Gender Policy LGBTI

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Supporting lesbians, gays, bisexuals, trans*, and inter* individuals is an integral part of the Heinrich Böll Foundation's self-understanding.
Below, you will find all our articles, publications, and thematic focuses on LGBTIQ* issues.

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Articles

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CSW: Should We Stay or Should We Go?

Published: 20 April 2026

Analysis

CSW70 revealed debates on women’s and girls’ human rights, as well as structural contradictions within multilateral spaces. This analysis explores how feminist and anti-gender movements contest the same space and whether this contestation is worthwhile.

Mariama Baldé, Merima Šišić, Aida Fatić

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Moving Beyond a Single-Axis Lens in the Investigation and Prosecution of International Crimes

Published: 24 March 2026

Analysis

Courts and human rights mechanisms have moved beyond a single axis lens by employing intersectionality as a key principle in the prosecution of international crimes. This leads to strategies for non-discriminatory justice, aimed at promoting substantive equality.

Alexandra Lily Kather, Priya Gopalan

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dossiers

LGBTQI+ Human Rights

Published: 14 September 2022

Dossier

Systemic exclusion, various kinds of violence, and discrimination are still being imposed on LGBTIQ+ people to deal with, individually and on a daily basis. Criminalization and stigma have further hindered access to basic human rights and needs, as many countries continue to foster a culture of social homophobia and transphobia. The COVID-19 crisis did not make things any better and LGBTIQ+ people were vulnerable to the worst effects of the virus and the fallout it created.

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Feminist Foreign Development Policies

Published: 20 October 2020

Dossier

This dossier explores whether the gains of the past 25 years have laid a resilient and transformative foundation for feminist and gender-transformative approaches in peacebuilding, as well as in foreign, security and development policy.

Publications

In It Together

Published: 9 March 2026

Toolkit

The Feminist Resilience Toolkit brings together strategies from feminist activists across five continents. It shares practical exercises on well-being, digital security, leadership, and funding. Case studies show how movements resist repression and build collective strength.

Derya Binışık et al.

Gender-Sensitive Recovery and Development at the Local Level:

Published: 3 June 2024

Russia's all-out war against Ukraine has been ravaging the country for more than two years now. It creates a multitude of new challenges that need to be adequately taken into account when planning and implementing Ukraine's reconstruction strategy. A fair and sustainable reconstruction requires gender-sensitive decision-making and implementation of measures.

FEMINIST DEVELOPMENT POLICY: A PATHWAY TOWARDS FEMINIST GLOBAL COLLABORATION #5 Beyond Representation

Feminist Development Policy #5: Beyond Representation

Published: 7 December 2023

E-Paper

In this publication, we take a critical look at the topic of representation and power. Who makes political decisions and who doesn't?

Reproductive Justice

Published: 31 August 2023

Self-determined decisions about one's own body and family planning are often influenced by laws and prevailing norms that act like barriers. This publication is an attempt to make hidden injustice visible and to fought against it. So that reproductive justice can become a reality for all.

Feminist Development Policy #4: Funding beyond power differentials

Published: 19 July 2023

E-Paper

This recommendation paper offers development practitioners and organisations some reflections to shift international development policy towards intersectional Feminist Global Collaboration.

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A Feminist Development Policy #3: Intersectionality, gender & the economy

Published: 21 March 2023

E-Paper

This recommendation paper explores how intersectionality as a tool can inform decision-making processes in international development policy.

Cover of the publication "Feminist Development Policy: Knowledge as power"

Feminist Development Policy #2: Knowledge as Power

Published: 18 November 2022

E-Paper

In this briefing, we will be looking at the topic of knowledge as power. There are four aspects of knowledge as power that we believe need to be addressed to achieve more Feminist Global Collaboration.

Feminist Development Policy

Published: 22 September 2022

E-Paper

This brief contains recommendations for practitioners of the international development sector to shift the status quo of development and move towards feminist global collaboration.

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