2013 Human Rights Day
Organisation: United Nations Press Release 9 December 2013: A 20-20 Human Rights Vision Statement by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, for Human Rights Day, 10 December 2013 Read more…
GALZ Chairperson summoned
Zimbabwe, 4 December 2013 GALZ Chairperson, Martha Tholanah summoned to appear In the Rotten Row Magistrate Court for running an ‘unregistered’ organisation, says Tonderai Bhatasara, member of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights. Read the official GALZ Alert.
Third International Intersex Forum
Malta, 1 December 2013 Between 29 November and 1 December 2013, the Third International Intersex Forum, supported by ILGA and ILGA-Europe, took place in Valletta, Malta. This event brought together 34 activists representing 30 intersex organisations from all continents. The statement starts with, “We affirm that intersex people are real, and we exist in all…
Rainbow Leadership Training in Sweden
Some of the attendees, Thabinky Maqhubela (CAL), Georgina Adhiambo (Nyawek), Leigh van der Merwe (S.H.E), Juliet Mphande (Friends of Rainka) Sweden, 28 November 2013 In October 2013, an amazing group of LGBTI leaders from all over the globe were selected by RFSL Sweden. Jabu Pereira was one of the leaders selected for a three-week…
Pan-African ILGA (PAI) meeting and Iranti workshop
South Africa, 28 November 2013 In November ARC was invited by Pan-African ILGA to join part of their meeting in South Africa to co-facilitate a session with ILGA on the development and history of SOGI issues at the UN, along with providing a progress report and contributing to a group discussion on the SOGI resolution….
22 years in jail for the man who raped a lesbian to “show her she was a woman”
by Xolani Koyana Cape Town, 27 November 2013 In 2011 Andile Ngcoza raped Millicent Gaika, a lesbian, to force her to have a baby so that she would recognise her role as a woman. Ngcoza showed no remorse in court and has a slew of previous convictions, including rape and anal rape. Free Gender, a…
Transgender Day of Remembrance 2013, Nairobi
Kenya, 26 November 2013 Neo Musangi writes on the Transgender Day of Remembrance activities in Nairobi. “The speech from Njugush starts with an exercise on acceptance and acts of love. Njugush, is a transman in his forties, a board member at TEA and a member of the Intersex, Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming group, Jinsiangu. Njugush asks all trans…
GATE Statement on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
South Africa, 26 November 2013 GATE joins today a new commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. We note with deep concern and rejection that trans* women continue to be, one of the most constant but invisible targets of gendered violence that strikes with particular virulence, especially against trans* sex workers,…
IRANTI’S LGBTI MEDIA-MAKERS TRAINING PROGRAMME:
IRANTI’S LGBTI MEDIA-MAKERS TRAINING PROGRAMME: Shifting LGBTI Human Rights Reporting, Reporting Safely with Media Digital and “Analogue” Tools Submission deadline: 25 November 2013 When: first week February 2014 This training programme is a pilot programme aimed at developing a more comprehensive training strategy for creating an LGBTI Africa Media and Documentation Network. Download the call to…
Chalwe Charles Mwansa
Zambia. Chalwe Charles Mwansa holds a law degree from the Zambia Open University and has sound knowledge of human rights which he uses to develop and implement advocacy and training programs for the LGBT advocacy organization, Friends of RAINKA, where he works as the Advocacy and Policy Officer. Read more…