CANBERRA — The United Nations Development Programme is set to pilot an implementation LGBTI Inclusion Index, first-ever global index launched in March following three-year effort to identify data on LGBTI populations that would support the design and implementation of better policies aimed at inclusion.
Researchers are increasingly interested in better understanding the challenges that LGBTI populations face under different settings — and the development sector is also increasingly recognizing the data gap.
Victor Madrigal-Borloz — an expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity — recently presented a report to the Human Rights Council. Borloz found that “information about the lived realities of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender-diverse persons around the world is, at best, incomplete and fragmented.”