I would say yes. The fact is, if advocates are able to address the human rights challenges in their home countries, this will stymie a lot of the ripple effect that we are in fact trying to cauterize. For example, if advocates in a country are able to campaign for equality, we would not have the need to find additional resources to support people who have to flee because of their refugee status. We need to be supporting the advocates in other countries, who are trying to do things like changing hearts and minds, challenging anti-gay laws, and confronting religious bigots. We need to be doing that so we don't have to end up spending the money at the back end.
On May 15th, 2017. See this statement in context.