AQ Video: Gay Rights Activism in the Caribbean

December 22, 2011

Gay rights activist Colin Robinson, from the Coalition Advocating for the Inclusion of Sexual Orientation (CAISO) in Trinidad & Tobago, talks about advocating for greater lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights in the Caribbean.

Tags: Trinidad and Tobago, Social inclusion, LGBT, Gay Rights

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Welcome to AQ Online’s Social Inclusion portal—a multimedia space for dialogue and debate on systemic problems of social exclusion.

Read a post, watch a video, view a slideshow, and then comment on it. Join our bloggers in a discussion on ways to promote inclusion for underserved populations across Latin America and the Caribbean. Follow happenings on this page and become part of an online group dedicated to identifying policies and practices—among businesses, governments and civil society—that can reverse endemic exclusion for indigenous groups, Afro-Latinos, urban and rural poor, and women. Read more

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Social Inclusion in the News

UN warns on human rights challenges
Latinamerica Press
March 5, 2012
The UNHRC also said that indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities are not adequately protected against attacks and are left with “the lack of enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights, and by continued social marginalization and exclusion.
Humala, Correa set agenda based on social inclusion & development
Andina
March 1, 2012
Peru and Ecuador will establish specific goals of social development in the Border Integration Zone for the benefit of low-income people.
Denmark Grants $2.4 Million to IDB to Promote Regional Gender Equalty
Caribbean Journal
February 28, 2012
“Women and men should have equal opportunities,” the Danish Ambassador said. “No matter whether it is about equal access to bank loans, hospital and health service, to schools and universities or to work, women are a huge and often untapped resource in many Latin American countries.”