“STOP KILLING US” 2019-2020 REGIONAL REPORT
k) Promote the proper treatment of trans persons as subjects of rights and to bear in mind that we all have the same rights upon designing and applying contingency measures and public policies to contain the pandemic. l) Use terminology terminology.
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6. Recommendations to Latin American and Caribbean States REDLACTRANS national representatives put in motion a strategic plan to generate favorable changes for the trans community once the COVID-19 pandemic is over to ensure the sustainability of the trans movement across the region by participating in activities with a political effect in order to become part of the public and political agendas and UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030. This political action has allowed us to be in contact with international human rights associations and cooperation bodies, as well as officers of some countries of the region. In countries such as Peru, Panama, Colombia and Honduras, we managed to contact those who expressed in a public and political manner their support and understanding of the violence lived by transgender persons during the pandemic and demanded the eradication of violence on the basis of gender. Thanks to our fights and alliances with other networks of vulnerable populations and joint work with spaces such as the LGBTTTI Coalition of the OAS, other agencies such as the OAS, the IACHR and UNAIDS issued a statement in favor of transgender rights across the region. Therefore, given the lack of protection and security for transgender people, and the relentless violation and infringement of human rights, REDLACTRANS made the following recommendations: 1. Agencies should reinforce the economic and technical aids that they plan to offer to civil society organizations to provide marginalized transgender people with food, sanitary and housing assistance where possible. 2. Gender-based violence should be included in the state’s political agenda and preventive actions should be adopted accordingly. Public awareness programs
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