This Wednesday, June 28, the celebration of the International LGBTIQ+ Pride Day will take place, where commemorates the 1969 riots in Stonewall, United States which marked the sexual liberation movement of which millions of people around the world are part.
(It may be of interest to you: This is how Stonewall was born: International Pride Day).
Cabify Colombia launches campaign to commemorate the special date of the LGBTIQ+ community
Based on the respect and dignity of all people, regardless of sexual orientation, Cabify is committed to combating gender inequality in the country.
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For this reason, the shipping company, together with the Procreate Foundation, launched a campaign that seeks to support the labor rights of the community, which is one of the most affected by unemployment in Colombia, with a rate of 14.2% in this 2023, according to data from Dane.
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This contribution will be used to promote the pedagogical and artistic spaces that the Wanda Fox Training School carries out on human rights issues.
Through an official statement, Cabify reported that will donate 1% of the profits from all trips made nationwide this Wednesday, June 28, within the framework of the International LGTBIQ+ Pride Day.
“The company seeks to involve all users who travel during this June 28, through the donation of 1% of the profits from the routes that are carried out by Cabify at the national level”, said the statement.
The objective of this campaign is: “Strengthen the construction of their life project and strengthen their organizational dynamics. This contribution will be used to promote the pedagogical and artistic spaces that the Wanda Fox Training School carries out on issues of human rights and political participation for the trans population,” the company stated.
(We recommend reading: More work and unemployment: this is the employment situation of the LGBTIQ+ population in Colombia).
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This is a cause that moves us deeply and with which we will continue to collaborate to build a world without prejudice.
manuel torres, Country Manager for Cabify Colombia, said in the statement that for the company it is of vital importance combat gender inequality gaps and with this campaign they seek to contribute ‘their grain of sand’.
(Read here: Why coming out can last ‘a lifetime’ for LGBT+ people.)
“We are very proud to contribute a grain of sand to build an increasingly inclusive, safe and free society. This is a cause that moves us deeply and with which we will continue collaborating to build a world without prejudices”, stated the executive.
This campaign, which will take place this Wednesday, joins the project ‘Your journey starts today’, in which the prejudices faced by the LGTBIQ+ community are given visibility, through a series of stories.
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