Author: minnag7

This report looks at LGBT+ discrimination from an economic point-of-view and presents the case that LGBT+ inclusion fuels economic and business growth.

Our Circle’s Covid-19 community survey of LGBT people living in Belize has found that 52% of survey respondents lack access to adequate supply of food and water, 13% do not feel safe where they’re staying, 49% have experienced a negative impact on their mental health due to social distancing and isolation, and 79% lack the financial resources to pay for medical treatment if they were to become ill.

70% of reports of domestic violence between 2016 and 2018 were eventually dropped and 68.3% of LGBT murder cases have closed under the Human Rights Observatory ending in 2019. This report analyzes the systemic bias that undermines Belize’s justice system.

This report explores the needs of LGBTQ+ populations, noting their perceptions as citizen s in a policy framework. The report presents findings from focus group discussions about gender policy.

Commissioned by the Empower Yourself Belize Movement, this report explores the multiple layers of violence through the lens of gender, analyzes the impact of trauma on the perpetrator as a child, and examines the ways in which state sanction perpetuates violence.

This report looks at the lack of advocacy framework for victims of domestic violence and analyzes the current inadequacies of the justice system in supporting victims of gender-based violence.

The United Belize Advocacy Movement adopts a hybrid approach of gay liberation and civil rights strategies that draws from both LGBT movement frameworks from across the globe and analysis of local Belize data. This report examines the arguments for this hybrid approach and gives actionable recommendations.

This report summarizes the challenges that the LGBTQ+ community in Belize face in accessing healthcare and socio-economic rights, offers a human rights plan of action, and details the political changes that our organization has brought about.