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Better access to justice needed for victims of gender-based violence
Family justice experts from Northumbria University are calling for changes to the support given by government to victims of gender-based violence, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Anti-LGBT Persecution in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras
U.S. Barriers to Asylum Block Path to Safety
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Gender-based violence during lockdown: media reports may have missed the true picture
The ability of gender-based violence victims to access support services during the Covid-19 lockdown has not been accurately portrayed in the media, with potentially damaging consequences, according to new research.
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El Salvador: Police Officers Convicted for Transgender Murder
Further Efforts Needed to Prevent, Prosecute Hate Crimes.
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Statement on anti-LGBTI violence & hate speech in Poland
We were appalled to see that the participants of the Equality March – that took place for the first time in the Polish city of Bialystok on 20 July – became victims of LGBTI-phobic hate speech and physical violence exhibited by far-right groups and football ultra-fans.
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Vatican Confirms Hate Against LGBTIQ People Are A Religious Value
On 10 June 2019 the Congregation for Catholic Education of the Vatican issued a 31 page long guidance on gender identity, stating decisively that gender is binary and imparted by God, not only denying the existence and rights of transgender people, but framing their existence as dangerous and threatening, and entirely overlooking the existence of intersex people.