IRANTI PUBLIC CALL FOR 2019 BOARD MEMBERS – FINANCE POSITION: Iranti has a vacancy for a Board Member to serve in the position of Treasurer. Iranti is a registered Non Profit. The Board comprises of seven-member and the Executive Director. Iranti is a Johannesburg based regional non-profit organisation (NPO) founded in June 2012 to focus…
On 5 November 2019, Iranti launched the Safety, Dignity, and Freedom (SDF) research report that combines a baseline survey of existing mainstream media coverage of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex (LGBTI+) with focus-group discussions to understand the experiences of LGBTI+ individuals and their interactions with mainstream media in each of the five countries….
Intersex Awareness Day falls on 26 October. This year, Intersex South Africa (ISSA) and Iranti call for tangible action from the government of South Africa in the form of policy review and reform as well as the creation of strong legislative and policy frameworks that promote and protect the rights of intersex persons. Globally, intersex…
Beverley Ditsie, a pioneering queer activist who was one of the founders of the first Pride March in Hillbrow shared a poignant letter on Facebook about the state of Pride in Johannesburg. This was shared prior an interview with Iranti Director Jabulani Pereira on Eusebius Mckaiser’s 702 talk show about the history of pride in…
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 the region and beyond. We have a ten-person team and…
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 the region and beyond. We have a ten-person team and…
________________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release: 25 September 2019 On Monday 23 September 2019, the Equality Court in the Western Cape handed down its judgment in the matter of September vs Subramoney N.O and Others. Ms. September is a transgender woman currently serving a prison sentence inside a male correctional facility. While incarcerated, prison officials denied her…
19 September 2019 Statement from the Iranti Board: The Iranti Board is deeply committed to ensuring that Iranti’s mission and vision, which works towards ensuring that African Trans, Lesbian and Intersex persons are protected and live a life shrouded in freedom and dignity, is realised. The Board, through its governance oversight, works closely with the…
South Africa is a nation with an intimate relationship with violence. Violence colours our social imaginary in ways that cross-cut gender, sexuality, ethnicity and race. The violence that we interact with either as perpetrators or victims is rooted in histories of apartheid and colonial subjugation in no small way. Since 1994 South Africa has seen…
On Monday, 2 September 2019, the government tweeted out a statement telling womxn to “not allow themselves to become victims by keeping quiet,” Iranti condemns these statements and call on all government departments to take active steps to prevent violence. We demand that all men in the country stop meting out violence towards womxn, especially Black…
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