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OutRight Highlights LBQ Women’s Activism

March 10, 2022 Launches

Channel partner OutRight Action International launched LBQ Connect, a global feminist program aimed at lifting up supporting, and highlighting lesbian, bisexual, and queer (LBQ) activism around the world. ...

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OutRight Releases Reports on Iraq and Afghanistan

February 23, 2022 Reports

In January 2022, Channel partner OutRight Action International, along with Human Rights Watch, published a report on increased threats to LGBT people in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover. In February 2022, OutRight partnered with the group IraQueer to release a similar report on the lives of queer women in Iraq....

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Causa Justa activists in front of the Constitutional Court (Credit: Alejandra Parra / Women's Link Worldwide)

Colombia Decriminalizes Abortion

February 22, 2022 Victories

On February 21, 2022, the Constitutional Court of Colombia ruled to expand the rights of women and girls to obtain safe, legal abortions. This ruling represents a clumination of over 15 years of work by Channel partner Women’s Link Worldwide and local partners in the region. ...

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Indigenous women outside of Guatemala's highest court holding handmade signs

Indigenous Women in Guatemala Win Landmark Sexual Assault Case

January 27, 2022 Victories

On January 24, 2022, Guatemala’s highest court convicted five men for the rape of 36 Indigenous Maya Achi women during the height of the country’s civil war in the 1980s. This landmark victory comes as a result of mobilizing by the women affected with the support of Channel partner the…...

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Global Press Article Contributes to Ban on Virginity Testing in Mongolia

November 11, 2021 Victories

In a June 2021 article for Channel partner Global Press Institute, reporter Khorloo Khukhnokhoi brought attention to the practice of virginity testing on teenage girls in Mongolian schools. In November 2021, Mongolia’s Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education issued a joint regulation making the practice punishable....

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OutRight's Jessica Stern smiling at the camera

President Biden Appoints OutRight’s Jessica Stern as Special Envoy for International LGBTQI Rights

June 28, 2021 Appointments

On June 25, 2021, President Joe Biden announced his appointment of Jessica Stern, the Executive Director of Channel grantee partner OutRight Action International (OutRight), to be the U.S. Special Envoy to Advance the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons at the Department of State....

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Young feminists in Argentina celebrating legalization of abortion

Channel Partners Help Secure Legal Abortion in Argentina

February 19, 2021 Victories

On Dec 30, 2020, Argentina legalized free and safe abortion in a landmark win for reproductive justice activists including Channel grantee partners inroads, RESURJ, and FRIDA. Former Channel grantee partner Ipas was also involved in the effort. ...

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OutRight Launches COVID-19 Response

June 2, 2020 Launches

Channel new grantee OutRight Action International is responding quickly to COVID-19 and has launched a new emergency fund and a new report on the particular vulnerabilities of LGBTIQ people during the coronavirus crisis....

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GFW Fundamental Documentary Series Available for Streaming

April 18, 2020 Launches

Channel’s longest term grantee partner, Global Fund for Women (GFW) and two-time academy award-winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy partnered to create Fundamental–-a documentary film series about feminist grassroots movements and community leaders across the world....

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Abortion Decriminalized in Oaxaca

December 27, 2019 Victories

On September 25th, 2019, abortion was decriminalized in the state of Oaxaca. Channel grantee partner, Consorcio Oaxaca, played a key role in the process....

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