Name: Peruvian LGBTIQ+ rights defender: Miluska
Start: 2024-12-04T14:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-12-04T15:30:00+01:00
Location: WO=MEN office

Peruvian LGBTIQ+ rights defender: Miluska

WO=MEN* is the Dutch gender platform. Around 60 organizations and 125 professionals are linked to WO=MEN: development and peace organizations, women's and gender rights organizations, diaspora organizations, trade unions, police, journalists, knowledge institutes, academics, social entrepreneurs, students and opinion-makers.*WO=MEN - women equals men

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WO=MEN, in partnership with Justice and Peace, warmly invites you to join us for a meeting with Miluska, and advocate for LGBTIQ+ rights.

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WO=MEN, in partnership with Justice &amp; Peace Netherlands, invites you to meet Miluska, a dedicated Peruvian advocate for LGBTIQ+ and women's rights. Miluska will share her experiences, including insights from the CeDoSTALC report on human rights violations affecting transgender communities in Latin America and the Caribbean.&nbsp;&nbsp;Same sex sexual acts are legal in Peru and there are no legal barriers for self-organizing as LGBTIQ+ communities. However, it remains an unsafe and challenging environment for the LGBTIQ+ community. There are many barriers to same-sex marriage and adoption, legal recognition of gender identity and lack of guarantees for equal access to education, housing, health, and work. In addition, LGBTIQ+ people continue to experience violence, discrimination, and hatred as result of stereotypes, prejudices and stigmas surrounding sexual orientation and gender identity.&nbsp;&nbsp;Miluska defends the human right of trans people by offering them legal, economic, health and social protection. She is the executive director of TRANS Organización Feminista (TOF), the national coordinator of Red Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Personas Trans (Red LacTrans) and the founder of Peru's first shelter for trans people: Zuleymi Trans House.&nbsp;&nbsp;In the Netherlands she is staying with Shelter City, a global movement that creates safe and inspiring spaces for human rights defenders at risk. Shelter City was founded in 2012 by Justice &amp; Peace Netherlands as a concrete and accessible way to support the cause of human rights defenders at risk, with The Hague as the first Shelter City. It is both a place for human rights defenders to re-energize and engage with allies from all over the world.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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