A Set of Proposed Indicators for the LGBTI Inclusion Index
This publication provides the background for a set of proposed indicators for a global index to measure the inclusion of LGBTI people. These indicators represent the most recent step in the development of the LGBTI Inclusion Index. The acronym LGBT...
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United Nations Development Programme, New York
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/608921536847788293/A-Set-of-Proposed-Indicators-for-the-LGBTI-Inclusion-Index http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30994 |
| Summary: | This publication provides the background
for a set of proposed indicators for a global index to
measure the inclusion of LGBTI people. These indicators
represent the most recent step in the development of the
LGBTI Inclusion Index. The acronym LGBTI refers to lesbian,
gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex people. It is very
difficult to define terms related to sexual orientation,
gender identity or expression, and sex characteristics
(SOGIESC) across diverse cultural and national contexts. We
use the collective term “LGBTI people” because they are a
diverse group that nevertheless faces some common
challenges: stigma, discrimination, and violence because of
their sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and
sex characteristics. This definition is neither exclusive
nor final; other concepts, terms, or identities may be
relevant in different settings, and conceptions may evolve
over time. Inclusion of LGBTI people is imperative if we are
to deliver on the pledge of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development to leave no one behind. The principles of
leaving no one behind and reaching the furthest behind first
permeate the 2018-2021 Strategic Plan of the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP), as well as the 2016-2021 UNDP
HIV, Health and Development Strategy. The process of
creating the LGBTI Inclusion Index began in 2015, when UNDP,
in partnership with the Office of the High Commissioner for
Human Rights (OHCHR), convened meetings with a
multi-sectoral group of experts and with representatives
from civil society to discuss the development of an index.
In addition to confirming the viability and desirability of
such an Index, the 2015 consultation resulted in two key
aspects of an index: an agreement about the working
definition of inclusion for purposes of the Index, and an
agreement about dimensions of human freedom that should be
included and measured by such an index. |
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