Investing in a Research Revolution for LGBTI Inclusion
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) people throughout the world have led global efforts to raise awareness of their experience of ongoing discrimination, exclusion, and violence. Despite some gains that have made information m...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2016
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/196241478752872781/Investing-in-a-research-revolution-for-LGBTI-inclusion http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25376 |
| Summary: | Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and
intersex (LGBTI) people throughout the world have led global
efforts to raise awareness of their experience of ongoing
discrimination, exclusion, and violence. Despite some gains
that have made information more available, huge gaps in
research and data on LGBTI experiences persist in every
country, blocking progress toward inclusion and the
realization of human rights for all. Clearly, significant
donor investment in strategic research on LGBTI inclusion is
needed, to provide a reliable evidence base that can inform
policies, legislation, programs, and investments to advance
the human rights and inclusion of LGBTI people in national
and global efforts. This paper highlights for discussion the
critical research and knowledge gaps with regard to human
rights and inclusion for LGBTI people that require
investments to ensure that they are part of the human rights
and development agendas. In light of these significant gaps,
the paper outlines a number of high-priority research needs
that have been identified as a result of wide-ranging
consultations with civil society organizations, governments,
research institutions, human rights and development
agencies, and researchers. Finally, the paper presents a set
of proposed strategic investments to focus on those
high-priority topics. These investments would also build an
LGBTI research infrastructure to produce and share knowledge
about LGBTI people and issues. |
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