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STATEMENT- Iranti steps up monetary efforts to support the LGBTI as we celebrate our 8-year anniversary

23 June 2020 – In the 8 years that Iranti has been in operation working for and with the LGBTI community, our core mission has been to support people and organisations who form part of the LGBTI community in Africa. This year we have decided to step up our efforts in the community by allocating R300 000 in covid relief efforts to support the LGBTI community in our region.

Beyond and Toward: Breaking the Silence against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

29 May 2020 – In the spirit of unity for IDAHOBIT 2020, Pan Africa ILGA and Iranti have collaborated to “Break the Silence.” In line with this year’s theme of IDAHOBIT, it has become increasingly important to break the silence around human rights violations occurring to LGBTQI+ persons on the continent. The COVID-19 pandemic has…

[STATEMENT] BEYOND AND TOWARD, IRANTI’S SAFETY DIGNITY AND FREEDOM CAMPAIGN LAUNCH ON IDAHOBIT

[STATEMENT] BEYOND AND TOWARD, IRANTI’S SAFETY DIGNITY AND FREEDOM CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED ON IDAHOBIT 17 MAY 2020 – On May 17, 1990 – the World Health Organization removed homosexuality from the Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. This gave rise to IDAHO – International Day Against Homophobia. Since then this day has grown in inclusivity,…

[STATEMENT] BEYOND AND TOWARD, IRANTI’S SAFETY DIGNITY AND FREEDOM CAMPAIGN LAUNCH ON IDAHOBIT

[ 17 MAY 2020 – On May 17, 1990 – the World Health Organization removed homosexuality from the Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. This gave rise to IDAHO – International Day Against Homophobia. Since then this day has grown in inclusivity, first adding the ‘T’ for Transgender and then adding the ‘B’ for…

[PRESS RELEASE] Iranti Launches Five Country Study on Violence Against Queer Persons

On Tuesday, 24 March 2020, Iranti will be launching the findings of a desktop study on Data Collection and Reporting on Violence Perpetrated Against LGBTQI Persons in Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa and Uganda.  We will be discussing the experiences of collection data on the violence perpetrated against LGBTQI persons and the impacts in terms…

[STATEMENT] Human Rights for Queer Persons in a time of COVID-19

[STATEMENT] Human Rights for queer persons in a time of COVID-19 21 March 2020 – Iranti would like to take into consideration the challenges the citizens of our country went through to ensure we as a country can celebrate Human Rights Day with dignity. We cannot, however, look away from the basic human rights that…

[STATEMENT] IRANTI PUTS MEASURES IN PLACE IN LIGHT OF COVID-19

16 March 2020  Dear Partners of Iranti Over the last two weeks, Iranti has monitored the increase and spread of COVID-19 globally and now in South Africa. In light of it being declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO), Iranti has decided to put plans in place to best manage the health of…