IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank

Published purpose

This project supports the World Bank in enhancing the realization of human rights and economic empowerment of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex (LGBTQI+) people worldwide. With Canada's support, the World Bank’s Social Sustainability Initiative for All Trust Fund helps to scale up data generation and advance policy change for greater inclusion of sexual and gender minorities in the World Bank Group operations and initiatives. The project activities seek to benefit both World Bank country offices and clients, and LGBTQI+ people, communities and human rights defenders in developing countries. Project activities include: (1) expanding the World Bank’s Equality of Opportunity for Sexual and Gender Minorities research mapping laws and regulations that discriminate against, or that seek to protect, sexual and gender minorities and gaps in protective laws and regulations in countries around the world; (2) researching the economic cost of exclusion based on sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC); (3) providing capacity building and training on SOGIESC inclusion for World Bank country office staff; and (4) providing technical assistance to integrate SOGIESC inclusion in World Bank policy and investment projects.