CEDAW and Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Workshop, Panel 4: Cross-cutting Issues and Concluding Reflections

Transitional Justice Institute: Public Lectures and Events by Ulster University

Episode notes

This final panel of the CEDAW and SOGI workshop addressed some cross-cutting issues (conflict, asylum, hate speech) and included final concluding reflections from Marion Bethel, current CEDAW Committee member.

Cross Cutting Issues

Lucia Baca (Colombia Diversa)

Niels-Erik Hansen (Immigration Lawyer)

Kseniya Kirichenko (IGLA-World (International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association))

Concluding Reflections

Marion Bethel (Current Member of the CEDAW Committee)

Women’s enjoyment of the substantive rights guaranteed under CEDAW – legal equality, nationality, education, employment, health, economic and social life, rurality, family life, political participation – are inextricably informed and shaped in important ways by their sexual orientation and gender ... 

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Keywords
genderconflictcedawhuman rightssexual orientation and gender identityasylumhate speech