Stakeholder Summary >> Togo, Review Documentation, 40th Session, January 2022

JS5 recommended ... penalizing and punishing all forms of incitement to discrimination, hatred or violence targeting lesbian, bisexual and queer women; ensuring the equality of all persons before the law by including sexual orientation and gender identity in the Togolese Constitution in the list of characteristics giving rise to discrimination; and promoting sex education in the home and in communities with a view to doing away with taboos and prejudices against lesbian, bisexual and queer women and ending their stigmatization. JS5 also recommended that a specific framework be put in place to protect lesbian, bisexual and queer girls against discrimination based on their sexual orientation or gender identity at work, at school and in the health-care system. [Para 16]