SA must lead in ensuring that all LGBTI citizens across the world are protected from violence and discrimination. Vote yes for reporting on good practices and violations. Read more at the Daily Marverick: Crucial Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity UN resolution: SA’s vote will lead the way – but what will it be?
See below an excellent speech by South Africa’s Minister for Social Development at an event on SRHR at the margins of the UN General Assembly. She discusses sexual rights, reproductive justice, and the links between human rights and development. Address by Minister of Social Development, Ms Bathabile Dlamini, MP, on the occasion of the United…
South Africa, 24 August 2014 Jabu Pereira, Iranti executive director, speaks out on hate crimes in South Africa. An interview with eNCA on the recent murder of a young lesbian, Gift Makau, in Ventersdorp.
by Jabu Pereira South Africa, 24 August 2014 The marquee is down, the crowds of mourners have retreated back to their homes, and yet there is an eery presence in this tiny town. It is a presence of fear and uncertainty about the future, and the acceptance of loss. Gift will no longer walk…
21 January 2014. Binyavanga Wainaina’s wonderful essay in six witty, moving, thoughtful, hilarious, essential, truthful parts – “We Must Free Our Imaginations”, or as he called it on Twitter: @AfricasaCountry and Website: Africasacountry last night, “What I Have to Say About Being Gay”. There are too many highlights to quote all of them here (like the bit about “the politician” who promises…
Kampala, Uganda. 18 January 2014 A delegation from the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights (RFK Center) met with President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni today at State House in Entebbe, Uganda, to discuss the Anti-Homosexuality Bill passed by Uganda’s parliament on December 20, 2013. Last month Kerry Kennedy, President of the RFK Center,…
German parents will no longer be legally obliged to register their newborn child as male or female, and will instead be officially allowed to assign the baby a “third gender” if the sex cannot be clearly identified at birth. The new law will come into force on November 1, on the back of a constitutional…
UNITE to end violence against women – United nations. Voices of Survivors’ tells the stories of survivors of violence against women in their own words. They speak of the impact violence had upon them, and how they have found the resources to move forward in their lives. Their stories remind us why taking a stand…
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