Nepal will count LGBT+ people for the first time in its next census, a move that campaigners on Monday said could help sexual minorities gain better access to education and health schemes.
The results of Kenya’s first census to recognize intersex people are a “big win” for their rights, campaigners said as the data was released on Monday, expressing hopes it would lead to more progressive policies.
Nestled in a quiet, leafy Nairobi neighborhood just a stone's throw from the throbbing of sounds of a sprawling city market, is a refuge where intersex, transgender, and gender-nonconforming Kenyans can escape searing public judgment and discrimination.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has ditched preparations to ask about sexual orientation and gender identity in the 2021 census, although a question whether people are male, female or non-binary is still under consideration.
Kenya will become the first country in Africa to collect data on intersex people in its national population census, in a major victory for rights activists.
Statistics New Zealand has decided to leave questions over sex, gender and sexuality out of the 2018 census, leading some activists to label the Government department as "grossly incompetent".
"I'm concerned by the lack of information about the Department of Justice's decision-making role and influence on topics considered in the American Community Survey and the 2020 Census,"
