We at
ILGA-Europe are working to improve our understanding of the kinds of issues that LGBTI people are facing in the region and would like your help to do a
mapping and assessment exercise. We know from community discussions, direct contact with you and word of mouth that lots of things are happening to members of our community due to the
COVID-19 crisis. To do
more effective advocacy at the regional and international level, we need a few
more details about which problems are happening in which countries.
This survey will ask about the impact of COVID-19 on LGBTI people, covering the following topics:
a) Health and access to health
b) Hate speech by political and religious leaders amid COVID 19
c) Domestic violence and legal and policy response
d) Access to public relief programmes / need for food and basic services distributions
e) Legal services derogations (LGR postponements, people held in detention awaiting trials, identity documentation)
f) Other human rights abuses against the LGBTI community, specifically linked to the COVID-19 emergency situation or pre-existing abuses exacerbated by the situation
g) Ability to engage with policy-makers, impact on organising advocacy and campaigns
h) Examples of good practice
Information provided by the members will be used by ILGA-Europe to better understand trends in specific impact and human rights violations and the situation in the given country. Understanding current issues faced by LGBTI people will
help ILGA-Europe to develop effective, evidence-based legal and policy and action demands for EU institutions and local governments. We are currently looking into how to best make the information collected available to members, as well as policy-makers and other actors.
In addition to using this information to inform institutions, we will take any inputs you provide for this process and ensure their inclusion in the development of the Annual Review at the end of the year. We hope that will make the
Annual Review process a bit easier for you.
Based on the information collected, we will very soon organise
thematic webinars to talk about what is happening in the region, to identify the needs and discuss together what policy responses need to look like. More information shortly.