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Regional Dialogue on LGBTI Human Rights& Health in Asia-Pacific

Agenda

25-27 February 2015

• The Need for Social Protection to Improve our Lives Laxmi Narayan Tripati, Trans Rights Activist and Founding Member of APTN

• Gender Recognition and its Progress in Hong Kong Sam Winter, Board of Directors – WPATH; Assoc. Prof., School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin Univ.

• Why Data Matters Selina Lo, Senior Editor, The Lancet Journal

10:00-10:30 COFFEE BREAK

10:30-11:50 DIALOGUE

11:50-13:00 LUNCH

13:00-15:20 SESSION 5: TACKLING LGBTI EXCLUSION IN EDUCATIONObjective: This session will consider the various manifestations of phobia, discrimination and violence experienced by LGBTI youth in educational settings, and policy and programmatic responses that can ensure safe spaces for all learners. It will reflect on steps taken to collect data on the issue, to integrate sexual orientation and gender identity/expression into school curriculum, and to engage LGBTI youth and their allies to stand up and speak out against SOGI-based bullying and harassment.

13:05-13:45 PANEL DISCUSSIONModerator• Justine Sass, Chief, HIV Prevention and Health Promotion, UNESCO Bangkok Panelists:• SOGI-based Bullying and Exclusion in Schools: What Do We Know?

Thomas E. Guadamuz, Assistant Professor of Medical and Health Social Sciences & Deputy Head, Center for Health Policy Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Mahidol University

• Changing School Climate and Culture: GLSEN’s Experience Creating LGBTI-Friendly Schools Dr. Joe Kosciw, Chief Research and Strategy Officer, Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network

• Developing SOGI-Inclusive School Curriculum Nanda Lal Poudel, Under Secretary, Ministry of Education of Nepal

• Student Engagement in Making Education Safer for All Xu Bin, Director/Founder, Common Language, Board Member of Beijing LGBT Center and Advisory Board Member of the Chinese Lala Alliance



15:35-17:45 SESSION 6: NAVIGATING FAMILIAL TERRITORYObjective: This session will identify opportunities to identify and discuss strategies to deal with hostile and challenging familial circumstances that LGBTI people often find themselves in (including phobia, violence and discrimination). Discussion on supportive family interventions that allow LGBTI individuals to live a satisfying life, without fear of being who they are (e.g. PFLAG) will also take place.

15:40-16:20 PANEL DISCUSSIONModerator: • Jeffrey O’Malley, Global Director of Policy and Strategy, UNICEFPanelists:• Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Case Documentation as an Effort to Strengthening

Women’s Position in the Constitution of Indonesia Budi Wahyuni is Coordinator of Ad-Interim Chairperson of National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan)

• How Parents, Families and Friends Can Support LGBTI Persons Lily Dinh and Teddy Nguyen, PFLAGs Association, Vietnam

• Reaching Out to Young LGBT and Addressing Self-Stigma Ben Xue, Pink Dot Singapore, Community Liaison & Social Media and co-founder of the first LGBT youth group in Singapore – Young OUT Here

• Social Media – Safe Spaces for LGBT Youth and Resources for Families Laurindo Garcia, Executive Director, B-Change Foundation


17:35-17:55 WHAT’S NEXT FOR LGBTI RIGHTS?• Next Steps: Supporting LGBTI Inclusive Development in Asia Pacific

Nadia Rasheed, Team Leader, HIV, Health and Development, UNDP BRH Edmund Settle, Policy Advisor, HIV, Human Rights and Sexual Diversities, UNDP BRH

17:55-18:00 CLOSING REMARKS

Empowered lives. Resilient nations.

For more information visit http://www.being-me.net/beinglgbti/

WEDNESDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2015

PREPARATORY DAY

08:00-09:00 REGISTRATION

09:00-16:00 MEETING OF CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPANTS

09:00-13:00 MEETING OF GOVERNMENT EXPERTS

THURSDAY 26 FEBRUARY 2015

DAY 1 TOWN HALL - MODERATED BY MALVIKA SUBBA

07:30-08:30 REGISTRATION

08:30-09:00 OPENING REMARKS• Helen Clark, Administrator, UNDP (Video Message) • Luc Stevens, UN Resident Coordinator, Thailand • Honorable Oyungerel Tsedevdamba, Member of Parliament, Mongolia• Honorable Louisa Wall, Member of Parliament, New Zealand• Geena Rocero, Trans Activist and Founder of Gender Proud, Philippines • Sophon Shimjinda, LGBT Thai Activist and TV Host, Thailand

