# Human Rights Compliant Data Collection: How State  Organisations and Civil Society Can Collect and Use Data on  the Rights and Living Situation of LGBTIQ+ Persons

<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The United Nations 2030 Agenda, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and feminist foreign and </span>development policy actors emphasise the importance of collecting data in accordance with human rights for the inclusion of and combating discrimination against LGBTIQ+ persons and other disadvantaged groups. Nevertheless, there are still deficits in the collection of data on LGBTIQ+ persons in many countries. This stems from the legal situation and cultural circumstances in the countries, among other things, but are also due to gaps in knowledge or a lack of funding. The pilot measure of the Sectoral Programme Human Rights and the PreViMujer project in Ecuador therefore aimed to collect data on gender-based discrimination and violence against LGBTIQ+ persons in accordance with human rights, with the involvement of state actors and LGBTIQ+ civil society.

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