Taking Sexual and Gender Minorities Out of the Too-Hard Basket

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Publication language
English
Pages
15pp
Date published
01 Jun 2018
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Accountability and Participation, Gender, humanitarian action
Countries
Vanuatu
Organisations
Australia Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Humanitarian Advisory Group

Sexual and gender minorities’ unique protection and assistance needs remain largely unconsidered and unaddressed in international crisis response. Of 2018’s ten largest humanitarian response plans, none mention inclusion of sexual and gender minorities. The latest practice paper challenges the premise that it is too hard to improve the inclusion of sexual and gender minorities in humanitarian action.