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It highlights that such violence occurs on a continuum across public and private spheres, perpetrated by state actors, armed groups, and family members. The authors advocate for an intersectional framework to avoid homogenizing the LGBTQI+ community and emphasize the agency of survivors in creating their own support systems.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001587#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"LGBTQI+ individuals are frequently targeted for sexual violence specifically because of their actual or perceived nonconformity to gender-binary and cis-heteronormative norms. The risk of violence is directly linked to visibility; those who are more visibly nonconforming face a higher risk of abuse and threats.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001587#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Conflict-related sexual violence against persons with diverse SOGIESC is perpetrated by a wide range of actors across both public and private domains. 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This is exacerbated by violence and corruption from criminal organizations engaged in illegal logging, land grabbing, illegal gold mining, and coca leaf production.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000508#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The introduction of digital e-payments in Vietnam's Payment for Forest Environmental Services (PFES) system has the potential to reduce corruption, embezzlement, and local elite capture. However, the current co-existence of e-payments with cash payments limits the actual anti-corruption benefits.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000508#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Anti-corruption objectives are typically secondary in resource governance projects, leading to a lack of specific treatment of corruption and unsound assumptions about how it operates. 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