Data on LGBTI+ Inclusion For Transformation (Data LIFT) addresses the urgent need for high-quality data on LGBTI+ people — and ensures that data is used to drive real policy change. Far from performative reporting or shelfware, Data LIFT is a first-of-its-kind approach that works directly with organizations to generate meaningful knowledge and embed it into decision-making processes that improve LGBTI+ lives.
This approach takes a full-lifecycle view of data — from collection and analysis to direct policy impact — while strengthening the capacity of LGBTI+ groups to lead this work.
Data LIFT is driven by six core principles:
Partnership
Collaborating with organizations on-the-ground to collect or analyze existing data on LGBTI+ people.
Partnership
Collaborating with organizations on-the-ground to collect or analyze existing data on LGBTI+ people.
Economic Inclusion
Applying a socioeconomic lens to identify barriers and opportunities, producing actionable, evidence-based recommendations.
Economic Inclusion
Applying a socioeconomic lens to identify barriers and opportunities, producing actionable, evidence-based recommendations.
Sensitization
Convening stakeholders through Data Roundtables to share findings in collaborative discussions.
Sensitization
Convening stakeholders through Data Roundtables to share findings in collaborative discussions.
Domestic Activation
Equipping partners to use data in advocacy, policymaking, and programming — with a focus on economic sectors.
Domestic Activation
Equipping partners to use data in advocacy, policymaking, and programming — with a focus on economic sectors.
International Activation
Connecting findings to international institutions to promote LGBTI+ inclusion in global development efforts.
International Activation
Connecting findings to international institutions to promote LGBTI+ inclusion in global development efforts.
Feedback Loops
Partnering with national statistics offices and integrating citizen-generated data into ongoing data collection.
Feedback Loops
Partnering with national statistics offices and integrating citizen-generated data into ongoing data collection.
Click here to see the first effort of Data LIFT. In Belize, and in partnership with the United Belize Advocacy Movement, Koppa Lab has accomplished:
- Belize’s first diagnostic on the economic exclusion of LGBTI+ people, published here as well as on the site of Belize’s NSO, the Statistical Institute of Belize, located here.
- Organized two roundtables — first with the US Embassy, and second with the University of Belize — convening Ministers, Ambassadors, economic professionals, and community members. Media outreach reached thousands.
- Ongoing advocacy for non-discrimination legislation using evidence from the diagnostic.
- Presentations to major institutions like the World Bank, IDB, UN Statistics Commission, and at four global conferences.
- New partnership with the Statistical Institute of Belize to pilot nationwide data collection.
Koppa Lab is now expanding Data LIFT to other countries; more links will be posted soon.