09:00-9:30 OVERVIEW OF THE REGIONAL DIALOGUEOverview of LGBTI and Rights in Asia and the Pacific• Prof. Douglas Sanders, Human Rights Law Professor, Mahidol University, Thailand


10:00-12:25 SESSION 1: THE ROLE OF ADVOCACY IN ADVANCING RIGHTS AND INCLUSIONObjective: This session will provoke discussion on how law, practices and social attitudes can support the wellbeing (including human rights to life, non-discrimination, freedom from fear and violence, and living conditions) of LGBTI individuals and communities and multiple streams of advocacy that can be employed to advance human rights and address rights violations.

10:05-10:45 PANEL DISCUSSIONModerator: • Clifton Cortez, HIV Manager, HIV, Health and Development Group, UNDP, New York Panelists:• The Role of Parliaments in Promoting and Protecting LGBTI Persons’ Rights

Honorable Tarana Halim, Member of Parliament, Bangladesh • LGBTI Persons’ Rights and the Role of National Human Rights Institutions Chris Sidoti, Expert

advisor to APF, former Australian Human Rights Commissioner, Coordinator of Yogyakarta Principles process

• Inclusive Engagement of LGBTI People: Progress from Fiji Ashwin Raj, Media Industry Development Authority

• Lessons from Latin America on LGBTI Persons’ Rights Fanny Gomez, Rapporteurship for the Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Intersex Persons, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Organization of American States

• Opportunities in Advancing Rights through International Human Rights Mechanisms Matilda Bogner, Regional Representative, OHCHR Regional Office for South-East Asia

12:25-13:45 GROUP PHOTO AND LUNCH

13:45-15:45 SESSION 2: LGBTI MARGINALISATION: ADDRESSING HEALTH NEEDS AND REDUCING HIV VULNERABILITIES Objective: This session will examine strategies to ensure that the mental and physical health concerns of LGBTI individuals are effectively addressed, including by recognizing the negative consequences of the criminalization and marginalisation of LGBTI behaviours, identities and conditions, gender-based violence, inadequate/ insensitive healthcare systems and violations of bodily integrity.

13:50-14:30 PANEL DISCUSSIONModerator• Steve Kraus, Director, UNAIDS Regional Support Team for Asia and the Pacific

Panelists:• Why the Criminalization of Behaviours and Identities is Not Good for Health

The Hon. Michael Kirby, Former Justice of the High Court of Australia• The Government’s Role in Promoting Access to Stigma Free Health Services for LGBTI

Persons Lv Fan, China Center For Disease Control And Prevention, Division of Policy Research and Information

• The Looming Crisis for LGBT Youth: Young MSM, Transgender People and HIV Vulnerabilities Prof. Frits van Griensven, Senior Advisor for Prevention, HIV-Netherlands Australia Thailand Research Collaboration (HIV-NAT) Thai Red Cross

• Mental Health Issues Related to Gender-Based Violence (Emotional and Physical Violence) Ging Cristobal – International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission

• Ignored Communities: Intersex Health and Rights Priorities Hiker Chiu, Organization Intersex International – Oii Chinese



16:15-17:50 SESSION 3: LGBTI INCLUSION, ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS AND THE PRIVATE SECTORObjective: This session will examine how inclusive approaches to LGBTI individuals and communities can have economic benefits for society at large, and how their marginalization can have deleterious economic effects. It will reflect on steps taken by the private sector to include LGBTI individuals in the workplace as well as to develop LGBTI-friendly policies.

16:20-17:00 PANEL DISCUSSIONModerator: • James Chau, China Central Television Special Contributor and UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador Panelists:• The Role of the Bank Industry in Providing LGBTI-friendly services

Saksit Pitipongsoonthorn, Senior Vice President and Head, Brand & Marketing, Standard Chartered Bank (Thai) Public Company Limited

• The Economic Cost of LGBT Exclusion and Homophobia in India - What Does this Analysis Tell Us? Phil Crehan, Nordic Trust Fund Coordinator, The World Bank

• PILnet: The Global Network for Public Interest Law – How Can Law Practices Support the Rights of LGBTI Organizations and People Tze-wei Ng, Hong Kong Director, PILnet

• The Negative Economic Impact of Homophobia in Emerging Countries Andrew Park, International Program Director, The Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law

• Employment Needs of LGBTI People Emma Hoo, Former Head of Human Resources for EMI Asia


17:50-18:00 DAY 1 WRAP-UPJohn Godwin

FRIDAY 27 FEBRUARY 2015

DAY 2 TOWN HALL - MODERATED BY MALVIKA SUBBA

09:00-09:10 WELCOME BACK

09:10-11:50 SESSION 4: PERSONHOOD AND LEGAL GENDER RECOGNITION Objective: This session will discuss how the law could be a positive tool for change and advance transgender persons’ rights, particularly in relation to the very basic right of recognizing their personhood.

