Administrator Shah to Participate in Global Conference on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Human Rights and Inclusive Development

For Immediate Release

Monday, November 10, 2014
USAID Press Office
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Rajiv Shah will provide keynote remarks for the third Conference to Advance the Human Rights of and Promote Inclusive Development for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Persons at the Department of State. USAID Deputy Administrator Al Lenhardt and Senior LGBT Coordinator Todd Larson will also participate in the conference. The conference will focus on diplomatic and foreign assistance strategies that seek to address human rights violations and abuses that target LGBT persons, and to respond to social and economic exclusion of LGBT persons around the world.

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WHAT: Global Conference on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Human Rights and Inclusive Development
WHO: USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah
USAID Deputy Administrator Al Lenhardt
Senior LGBT Coordinator Todd Larson
WHEN: Thursday, November 13, 2014
9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Deputy Administrator Lenhardt gives opening remarks
  Friday, November 14, 2014
9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Administrator Shah gives closing remarks
WHERE: George C. Marshall Conference Center Auditorium
Harry S. Truman Building (21st St. Entrance)
2201 C St. NW
Washington, D.C. 20520

Media representatives may attend this event upon presentation of one of the following: (1) A U.S. Government-issued identification card (Department of State, White House, Congress, Department of Defense or Foreign Press Center), (2) a media-issued photo identification card, or (3) a letter from their employer on letterhead verifying their employment as a journalist, accompanied by an official photo identification card (driver's license, passport).