PGA’s vision is to contribute to the creation of a Rules-Based International Order for a more equitable, safe, sustainable and democratic world.
PGA’s vision is to contribute to the creation of a Rules-Based International Order for a more equitable, safe, sustainable and democratic world.
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On March 24, 2021, PGA co-organized a side event to the UN’s 65th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) titled Women Leaders as Advocates for Equality and Inclusion of LGBTI+ Persons.
By Robeyonce Lima. The narrative of a pandemic demands a fast response and emergency mechanisms that end up upsetting human dignity. This means that systemic faults are explicitly manifested and expose serious, long-standing social challenges.
PGA’s SOGI Campaign would also like to express our hopes and dreams for equality in 2020 – a year that commemorates the 5th anniversary of the Sustainable Development Goals and its vision of leaving no one behind.
These steps are in the rights direction. Let’s hope the application of the legal framework brings justice and protection to all LGBTI persons in Brazil.
By Senator Valerie Woods, member of the Senate of Belize and member of the Board of Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA)
Por Carla Pitiot, Diputada en el Congreso de la Nación Argentina, Presidenta del Grupo Nacional de PGA en Argentina y miembro de la Junta Directiva de PGA
By Diputado Fidel Santana, Chair of the Human Rights Committee in the Chamber of Deputies of Dominican Republic and member of Parliamentarians for Global Action
By Sir Ronald Sanders, Ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda to the United States and the Organisation of American States
By Hon. Syed Naveed Qamar, Member of Parliament from Pakistan and PGA member
In November 2006, an international group of experts met in the Indonesian city of Yogyakarta to develop a set of principles that would apply the standards of international human rights law to the problems that affect LGBTI people.
In his book “Moses and the Monotheistic Religion,” Sigmund Freud says that democracies are exceptions and not rules, because there is something in the human character that tends toward authoritarianism.
On July 14, a group of representatives of the LGBTI community of Dominican Republic made an official visit to the National Congress, where they met with a number of parliamentarians.
Today, June 28th, we celebrate LGBTI Pride Day, which commemorates the Stonewall riots that started on this date in 1969 and are widely considered to have sparked the gay liberation movement.
On International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT), PGA reaffirms its commitment to advance the rights of LGBTI people and their families.
Welcome to PGA’s LGBTI Inclusion Site, an online resource to better understand the unique role you have as a parliamentarian in ensuring equality and non-discrimination of all individuals regardless of who they are or whom they love.