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OPINION: It is time to recognize LGBT+ people in conflict areas

OPINION: It is time to recognize LGBT+ people in conflict areas

SAHAR MOAZAMI and DAINA RUDUSA | OUTRIGHT ACTION INTERNATIONAL OCTOBER 29, 2020, marked 20 years since the Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1325, thereby recognizing the unique impact conflict has on women. This was the first document to draw attention to sexual and gender-based violence in conflict areas and to call for the inclusion of women in peace and security work. Twenty years on, inclusion of LGBT+ people in peace and security work is still sorely lacking, or even purposefully excluded despite growing visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender people by multilateral organisations, and big strides having been taken…
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