Goals and Activities
The main purpose of IDAHO is to raise awareness, which in turn provides an opportunity to take action and engage in dialogue with the media, policymakers, public opinion, civil society, and religious groups.
One of the stated goals of IDAHO is to create an event that can be visible at a global level without needing to conform to a specific type of action. This decentralized approach is needed due to the diversity of social, religious, cultural and political contexts in which rights violations occur. Instead of depending on one method or a central policy agenda, IDAHO seeks unity in spirit, but diversity in expression.
Some of the activities that take place during IDAHO include raising media awareness of homophobia and transphobia, lobbying policymakers for equal rights, organizing visibility actions, and connecting with like-minded organizations.
Read more about this topic: International Day Against Homophobia And Transphobia
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