Scholarships

Scholarships are offered to people who would otherwise be unable to attend the conference for financial reasons.  Only LGBTIacronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people. Although this is not the acronym available to describe people of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics, it is the most commonly used in United Nations spaces and advocacy. human rights defenders and activists (including but not limited to representatives of ILGA World member organisations) are eligible to apply for scholarships.

A full scholarship will cover visa application, processing fees and associated costs, a roundtrip flight to Cape Town, shared accommodation in a double-occupancy room, conference registration fees, medical insurance, and a small additional daily allowance for incidentals.

Partial scholarships will also be available: if you can partly fund your participation in the 2024 ILGA World Conference, this will allow us to bring more activists to Cape Town. Only a limited number of partial scholarships will be granted.

ILGA World is committed to increasing accessibility for LGBTIacronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people. Although this is not the acronym available to describe people of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics, it is the most commonly used in United Nations spaces and advocacy. communities in all their diversity. We give particular attention to the diversity of representation of delegates to the event – whether it is in terms of sexual orientationrefers to a person’s capacity for profound emotional, affectional and sexual attraction to - and intimate and sexual relations with - individuals of a different gender or the same gender or more than one gender., gender identityrefers to a person’s deeply felt internal and individual experience of gender, which may or may not correspond with the sex assigned at birth. and gender expressionrefers to how a person presents their gender through physical appearance – including dress, hairstyles, accessories, cosmetics – and mannerisms, speech, behavioural patterns, names and personal references., sex characteristicsa term that refers to physical features relating to sex - including genitalia and other sexual and reproductive anatomy, chromosomes, hormones, and secondary physical features emerging from puberty., culture, religion, language, ethnic origin, race, colour, as well as in terms of age, disability, visual or hearing ability, HIV status, financial means, family composition/responsibilities, and more.

This year the scholarship evaluation will focus on bringing LGBTIacronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people. Although this is not the acronym available to describe people of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics, it is the most commonly used in United Nations spaces and advocacy. activists to the conference – rather than the LGBTIacronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people. Although this is not the acronym available to describe people of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics, it is the most commonly used in United Nations spaces and advocacy. community at large. Therefore, we encourage you to describe your work within LGBTIacronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people. Although this is not the acronym available to describe people of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics, it is the most commonly used in United Nations spaces and advocacy. activism when applying for a scholarship.

We particularly welcome applications from activists belonging to groups under-represented within the LGBTIacronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people. Although this is not the acronym available to describe people of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics, it is the most commonly used in United Nations spaces and advocacy. movement. Priority will be given to activists from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and the Pacific Islands. However, a limited number of scholarships will also be allocated to activists from Europe, North America, Australia, and Aotearoa New Zealand.

While more than one person may apply from any organisation, ILGA World usually only grants one scholarship per organisation. If two applications from one organisation reach the final stages of scholarship approval, we will leave it to the organisation to nominate their representative.

ILGA World only grants scholarships to LGBTIacronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people. Although this is not the acronym available to describe people of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics, it is the most commonly used in United Nations spaces and advocacy. human rights defenders and activists. Other attendees – such as academics, students, journalists, representatives of corporate entities, medical professionals and representatives from mainstream human rights organisations – are encouraged to seek other opportunities to cover their participation.