Cidadão Global / Global Citizen, Inc (AKA GARRA)

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Cidadão Global / Global Citizen, Inc

Cidadao Global, which is now called GARRA, has received $150,000 from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development since 2017, including its most recent grant of $40,000 for the 2020-2021 grants cycle.

At issue is the fact that Cidadao Global (now called GARRA) actively promotes homosexual and transgender ideologies as well as abortion and contraception narratives on social media.  It is also a dues-paying member of the pro-abortion US Human Rights Network (USHRN).

In February of 2020, Cidadao Global announced that it was changing its name to GARRA.

On social media, under its new name, GARRA has actively promoted homosexual and transgender ideologies.

On March 31, 2021, GARRA posted a message on instagram promoting transgenderism, saying, “Today is #transvisibilityday- a date that reminds us of the fight for equity and respect of a group still largely kept in the margins of society … Take the time today to consider the transphobia …”

On June 28, 2022, GARRA celebrated “Pride Day” while altering its logo into rainbow colors.

On December 14, 2021, GARRA identified what it called 5 types of sexual abuse.  Included in the list is “forced pregnancy” (which means not permitting access to abortion), and preventing contraceptive methods.

GARRA is a Dues-Paying member of the Pro-Abortion USHRN

The CCHD absolutely forbids organizations from membership in organizations acting against Catholic teaching.  In an FAQ on the USCCB website, the CCHD directly answers the question about whether grantees may be members of coalitions that oppose Catholic teachings.  In answer, the CCHD firmly stated, “CCHD will not fund groups that are knowingly members of coalitions that have as part of their organizational purpose or coalition agenda, positions or actions that contradict fundamental Catholic moral and social teaching.”
On the US Human Rights Network (USHRN) Members page, USHRN identifies Cidadao Global as a member.

Any organization wishing to join USHRN has to pay dues and has to be committed to USHRN’s “Core Principles.”  Given GARRA’s expenses in 2020, its annual dues to USHRN would be $200.

USHRN’s Core Principles, as stated on their “About Us” page, includes “sexual rights.”

And there can be no doubt that for USHRN, “sexual rights” include abortion.  On May 19, 2019, USHRN published a statement declaring that “USHRN opposes restricting abortion, affirms nation’s obligation to protect the human right to safe and legal abortion.”  The opening paragraph of the statement reads:

“The US Human Rights Network affirms that access to safe and legal abortion is a human right. Ensuring safe and legal abortion is part of the nation’s obligations to eliminate discrimination against women and to protect women’s right to health. Laws criminalizing abortion are discriminatory and a barrier to women’s access to health care.
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The US Human Rights Network firmly opposes all state laws that restrict women’s right to abortion as protected in Roe v. Wade. The Network likewise opposes any further efforts to reduce protections set forth in Roe v. Wade, including Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham’s hearings on a nationwide, 20-week abortion ban. We affirm the nation’s obligation to protect the human right to safe and legal abortion.“

In December of 2018, USHRN published a “Status Report on Human Rights in the United States.”  The section on “Reproductive Human Rights,” beginning on page 58, makes it abundantly clear that access to abortion is considered “essential” by the USHRN.  Furthermore, this section advocates the full range of reproductive “freedom” ie, comprehensive sex-ed, abortion access, and contraception.

Conclusion

Cidadão Global / Global Citizen, Inc (AKA GARRA) is clearly an organization that promotes abortion and homosexual and transgender ideologies.  Furthermore, it is a dues-paying member of the pro-abortion USHRN, in direct violation of CCHD grant guidelines.  If the CCHD actually adhered to its own guidelines, GARRA would never have even been considered for funding.