Khudejha Asghar is the primary prevention adviser at the International Rescue Committee. She is a mixed-methods public health researcher focused on preventing and responding to gender-based violence in humanitarian settings, with 10 years of experience supporting projects in Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Myanmar, and the United States. She is pursuing a doctorate at Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Despite global commitments to inclusion, humanitarian support for queerness and queer activism is failing members of the LGBTQ community in conflict and crisis areas.