International PRIDE Centre
The International PRIDE Centre: Protection, Rights, and Inclusion in Displacement and Emergencies is a new initiative which is working to ensure that the urgent, critical needs of people and communities with non-traditional Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression (SOGIE) in Africa are included in emergency responses to natural disasters, refugee displacement, and climate-driven displacement.
Laws and regulations prohibiting and criminalising SOGIE individuals, organisations, and those that assist them are rapidly expanding throughout the world. The International PRIDE Centre is developing resources, tools, and inclusion training for emergency and humanitarian actors, alongside advocacy to donors and UN agencies to ensure that the unique and specific needs of persons from sexual and gender minority communities are identified, included, and responded-to with empathy, safety, and urgency by response agencies during emergencies.
The International PRIDE Centre will focus on six pilot countries in Africa with a planned Phase 2 scale-up.
The International PRIDE Centre is an independent secretariat hosted by ICVA, established in 2024. Governed by a Strategic Advisory Board, the Centre is an initial team of four, working with local partners.