Kalisito Biaukula

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Kalisito Biaukula is a Fijian human rights activist, who is vakasalewalewa. [1] In 2019 they attended the Youth Assembly of International Civil Society Week. [2] In 2022 they were part of a consultation effort organised by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in advance of the Stockholm 50 conference. [3] They have worked for Youth Voices Count, a non-governmental organisation for LGBTQ+ youth who work to address human rights issues. [4] They have also been outspoken on how, in some Fijian homes, conversion therapy is aligned with physical violence and domestic abuse. [1]

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  1. 1 2 "Kalisito Biaukula survived 'Pacific conversion therapy' — now they are challenging a 'narrative of shame'". ABC News. 2022-05-30. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  2. ""Open Up The Space": A call for inclusivity by CIVICUS Youth". www.civicus.org (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 2021-06-08. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  3. "Youths gather to amplify their voices for Stockholm+50 | UNDP in the Pacific". UNDP. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  4. "Youth". Make Your Voice Count. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  5. Chandra-Mouli, Venkatraman; Ferguson, B. Jane; Plesons, Marina; Paul, Mandira; Chalasani, Satvika; Amin, Avni; Pallitto, Christina; Sommers, Marni; Avila, Ruben; Eceéce Biaukula, Kalisito Va; Husain, Scheherazade (2019). "The Political, Research, Programmatic, and Social Responses to Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the 25 Years Since the International Conference on Population and Development" . Journal of Adolescent Health. 65 (6): S16–S40. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2019.09.011. hdl: 11250/2633750 . ISSN   1054-139X. PMID   31761001. S2CID   208273755.
  6. Plesons, Marina; Cole, Claire B.; Hainsworth, Gwyn; Avila, Ruben; Va Eceéce Biaukula, Kalisito; Husain, Scheherazade; Janušonytė, Eglė; Mukherji, Aditi; Nergiz, Ali Ihsan; Phaladi, Gogontlejang; Ferguson, B. Jane (2019). "Forward, Together: A Collaborative Path to Comprehensive Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Our Time" . Journal of Adolescent Health. 65 (6): S51–S62. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2019.09.009. ISSN   1054-139X. PMID   31761004. S2CID   208276997.
  7. "Young Key Populations in the HIV Response in the Asia and the Pacific - The Pact". The Pact. 2021-07-05. Retrieved 2022-05-30.