levels on rights-based approaches to sustainable development, including alliance building, networking, and advocacy work in relation to indigenous rights and the 2030 Agenda for the Sustainable Development Goals. Also, to prepare indigenous peoples, including women and their organizations to advocate towards high level political forums on sustainable development. This project updates/produces and disseminates information, education and communication materials on SDGs for Indigenous Peoples focusing on engagement at all levels, production of baseline studies and research on indigenous peoples’ situation in the target countries. Moreover, innovation to gather, generate and publish data by indigenous communities to picture their situation and issues on the ground is one of the main focus of this project.
BABAYLANES, INC. 06 Title of Project: University-Wide SOGIESC Equality Policy
Established in 1992, UP Babaylan is the premier, longest existing, and duly recognized LGBTQ+ organization in the Philippines and in Asia. Grounded in the principle that human rights are the foundation of all democratic ideals, UP Babaylan has been tirelessly fighting for gender equality through various campaigns, programs, and platforms. Not only does it advocate for reforms within the university, but it has also extended the fight outside the university and involved students to address national issues. UP Babaylan is a member organization of LAGABLAB – a network of Filipino LGBTQ organizations, individuals, and allies that seek to advance and protect the human rights and basic freedoms of the Filipino LGBT community with special focus on legislation and policymaking. The campaigns and project of UP Babaylan are often in partnership with several offices of the University of the Philippines such as the Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Student Affairs, Office of Student Activities, and the UP Center for Women’s and Gender Studies, student councils, as well as other student organizations within and outside of the university. The University-Wide SOGIESC Equality Policy project addresses the existing gap in evidence-based data on LGBTQI issues, empowers the LGBTQI members of the UP community, and sets a precedent for community-led institutional policies that would protect LGBTQI persons against discrimination on the basis of SOGIESC. The project produces a comprehensive data on the experiences of the LGBTQI members of the UP Community and a comprehensive documentation of cases of violence and discrimination based on SOGIESC in the UP System, and a UP System-wide policy on equality and non-discrimination on the basis of SOGIESC that would provide mechanisms for protection redress and affirmative action on the part of the UP Administration. The UP SOGIESC Policy aims to not just be student- centric but to include the different issues faced by other LGBTQI persons from the rest of the UP community.
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