ILGA Women

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ILGA Womens Project Survey

• Aim of survey
• To whom it was sent
• Usefulness of ILGAs material and activities
• The future

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Gender and Region of Respondents
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Which social network would you like ILGA to
develop or create?
Implement the "Map" with different methodologies
and tools in the website! For example by using a
Youtube video. Also, include a qualitative
mapping with a gender perspective.
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Usefulness of the following tools
I learn a lot from ILGA's website. It keeps me
updated to what's going on in the world and
inspires me in my own activism
The emailing lists have been fundamental in
sharing knowledge.
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Usefulness of the following tools
I give out the information in women's festivals
and at family planning centers events.
We sent the leaflet to gynecologists... We
translated and adapted the leaflet...
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Usefulness of the following tools

A wonderful instrument for spreading knowledge
among lesbians and other people on our multiple
histories and experiences. Very useful to
confront, to get new ideas and find allies and to
get the feeling that we are not alone.
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Usefulness of the following tools
The pre-conference on lesbian and bisexual
health in Geneva was the starting point for my
interest and involvement about lesbian health.
We have translate and adapted the leaflet on
breast- and uterus cancer, we collaborated on
introducing the references of the brochure
"lesbian and bisexual health" on our homepage.
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Usefulness of the following tools
ILGA's presence at UN and international events
is very important for us because it serves as
voice in places where it would be very difficult
for us to go
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Usefulness of the following tools
ILGA has become an important partner in a number
of venues. Consistent participation and
collaborative engagement with others who are in
these spaces will make the advocacy richer, and
will contribute to lesbian leadership development
in global arenas.
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Usefulness of the following tools
ILGA's involvement in UN assisted in improving
our competences in implementing some of our
empowerment projects
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• How did you use ILGAs tools
• and information obtained from events?
• Which Impact had those tools
• on your work ?

To make research on specific topics
To raise awareness to pairs and members
To widen my knowledge on certain topics
Translated and distributed health publications to
health care providers
Enriched knowledge and an increased awareness on
lesbians issues
Created a network with international
organizations
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Which among the following should continue to be
part of ILGAs work?

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Some comments
ILGA's material helped in increasing awareness on
lesbians health
Investigaciones y publicaciones la investigaciòn
es clave para todo
Lesbian rights and UN that's ILGA's most
important raison d'être, so go on..
If ILGA doesnt, who does it?
Research Publications
Continue to make extra efforts for opening up
spaces for Ls and Ts in the LGBT movement
Where I live, UN resolutions and recommendations
are meaningless, they bare no value and are never
respected
Advances Lesbians issues in UN

Awareness raising
Investing too much resources in UN commissions
would be a real waste of our limited resources
ONU superclave la incidencia en organismos de
orden regional - mundial
Expand feminist work to an understanding that
includes queer people, trans people, gender
non-conforming people, and gay men
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How could ILGA further improve gender empowerment?
Training on leadership for lesbians 45
Training for LGBT organisations on how to be more inclusive of lesbians 49
Provide trainings/workshops on the definition of gender and gender roles 37
Share experience among lesbians on how to achieve gender equality and empowerment 35
Workshop on how to work with lesbians allies 34
Research and publications on lesbians related topics 41
Other 25
- Promote funding for lesbian work and projects
- Promote a deconstruction of gender
discrimination on the basis of a strong
consciousness on this matter.
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The most important recommendations for the next
three years

• Support / Work on
• Lesbian health and mental health issues
• Lesbian visibility
• Lesbian empowerment
• Organise spaces for lesbians to meet
  conferences, meetings and events
• Be active in social network sites
• Work in the United Nations

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The Future Overview of ILGAs activities

• Involvement in UN activities (UPR, CSW, HRC)
• Develop Lesbian health projects (Myths and
  realities)
• Lesbian empowerment
• Lesbians rights and visibility (Lesbian map)
• Patricia Curzi
• Womens Project Coordinator
• patriciacurzi_at_ilga.org
• www.ilga.org