Building Bricks Caribbean - program 2024 to 2029

This project aims to increase the realization of human rights by LGBTQ2IA+ people and the advancement of gender equality in Belize Dominica Grenada Guyana Jamaica Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Suriname. This project seeks to promote the exercise and fulfillment of human rights through a multi-sectoral approach addressing gender inequalities and social stigma. The overarching goal of the project is to address the restrictive legal sociocultural religious and political norms and structures hindering LGBTQ2IA+ peoples’ access to high quality and comprehensive social economic and civic services in the eight countries.

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) improved institutional capacity and sustainability of local and regional LGBTQ2IA+ organizations and networks; (2) enhanced performance of local and regional LGBTQ2IA+ organizations and networks in gender-responsive programming and advocacy for the rights of LGBTQ2IA+ people; and (3) increased effectiveness of local and regional LGBTQ2IA+ organizations and networks to coordinate the LGBTQ2IA+ rights movement in the Caribbean.