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"Nothing about us without us": governance at the United Nations through affected persons federations of LGBTIQ+ activists and sex workers

In: Handbook on Governance in International Organizations

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  • Robyn Linde

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NGOs have more influence at the United Nations than with any other international governmental organization. Yet only a limited number of NGOs have historically been able to access the avenues open to civil society within UN fora, exposing a (widely commented upon) democracy deficit. Efforts to remedy this deficit have been met with a substandard answer: consultation with NGOs as the voice of civil society. This chapter argues that a particular type of NGO federation, federations of affected persons and affected persons organizations (APOs), is effective and efficient at empowering local-level actors and raising local, regional, and national concerns at the United Nations. Two cases of APO federations are examined in this chapter: The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, and Queer + Association (ILGA) and the Global Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP). APO federations embody an increasingly institutionalized model of self-representation, one that departs from the typical gatekeeper model.

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  • Robyn Linde, 2023. ""Nothing about us without us": governance at the United Nations through affected persons federations of LGBTIQ+ activists and sex workers," Chapters, in: Alistair D. Edgar (ed.), Handbook on Governance in International Organizations, chapter 11, pages 161-176, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eechap:20648_11
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