Sexual Rights Initiative

📢 Important Update: We are closing our Geneva office As a coalition of partners from across regions and movements who have worked together for more than 20 years to advance sexual rights within the UN human rights system, we want to share this update transparently.

Finally, the submission made recommendations to reverse these trends and to contribute to more consistent racial justice and intersectional analysis throughout UN human rights work.

This submission also examined and made recommendations to remove barriers to participation in the development of UN human rights norms and standards of individuals with lived experience of racism and intersecting forms of discrimination.

📕 New publication! We've just published a summary of a submission, sent to the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.

@RoisinMichaux We’re a small team focused on sexual rights work. Unfortunately, extended social media exchanges aren’t a good use of our time. We encourage you to research all the publicly available information on the coalition & our partners. You can also email us with a media query.

@SexualRights Thanks. Who funds SRI? And who was funding you in 2004 at the time of the Brazilian resolution ?

NGOs rarely come out and say they were fully dependent on USAID/department of state funding, (this one was involved at the very beginning of the trooning of the UN) but there will be signs:

@RoisinMichaux None of those.

@SexualRights Were your funders funded by USAID? Or were you getting OSF money?

Finally, the Geneva team of the SRI wants to take this moment to express our deep gratitude to you, and to the many activists, movements, and organisations who have worked alongside us over the past eight years of SRI’s expanded presence in Geneva.

This is being done with the explicit aim of ensuring continuity and sustainability, and of reducing the risk of gaps at a time when the UN human rights system itself is under increased pressure and potential collapse.

The period leading up to 1 April will be dedicated to a structured and careful handover of Geneva-based work to partner organisations to continue specific strands of engagement.

This transition is felt deeply by those who have carried this work in Geneva, and by the many partners who have worked alongside them and benefited from their expertise, care, and political commitment.

Throughout this transition, the Geneva team and the coalition members remain deeply committed to the partnerships and commitments made with individual activists, organisations, and movements.

The closure of the Geneva office does not signal an end to SRI’s impact. The SRI will continue. The political acumen, analysis, and strategic direction of SRI will continue to be collectively shaped by partners across regions and movements.

We recognise that this decision marks the closure of an era in which a dedicated team based in Geneva worked tirelessly, in close collaboration with coalition partners, to advance and deepen the shared political project of SRI.

This decision reflects both financial realities, including a more constrained funding environment, and political and strategic considerations, with the coalition adapting with partner-driven implementation and decentralisation.

The Sexual Rights Initiative (SRI) will close its Geneva office on 1 April 2026, following a period of strong programmatic delivery and significant impact. For more information: buff.ly/ZNSi90u

📢 Important Update: We are closing our Geneva office As a coalition of partners from across regions and movements who have worked together for more than 20 years to advance sexual rights within the UN human rights system, we want to share this update transparently.