IGNITE! Empowerment Grants recipients

Youth Voices Count is glad to welcome November with a fabulous update in our IGNITE! Empowerment Grants programme. The IGNITE! Empowerment Grants was founded and first launched back in December 2019. Until today, it intends to provide seed grants to youth-led LGBTIQ organizations and initiatives from the Asia-Pacific region.

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Bangladesh: After Indonesia, A Madrasa For The Third Gender In Bangladesh

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Despite being a conservative society, Bangladesh occasionally surprises the world with the show of liberal behaviour. A few years ago, the government of Bangladesh had introduced sex education in state-run schools. Now, Bangladesh is in news for opening a madrasa for the third gender in its capital city Dhaka.

Brazil: Invisible violence: the exclusion of LGBTI blacks

The dossier “ What is the color of the invisible? - The human rights situation of the black LGBTI population in Brazil “, prepared by the International Institute on Race, Equality and Human Rights, denounces the invisibility of the black LGBTI population from a social, political and economic point of view.

Estonia's liberal reputation at stake as gay marriage referendum emboldens the far-right

Over the past decade, Estonia has developed an international reputation as both an economic tech hub and a liberal bastion of human rights. As well as opening its doors to digital nomads with initiatives such as e-residency, Estonia was the first state in the Baltics to pass a law on same-sex partnerships. But now its liberal reputation could be in trouble.