IDAHOTB » Vanuatu https://dayagainsthomophobia.org DAHOT International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia Fri, 30 Nov 2018 14:07:48 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.22 IDAHOT Reports 2016: Vanuatu https://dayagainsthomophobia.org/idahot-reports-2016-vanuatu/ https://dayagainsthomophobia.org/idahot-reports-2016-vanuatu/#comments Tue, 24 May 2016 10:35:54 +0000 http://dayagainsthomophobia.org/?p=13654 Vanuatu this year saw the nation’s first ever celebration held for IDAHOT 2016. In the capital, Port Villa, campaigners from pro-LGBT group VPride Foundation held a panel discussion on discrimination and stigma facing the LGBT community. The event also provided a rare opportunity for the local community to meet, network and gather in a casual and welcoming setting.

]]> https://dayagainsthomophobia.org/idahot-reports-2016-vanuatu/feed/ 0 Welcome to IDAHOT Newbies ! https://dayagainsthomophobia.org/welcome-to-idahot-newbies/ https://dayagainsthomophobia.org/welcome-to-idahot-newbies/#comments Tue, 17 May 2016 05:26:38 +0000 http://dayagainsthomophobia.org/?p=13545 This year, IDAHOT was marked for the first time in at least 3 countries for the first time !

This brings the total number of countries where IDAHOT was celebrated to an amazing 132, which includes almost 40 countries where sexual and gender diversity is criminalized!

In Brunei, an extremely conservative Asian Muslim context, the Brunei Project organised a private community event, supported by regional-based ASEAN SOGIE Caucus, B- Change Foundation and the Islands of Southeast Asia Network on Male and Transgender Sexual Health (ISEAN).

In Vanuatu, VPride Foundation organised its first IDAHOT rally

IN Bhutan, the UN offices launched a collective video to promote the UN’s Free and Equal campaign which defends the rights of LGBTI people

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]]> https://dayagainsthomophobia.org/welcome-to-idahot-newbies/feed/ 0 Looking Ahead: Vanuatu in 2016 https://dayagainsthomophobia.org/looking-ahead-vanuatu-in-2016/ https://dayagainsthomophobia.org/looking-ahead-vanuatu-in-2016/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2016 10:44:00 +0000 http://dayagainsthomophobia.org/?p=13214 Vanuatu will this year see their first event held for IDAHOT 2016. In the capital, Port Villa, local LGBT group VPrideFoundation will hold a panel discussion on issues affecting the local LGBT community.

Stay tuned for further updates and our annual reports for more information.

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