On Saturday, 17 May, the world will mark the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia and so this week Daily Development will explore the challenges and concerns of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people around the world. Tomorrow Samira Montiel, Special Ombudsman for Sexual Diversity in Nicaragua, will give her perspective on the LGBTI movement in Latin America. On Wednesday, Laxmi Narayan Tripathi, the Founder Trustee and Chairperson of Astitva, an organization for the support and development of sexual minorities in India, writes about why transgender people should not be categorized along with men who have sex with men, but should be considered as an entirely separate vulnerable group. On Thursday, we have an interview with the lawyer Alice Nkom, who has faced death treats for her support for gay rights in Cameroon. She recently received an award from Amnesty International. Finally, on Friday, Fabien Bertrand from the Swiss activist group Dialogai writes about a new campaign his organization is launching to promote awareness about the bullying that adolescents questioning their sexual orientation face in schools. Today, however, as part of the post-2015 dialogue, we hear about a call for action on the International Day of Action for Women’s Health.

Some 500 global groups are calling for action by governments next month to jumpstart the process of drafting an international treaty to address rights abuses by multinational corporations, following on a related proposal by Ecuador and others.

The Convention on the Rights of the Child is the most endorsed human rights treaty in the world, ratified by all but two countries. Adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 20 November 1989, it celebrates childhood and codifies in international law the rights due every child.