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Zethu Matebeni of UCT speaks at the  12th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture  Dialogue Series

Cape Town, 12 Aug 2014 Chilean President Michelle Bachelet joined UCT Chancellor Mrs Graça Machel and distinguished panelists to participate in a Gender-in-Dialogue event in UCT’s Jameson Hall on 10 August as part of the 12th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture Dialogue Series. Live streamed from the UCT homepage, the lively discussion featured influential thought-leaders, including…

Cheryl Clarke and E. Frances White Feminist Scholars Reader Seminar

Johannesburg, 12 August 2014 Group picture: An amazing feminist gathering. From L-R. Back Row. Dineo Bopape, Ellen Eisenman, Jabu Pereira, Lame Olebogile, Nxy McClean, Gugu Mandla, Vanessa Agard-Jones, Kaykay Legoete, Cheryl Clarke, guest from ISS, Kate Muwoki. Front row: Fran White, Myesha Jenkins, Zikhona Gqozo, Lindeka Qampi, Lindokuhle, Zanele Muholi and Tanya Pretorius. A seminar…

Cape Town Declaration

Cape Town, 28 July 2014 Gender Incongruence in Childhood The Declaration addresses WHO ICD-11 proposals for a pathologising diagnosis for gender diversity in childhood, and calls upon WHO to discard the current Gender Identity Disorder of Childhood diagnosis and refrain from replacing it with any new pathologising diagnosis, including the proposed Gender Incongruence of Childhood…

UN resolution and definition of the family

United Nations, 26 Jun 2014 Votes on Draft Resolutions under Agenda Item:3 – Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic,social and cultural rights, including the right to development. Agenda of the Human Rights Council meeting Relive the experience over webcast Explanation of the vote – Brazil Explanation of the vote – India Result of the vote

Press Release: International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia 2014 Commemorations in Botswana

Botswana, 22 May 2014 by Onkokame Ratanang-Mosweu, LGBTI Health and Human Rights Programme Coordinator, LEGABIBO Download the press release here for distribution.   The International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT) is commemorated globally and annually on the 17th of May. This year’s commemorations are celebrated under the theme “Freedom to Express”. The day is set…