On Tuesday, 24 March 2020, Iranti will be launching the findings of a desktop study on Data Collection and Reporting on Violence Perpetrated Against LGBTQI Persons in Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa and Uganda. We will be discussing the experiences of collection data on the violence perpetrated against LGBTQI persons and the impacts in terms…
[STATEMENT] Human Rights for queer persons in a time of COVID-19 21 March 2020 – Iranti would like to take into consideration the challenges the citizens of our country went through to ensure we as a country can celebrate Human Rights Day with dignity. We cannot, however, look away from the basic human rights that…
Iranti’s team of 10 staff members have each been equipped to continue to do our important work from our homes in line with President Ramaphosa’s guidelines to practice social distancing. Not only do we want to protect our staff but also the community in which we work hence we have planned to take our events…
16 March 2020 Dear Partners of Iranti Over the last two weeks, Iranti has monitored the increase and spread of COVID-19 globally and now in South Africa. In light of it being declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO), Iranti has decided to put plans in place to best manage the health of…
Iranti is a registered non-profit organisation (NPO), founded in June 2012 to focus on lesbian, transgender and intersex rights across the African continent. We achieve our purpose through advocacy, movement building and multimedia storytelling. We work with an intersectional lens, often with LGBTI-sector partners, across the region and beyond. We have a ten-person team and…
African Trans Network Statement Created for Change, Capacity Strengthening and Movement Support. We are powerful when we stand together Established: 1st February 2020 | Nairobi, Kenya Transgender and gender diverse persons speaking for themselves, united as a collective, generating knowledge and advocating for inclusion across the region has never happened and this has rapidly changed…
[VACANCY] SAFETY, DIGNITY & FREEDOM 2020 MEDIA TRAINING CAMPAIGN COORDINATOR Duration: 10 Month Fixed-term Contract Iranti is a registered non-profit organisation (NPO), founded in June 2012 to focus on lesbian, transgender and intersex rights across the African continent. We achieve our purpose through advocacy, movement building and multi-media storytelling. We work with an intersectional lens,…
Duration: 3 Months (Applicant must be available to start immediately) Iranti is a registered non-profit organisation (NPO), founded in June 2012 to focus on lesbian, transgender and intersex rights across the African continent. We achieve our purpose through advocacy, movement building and multi-media storytelling. We work with an intersectional lens, often with LGBTI-sector partners, across…
S 4 February 2020 – Iranti attended the funeral of Nare Mphela, a fierce activist who fought for her right to education by taking her school and the principal to the Equality Court and subsequently winning that case in 2017. The funeral took place in her home village in GaMahlala where she was also laid…
STATEMENT: GENDER BASED VIOLENCE CONTINUES INTO 2020 Iranti mourns the murders of three queer womxn. 9 January 2020 – Mmmabatho “Madonna” James left her family home for the last time when she went out to buy cigarettes with an acquaintance on 29 November 2019, this was the last time Madonna’s family and friends would see…
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