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Rainbow Advocacy Program (RAP) is a 13-month-long training and mentoring opportunity for LGBTIQ+ activists from Global South and East to affect change at home through UN advocacy. The program is visionary as well as unique in its approach to combining both the human rights and the development frameworks, especially the Agenda 2030. Participants…
RFSL is an internationally recognised and respected human rights organisation working with global LGBTQ rights for over 35 years.
RFSL, the Swedish Federation for LGBTQ Rights, urges the Ukrainian authorities to protect the fundamental right to a peaceful assembly…
RFSL has developed briefs for Sida with information on the application of the Human Rights Based Approach in relation to LGBTI persons.
Rainbow Academy is RFSL’s platform for international trainings – a space for LGBTQ activists to come together, and grow together. Rainbow Academy offers a variety of…
RFSL works to improve the lives of LGBTQ people at a global level, through sharing knowledge about LGBTQ issues in international organisations, and influencing global processes to include an LGBTQ perspective.
RFSL will be working in partnership with LGBTQ organisations from the Eastern European region and Russia along with ILGA-Europe.
Since 2010, RFSL has been collaborating with Arus Pelangi, a federation of LGBTQ organisations in Indonesia.
RFSL var bland de första organisationerna att ta fram riktlinjer och tips för internationellt engagemang och påverkan.
Den 7-8 juni kommer Sveriges protokoll gällande mänskliga rättigheter att granskas av FN:s kommitté för ekonomiska, sociala och kulturella rättigheter (CESCR) i Geneve.
“Yogyakarta Principles plus 10” Call for Renewed Action Worldwide Against Violations and Discrimination November 27, 2017, Geneva: An anticipated set of new principles on international human…
The arrest of perceived cisgender gay men and transgender women in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku continues – with the new wave of arrests landing many in longer…
RFSL, RFSU and the Swedish Disability Federation has written a joint submission regarding the Swedish response to CEDAW, combined eight and ninth periodic review of Sweden.
Sixteen trans and gender diverse activists from fifteen countries across all regions of the world - including Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, North America, the Pacific,…
RFSL har i många år framgångsrikt arbetat tillsammans med den turkiska hbtq-organisationen Kaos GL.
At least 5 people were injured after the Zaporozhye Festival of Equality in Ukraine was attacked this weekend by anti-LGBTQ groups in masks. The group claimed…
RFSL deltar som påverkansorganisation vid olika typer av globala sammankomster. En viktig uppgift är att bidra till att röster som annars inte hörs uppmärksammas.
What are the global trends when it comes to LGBTQ rights? What are the consequences of shrinking civil society space and how is it affecting LGBTQ…
The UN Human Rights Council, the primary UN body dealing with human rights, is in its 34th session between February 27 and March 24. It is…
On Tuesday, June 14 the annual full-day discussion on the human rights of women took place at the 35th session of the Human Rights Council in…
Trans activists from 5 continents met with the newly-appointed UN Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (IE SOGI), Dr. Vitit Muntarbhorn, on 26 January…
This year the newly appointed UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres met with over 1000 representatives of the civil society organizations present in New York to listen…
The UN Human Rights Council, the primary UN body dealing with human rights, is in its 32nd session between June 13 and July 1. It is…
At RFSL we are in close contact with activists around the world. Interviews with some of them are featured here. First out is Jessica St Rose from St Lucia.