09:10-10:00 PANEL DISCUSSIONModerator:• Geena Rocero, Trans Activist and Founder of Gender Proud, Philippines Panelists:• Legal Gender Recognition: Why Does it Matter?

Jack Byrne, Former Sr. Human Rights Specialist at the New Zealand Human Rights Commission

• The Recognition of Transgender, Hijra and Third Gender in South Asia Amritananda Chakravorty, Senior Legal Officer, Lawyers Collective

Regional Dialogue on LGBTI Human Rights& Health in Asia-Pacific

Agenda

25-27 February 2015

• The Need for Social Protection to Improve our Lives Laxmi Narayan Tripati, Trans Rights Activist and Founding Member of APTN

• Gender Recognition and its Progress in Hong Kong Sam Winter, Board of Directors – WPATH; Assoc. Prof., School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin Univ.

• Why Data Matters Selina Lo, Senior Editor, The Lancet Journal



11:50-13:00 LUNCH

13:00-15:20 SESSION 5: TACKLING LGBTI EXCLUSION IN EDUCATIONObjective: This session will consider the various manifestations of phobia, discrimination and violence experienced by LGBTI youth in educational settings, and policy and programmatic responses that can ensure safe spaces for all learners. It will reflect on steps taken to collect data on the issue, to integrate sexual orientation and gender identity/expression into school curriculum, and to engage LGBTI youth and their allies to stand up and speak out against SOGI-based bullying and harassment.

13:05-13:45 PANEL DISCUSSIONModerator• Justine Sass, Chief, HIV Prevention and Health Promotion, UNESCO Bangkok Panelists:• SOGI-based Bullying and Exclusion in Schools: What Do We Know?

Thomas E. Guadamuz, Assistant Professor of Medical and Health Social Sciences & Deputy Head, Center for Health Policy Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Mahidol University

• Changing School Climate and Culture: GLSEN’s Experience Creating LGBTI-Friendly Schools Dr. Joe Kosciw, Chief Research and Strategy Officer, Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network

• Developing SOGI-Inclusive School Curriculum Nanda Lal Poudel, Under Secretary, Ministry of Education of Nepal

• Student Engagement in Making Education Safer for All Xu Bin, Director/Founder, Common Language, Board Member of Beijing LGBT Center and Advisory Board Member of the Chinese Lala Alliance



15:35-17:45 SESSION 6: NAVIGATING FAMILIAL TERRITORYObjective: This session will identify opportunities to identify and discuss strategies to deal with hostile and challenging familial circumstances that LGBTI people often find themselves in (including phobia, violence and discrimination). Discussion on supportive family interventions that allow LGBTI individuals to live a satisfying life, without fear of being who they are (e.g. PFLAG) will also take place.

15:40-16:20 PANEL DISCUSSIONModerator: • Jeffrey O’Malley, Global Director of Policy and Strategy, UNICEFPanelists:• Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Case Documentation as an Effort to Strengthening

Women’s Position in the Constitution of Indonesia Budi Wahyuni is Coordinator of Ad-Interim Chairperson of National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan)

• How Parents, Families and Friends Can Support LGBTI Persons Lily Dinh and Teddy Nguyen, PFLAGs Association, Vietnam

• Reaching Out to Young LGBT and Addressing Self-Stigma Ben Xue, Pink Dot Singapore, Community Liaison & Social Media and co-founder of the first LGBT youth group in Singapore – Young OUT Here

• Social Media – Safe Spaces for LGBT Youth and Resources for Families Laurindo Garcia, Executive Director, B-Change Foundation


17:35-17:55 WHAT’S NEXT FOR LGBTI RIGHTS?• Next Steps: Supporting LGBTI Inclusive Development in Asia Pacific

Nadia Rasheed, Team Leader, HIV, Health and Development, UNDP BRH Edmund Settle, Policy Advisor, HIV, Human Rights and Sexual Diversities, UNDP BRH

17:55-18:00 CLOSING REMARKS

Empowered lives. Resilient nations.

For more information visit http://www.being-me.net/beinglgbti/

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