Iranti celebrates the appointment of Crystal Hendricks as the Chair of Intersex Steering Committee of ILGA World. Crystal is a passionate Intersex human rights defender, born and raised in Cape Town. She is the Intersex Rights Programme Officer for Iranti and is involved in various intersex-related activities in South Africa and the Region. She also…
Iranti is looking for a Media Officer to join our dynamic Media and Communications Unit! WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR We are looking for a skilled, well-rounded media professional with at least two years’ experience in the creative use of different media technologies and platforms to tell a story and engage audiences and various…
06 MAY 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Gender Dynamix (GDX) and Iranti are excited to announce that we have partnered in a bid to bring the largest global gathering of LGBTIQ changemakers back to the African continent for the first time in 23 years. . Today a joint team from Iranti and Gender Dynamix will present South…
PRESS STATEMENT 14 APRIL 2022 KwaZulu-Natal has been ravaged by heavy rains and flooding over the past few days. The floods have been declared a provincial disaster by the National Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA). Over 300 lives have been lost to date and many more people have been displaced. As with…
PRESS RELEASE 14 APRIL 2022 In October 2021 Iranti announced that its founding Director, Jabu Pereira would step down and exit the organisation. Today we announce the appointment of Nolwazi Tusini, Iranti’s Communications and Media Manager, and Jade Jacobs, Iranti’s Knowledge and Research Manager, as Iranti’s interim Co-Executive Directors. Tusini and Jacobs, both fierce feminists…
6 APRIL 2022 For immediate release Iranti welcomes the Atteridgeville Regional Court’s decision to sentence Getwin Moloto, 30, and Lebohang Makola, 35, to life imprisonment for the hate crime rape of a 19-year-old lesbian woman in 2020. The victim was attacked on 16 December 2020 in Atteridgeville while she was returning home. She was trying…
On 31 March 2022, as part of the Transgender Day of Visibility celebration, Iranti partnered with the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) to invite trans and gender diverse people living in Johannesburg to come to the House of Iranti where DHA officials were on site, providing assistance and information with forename and gender marker amendments….
In celebration of (International) Transgender Day of Visibility (31 March), Iranti has teamed up with theDepartment of Home Affairs (DHA) to offer Identity Document applications as well as assistance with gendermarker and/or name changes to transgender persons at our offices – House of Iranti. Trans Day of Visibility (TDOV) is a day dedicated to celebrating…
31 MARCH 2022 For immediate release International Transgender Day of Visibility In celebration of International Transgender Day of Visibility (31 March), Iranti has teamed up with the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) to offer Identity Document applications as well as assistance with gender marker and/or name changes to transgender persons at our offices – House…
WHO WE ARE Iranti was founded in 2012 with the greatest visionary intention to create authentic stories on the lived experiences of Lesbian, Trans and Intersex persons in Africa. Iranti is a Yoruba word, which means memory. Iranti was formed to imagine a world free of homophobia, transphobia and intersexphobia. Iranti is managed and led…
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