Equality of Opportunity for Sexual and Gender Minorities

doi:10.1596/978-1-4648-1774-8

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Equality of Opportunity for Sexual and Gender Minorities

dc.contributor.author	Cortez, Clifton
dc.contributor.author	Arzinos, John
dc.contributor.author	De la Medina Soto, Christian
dc.date.accessioned	2021-09-20T20:57:13Z
dc.date.available	2021-09-20T20:57:13Z
dc.date.issued	2021-09-28
dc.description.abstract	Despite legal and social advances in the past two decades, sexual orientation and gender minorities continue to face widespread discrimination and violence in many countries. This discrimination and violence lead to exclusion, which adversely impacts their lives, as well as the communities and economies in which they live. A major barrier to addressing this stigma and sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI)-based exclusion is the lack of SOGI-specific data. Robust, quantitative data on differential development experiences and outcomes of sexual and gender minorities—especially those in developing countries—is extremely thin. is paucity of data jeopardizes the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and countries' commitment to the principle of 'leaving no one behind' in the effort to end poverty and inequality. Equality of Opportunity for Sexual and Gender Minorities assesses the unique challenges that sexual and gender minorities face in six important areas: Criminalization and SOGI, Access to education, Access to the labor market, Access to public services and social protection, Civil and political inclusion, Protection from hate crimes. This report offers numerous policy recommendations to prevent and eliminate discriminatory practices in all of the areas covered. It also seeks to influence legislative changes and support research on institutions and regulations that can ultimately lead to poverty reduction and shared prosperity. At the same time, it acknowledges that the mere existence of inclusive laws and regulations does not ensure that sexual and gender minorities are free from discrimination—the enforcement of those laws is crucial. This publication, the first in a series of studies, will be expanded from the 16 countries included to a wider set of countries for more in-depth quantitative analysis and to identify possible correlations with socioeconomic outcomes. It will seek to deepen knowledge, facilitate peer learning of good practices, and encourage reforms to increase the inclusion of sexual and gender minorities.	en
dc.identifier	https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/155561632895258456/equality-of-opportunity-for-sexual-and-gender-minorities
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/978-1-4648-1774-8
dc.identifier.isbn	978-1-4648-1774-8
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/36288
dc.publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	LGBTI
dc.subject	GENDER EQUALITY
dc.subject	EXCLUSION
dc.subject	MINORITIES
dc.subject	GAY
dc.subject	TRANSGENDER
dc.subject	LESBIAN
dc.subject	EDUCATION
dc.subject	SOGI
dc.title	Equality of Opportunity for Sexual and Gender Minorities	en
dc.type	Book	en
dc.type	Livre	fr
dc.type	Libro	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crossref.title	Equality of Opportunity for Sexual and Gender Minorities
okr.date.disclosure	2021-09-28
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-04-15T10:56:04.765833Z
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Publication
okr.guid	155561632895258456
okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/978-1-4648-1774-8
okr.identifier.report	164560
okr.language.supported	en
okr.topic	Gender::Gender and Law
okr.topic	Law and Development::Law and Gender
okr.topic	Social Development::Social Inclusion & Institutions
okr.unit	GSUGL