INCLUSION

CHALLENGING EXCLUSION, CLAIMING RIGHTS

Pride 2023: defiant joy against anti-rights backlash

LGBTQI+ people around the world keep mobilising against the odds

Nepal’s same-sex marriage breakthrough

Court decision must now be followed by legal change

Estonia: the start of a rainbow domino effect?

First post-Soviet state to recognise same-sex marriage, with others expected to follow

USA: battle still on for abortion rights

Regression and resistance both play out as focus shifts to medication abortion

Hungary’s latest assault on LGBTQI+ rights

Proposed law adds to the pressure on a community vilified for political advantage

Commonwealth Africa: LGBTQI+ rights under attack

Anti-rights reaction in Ghana, Kenya and Uganda seeks to erase LGBTQI+ people

Greece: humanitarian action under attack

Government is repressing the rights of migrants and refugees – and the civil society that defends them

International Women’s Day 2023: not one step back

In a turbulent year, women mobilised to secure gains, resist regression and push for more

Afghanistan: theocracy pushes women to the margins

Islamic Emirate proclaimed in 2021 comes to fruition by completing the exclusion of women from work and education

Barbados: third time’s a trend

Third state in Commonwealth Caribbean to decriminalise same-sex relations in 2022