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ISLANDS OF SOUTHEAST ASIA NETWORK ON MALE AND TRANSGENDER SEXUAL HEALTH PHILIPPINES, INC. (ISEAN PHILIPPINES, INC.)
Title of Project: Evidence-Building for the LLEAP (LGBT-Local Employment Assistance Program)
The Islands of Southeast Asia Network on Male and Transgender Sexual Health (ISEAN), formerly known as Insular Southeast Asia, is a sub-regional network of national networks and community-based organizations (CBOs) from Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Timor Leste. The network was established to facilitate sharing of information between networks and CBOs to promote effective sexual health response (including HIV and AIDS) and human rights advocacy for males having sex with males (MSM) and transgender (TG) people. ISEAN’s vision is that societies within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are more accepting of Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression (SOGIE) within the context of human rights, including health, dignity and employment. In addition, the vision states that community members in the ASEAN region are healthier, happier and more empowered to contribute back to society. ISEAN’s mission is to advocate understanding of Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression (SOGIE), socially and culturally within ISEAN countries; and health and human rights within the ASEAN. ISEAN Philippines, the Philippine entity of ISEAN, was registered on Oct 2, 2015 in the Philippines, through the regulatory SEC. It aims to create a local entity of ISEAN in the Philippines which would allow it to further develop and implement projects that would benefit the LGBT communities.
Evidence-Building for the LLEAP (LGBT Local Employment Assistance Program) improves the living situation and lessen social discrimination among the local LGBT communities in the Philippines through the provision of livelihood and gainful employment. Implemented by ISEAN Philippines, the first phase of
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