South Africa, 10 September 2015 During July and August 2015, Iranti and Pan Africa ILGA (PAI) hosted two Universal Periodic Review (UPR) workshops, in Swaziland (co-hosted by Rock of Hope and Gender Dynamix) and in Tanzania (co-hosted by Tanzania Trans Initiative). The UPR is an instrument of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (HRC)…

South Africa, 7 September 2015 Journalist, Lindile Mpanza of Special Assignment, recently made a documentary on hate crimes that was screened on SABC TV on 30 August. In the programme, she highlights issues of: recent hate crime cases of Disebo Gift Makau and Thembelihle Sokhela lack of hate crimes legislation in South Africa the Rapid…

South Africa, 4 September 2015 The Zwakala project, funded by the Delegation of the European Union, partners with community based organisations (CBO’s) in Limpopo, Gauteng and North West to support increasing awareness of LGBTI persons and their lived experiences. This coming Saturday Iranti will be attending Vaal Pride in solidarity “Love knows no gender”.

“To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity” Nelson Mandela Will you sponsor the Run for Iranti team? This Sunday 30 Aug we will run/walk the 10km race of the Mandela Day Marathon in Howick, KwaZulu-Natal. We are raising funds for Iranti, a visual media NGO in Johannesburg. Iranti films stories…

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Shelley Barry working with the Iranti media and documentation team   South Africa, Johannesburg, 27 August 2015 Iranti was honoured to have Shelley Barry, award-winning filmmaker, poet, lecturer and video trainer at our offices during August 2015. Shelley’s company, twospinningwheels productions aims to explore new languages in cinema and giving marginalised voices access to the craft of filmmaking. The…