Diverse SOGIESC Rapid Assessment Tool to Assess Diverse SOGIESC Inclusion Results in Humanitarian Contexts
Categories: Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, Violent Conflict
Sub-Categories: Disarmament Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR), Economic Participation, Human Development, Migration, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV), Sexual and Reproductive Health
Region: East Asia and the Pacific
Year: 2021
Citation: "Diverse SOGIESC Rapid Assessment Tool to Assess Diverse SOGIESC Inclusion Results in Humanitarian Contexts." United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. September 2021.
Sub-Categories: Disarmament Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR), Economic Participation, Human Development, Migration, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV), Sexual and Reproductive Health
Region: East Asia and the Pacific
Year: 2021
Citation: "Diverse SOGIESC Rapid Assessment Tool to Assess Diverse SOGIESC Inclusion Results in Humanitarian Contexts." United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. September 2021.
Executive Summary
The 2018 Pride in the Humanitarian System (PitHS) consultation emphasized the importance of purposeful inclusion of people with diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) in humanitarian and DRR programs. As a step toward this, the PitHS Consultation Report and the No Longer Left Behind call-for-action urged the development of diverse SOGIESC inclusive assessment and evaluation tools.
UN Women recognizes the importance of diverse SOGIESC inclusion, including within Gender Quality and Women’s Empowerment programs. This includes recognizing that more than two genders are needed to reflect the reality of all people’s lives, that some people are transgender, that being lesbian, bisexual, gay or having another sexuality often leads to different experiences of gender, and that intersex people may have any gender and that may not align with societal expectations. This approach is consistent with commitments made by the development and humanitarian sectors to leave no-one behind, and is consistent with the humanitarian principles of humanity and impartiality.