Rights The UN has documented a range of violations against trans people, including, inter alia, killings, attacks, sexual assault, police violence,
Trans Advocacy Week at the United Nations
From June 17 to 22, 23 trans activists from 19 countries will meet in Geneva for Trans Advocacy Week 2018. This ground-breaking initiative has been organised by APTN, GATE, ILGA, RFSL and TGEU.
Trans activists advocate for their rights at the United Nations
The second UN Trans Advocacy Week gathered together 23 trans and gender diverse human rights defenders from 19 countries for the 38th Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. This historic event was a joint initiative by a trans-led collaborative work, centering trans activism and issues at this significant, global arena. It
1st UN TAW: 5-9 June 2017
Joint Statement on Trans Advocacy Week at the UN Human Rights Council 35th Session
Sixteen trans and gender diverse activists from fifteen countries across all regions of the world – including Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, North America, the