South Africa, 7 November 2014 All decisions are made by full consensus, all ideas are debated and discussed with equal measure, all our short-falls are exposed, accounted for, and ways forward that are responsive to these are proposed and decided on by all of us who form the collective and who are committed to making…
Benoni, South Africa, 6 November 2014 An invitation to the Consultative Forum with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) dealing with gender-based violence. Read more on the invite…
by Jabu Pereira Mexico, 28 October 2014 After a 24 hour journey to Mexico city and a 2 hour road trip without my luggage, I had felt rather stressed and jet-lagged and wondered if the universe was sending me a message. ILGA LAC’s amazing women leaders, Gloria Careaga and Josefina Valencia Toledano invited…
21 October 2014 Malawi. Centre for the Development of People (CEDEP) 2014 Report on Human Rights violations on the basis of real or perceived Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Malawi. Read the report…
South Africa, 13 October 2014 This morning amidst all the long queues at the Roodepoort office of the Department of Home Affairs, was Nadia Lally Swanepoel, waiting at counter 8. Nadia could end her liquid and hunger strike, and just like any capable bureaucrat should have done years ago, was to change Nadia’s gender…
Nadia Swanepoel’s hunger strike delivered justice South Africa, 12 October 2014 Gender DynamiX, Iranti, S.H.E. and TIA are elated that Nadia’s name and gender identity have been changed in the population register. She has been assured that she will receive a temporary ID on 13 October at Home Affairs. They have also amended her marital status from civil union to…
South Africa, 12 October 2014 Gender DynamiX, Iranti, S.H.E. and TIA are elated that Nadia’s name and gender identity have been changed in the population register. She has been assured that she will receive a temporary ID on 13 October at Home Affairs. They have also amended her marital status from civil union to a heterosexual identified marriage according to…
South Africa, 10 October 2014 Read the Press Statement by SHE asking South African Home Affairs to act swiftly. Nadia Swanepoel has been on a hunger strike for five days to appeal to Home affairs to change her gender on her identity documents. Home Affairs has ignored her for three years. Please sign the petition to support…
South Africa, 9 October 2014 Nadia Swanepoel started trying to change her gender and name according to the Alteration of Sex Description and Sex Status Act 49 of 2003 (Act 49) three years ago. Because of the endemic discrimination inherent within the administrative process at Home Affairs; Nadia has not received a new identity document…
Johannesburg, 9 October 2014 Nadia Swanepoel, a transgender woman, has gone on a hunger strike until Home Affairs issues her a valid ID recognising that she is not a man. She has been unable to get a job as a result of this.
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