State Department Announces $1.5 Million In Funding To “Empower LGBTQI Movements”

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The State Department’s Bureau This is Democracy, Human Rights Labor The availability of grant funding up to $1.5 million through the Global Equity Fund (GEF) LGBTQI+ communities can work together to achieve goals that include empowering “local movements” Addressing “critical issues of justice” According to a funding opportunity notice This entry was posted at the bottom of December.

The department manages GEF in partnership avec other governments, businesses, and foundations “dedicated to amplifying local LGBTQI+ voices and movements to catalyze positive change.”

Competition The funding notice explains that applications are welcome for grants. “for projects that have the goal to provide lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI+) communities with the tools to (1) empower local movements and communities; (2) prevent, mitigate, and recover from violence, discrimination, stigma, and human rights abuses; (3) promote full social inclusion; or (4) address critical issues of justice.”

Projects It is expected that grants will be awarded “to be led by, or have strong support from and participation by, LGBTQI+ organizations and communities,” The department specifies.

The GEF was created under the auspices Obama Administration in 2011 and the Biden White House touted An increase in support for this fund from FY 2021 to $10,000,000 annually.

Last June, Secretary This is State Antony Blinken announced The GEF has disbursed over $100 million since its inception.

The GEF’s Twitter account Shows it was cofunded recently “OutProud4” Project where LGBTQI+ activists gathered for a “#QueerWithoutBorders-themed forum” In November.

“The U.S. Department of State supports a wide range of strategic programs that incorporate concepts from diversity, inclusion, and representation to equity and accessibility,” A State Department According to spokesperson Just The News. “LGBTQI+ persons across the globe deserve to live in societies free from targeted violence and discrimination. Our programs advance key U.S. values of diversity and the inclusion of LGBTQI+ communities as well as promote the acceptance of communities that are disproportionately affected by violence.”

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