"Despite legal and social advances in the past two decades, sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI)
people continue to face widespread discrimination and violence in many countries. This discrimination and
violence lead to exclusion, which adversely impacts their lives, as well as the communities and economies in
which they live.
A major barrier to addressing this stigma and sexual orientation and gender identity-based exclusion is the
lack of SOGI-specic data. Robust, quantitative data on di‚erential development experiences and outcomes
of sexual and gender minorities—especially those in developing countries—is extremely thin. This paucity
of data jeopardizes the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and countries’ commitment to
the principle of “leaving no one behind†? in the eff‚ort to end poverty and inequality.
Equality of Opportunity for Sexual and Gender Minorities assesses the unique challenges that sexual and gender
minorities face in six important areas:
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