Making MNCs Respect LGBTI Rights
It might look good when a multinational company’s New York, London, or Paris headquarters signs onto an initiative like the Partnership for Global LGBTI Equality, announced at the last WEF conference in Davos. But unless companies can enforce LGBTI rights at all levels of their business, support at the top can mean nothing.
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LONDON – Last January, at the World Economic Forum’s annual conference in Davos, Switzerland, the WEF, the United Nations, and leading multinational companies announced a new initiative to promote inclusion for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) people. It is a welcome step. But how will it work in countries where it is still socially unacceptable, or even illegal, to be gay?