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Pride Is Political: Human Rights Research on Global LGBTI+ Issues from Progress to Backlash

Date and time

Monday 16. August 2021 at 08:30 to 10:00

Registration Deadline

Monday 16. August 2021 at 08:30

Location

Copenhagen Business School, SPs03 Novo Nordisk Aud, Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg Copenhagen Business School, SPs03 Novo Nordisk Aud
Solbjerg Plads 3
2000 Frederiksberg

Pride Is Political: Human Rights Research on Global LGBTI+ Issues from Progress to Backlash

Event Description

Pride Is Political: Human Rights Research on Global LGBTI+ Issues from Progress to Backlash

At this morning meet-up at the beginning of WorldPride week, you can enjoy a coffee and croissant and hear Human Rights Watch’s researchers Rasha Younes and  Christian Gonzalez Cabrera together with director Graeme Reid in a panel debate with Copenhagen Business School’s Associate Professor and Academic Director Florence Villesesché and Postdoc Jannick Friis-Christensen about Global LGBTI+ Issues from Progress to Backlash.

The meet-up will also be live streamed (link will be shared before the event)


Program, Monday, 16 August, 2021

08:30-08:35: Welcome
Florence Villesèche, Associate Professor and Academic Director, CBS Diversity and Difference Platform

08:35-08:45: Global trends on LGBTI+ rights
Graeme Reid, Director of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program, Human Rights Watch

08:45-08:55: Digital surveillance against LGBTI+ people in MENA
Rasha Younes, Researcher with the LGBT Rights program, Human Rights Watch

08:55-09:05: Legal Gender Recognition in Latin America
Cristian González Cabrera, Researcher with the LGBT Rights program, Human Rights Watch

09:05-09:35: Panel discussion with the speakers
Moderator: Jannick Friis Christensen, Postdoc and Theme Lead for Gender and Sexuality, CBS Diversity and Difference Platform

09:35-09:55: Q&A

09:55-10:00: Closing remarks
Florence Villesèche, Associate Professor and Academic Director, CBS Diversity and Difference Platform

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