Religious Conservatism on the Global Stage: Threats and Challenges for LGBTI Rights

MARÍA ANGÉLICA PEÑAS DEFAGO; JOSÉ MANUEL MORÁN FAÚNDES; JUAN MARCO VAGGIONE

2018-09-03/2018-11-09

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Social

Des.Socioecon.y Serv.-Rel.Internacionales

This work systematizes and analyzes some key dimensions of the impact of religious conservatisms on SRR and SOGI rights. We describe and analyze the main strategies, funding sources, discourses, and actors that oppose these rights, focusing on a global level, but also on a local one. To achieve this objective, four types of secondary sources were used: a) documents from the international human rights system; b) reports of human rights, LGBTI, and feminist organizations specialized in research on religious conservatism; c) academic articles published in scientific journals; and d) specialized press notes. Additionally, we consulted two specialists on the specific situation of the impact of religious conservatisms in Africa and Eastern Europe: Kapya Kaoma and Gordan Bosanac. Two brief reports these specialists wrote on this issue are included in this work as case studies focused on specific areas, along with a report on Latin America.This report is divided into three sections. The first analytically describes the main conservative strategies, discourses, funding sources, and actors that oppose SOGI rights at the global level. Section 2 presents three case studies in order to describe the particularities of the main actors, strategies, and networks of religious conservatisms in Africa, Eastern Europe, and Latin America.