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		<title>Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer Organising in the Region</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2022 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Iranti&#8217;s LBQ work in the region focuses on the advocacy needs and strategies to support people who continue to suffer in their specific countries due to stigma, discrimination, and violence against their communities.&#160;We carefully and strategically consider our programmatic rollout based on these needs. With our regional team, comprised of staff from the representing three...]]></description>
		
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		<title>[PRESS STATEMENT] Iranti demands action on attacks on the LGBTI community</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2021 09:26:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[15 April 2021 Iranti supports the LGBTI community of Uitenhage in the Eastern Cape in their quest for justice for murdered Andile Lulu Ntuthela and their efforts to demand a society that values the lives of all people. The remains of Ntuthela were discovered this week in a shallow grave at the house of the...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Human Rights Day Should Also Be For Intersex Children</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2021 09:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Press ReleaseMarch 19, 2021 As South Africans celebrate Human Rights Day, Iranti is calling for the government to uphold the Convention on the Rights of the Child by ending Intersex Genital Mutilation. The organisation is asking the South African government to review and reform policy by creating legislative and policy frameworks that promote and protect...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Iranti calls on SAHRC to prioritise hate crimes against LGBTIQ community</title>
		<link>https://www.iranti.org.za/iranti-calls-on-sahrc-to-prioritise-hate-crimes-against-lgbtiq-community/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2021 13:05:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Iranti is angered at news of yet another violation against the LGBTIQ community &#8211; this time the alleged rape and murder of a queer lesbian Nonhlanhla Kunene in Pietermaritzburg.&#160; According to reports, Ms Kunene (37) was found murdered near the Edendale Primary school on Friday night. Her funeral is planned for today (THURSDAY). That such...]]></description>
		
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		<title>[PRESS STATEMENT] IRANTI AND PARTNERS LAUNCH #NoOneIsOneThing SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2021 07:54:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[IRANTI AND PARTNER ORGANISATIONS LAUNCH #NoOneIsOneThing SOCIAL MEDIA AWARENESS CAMPAIGN DURING LGBT(QIA+) HISTORY MONTH DOWNLOAD THE PDF VERSION OF THIS STATEMENT HERE. To commemorate LGBT History Month, on 17 February 2021 Iranti kicks off the next leg of the Safety, Dignity and Freedom (SDF) campaign. The first phase of the 2021 campaign, titled #NoOneIsOneThing, uses...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Homosexuality is not “unAfrican”</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2019 10:49:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The following piece by Letlhogonolo Mokgoroane was originally published on New Frame At the first pride march in Africa in 1990, Justice Edwin Cameron said: “The criminal law is for criminals. Gays and lesbians are not criminals. Being gay or lesbian is part of being human. To criminalise gays and lesbians is to criminalise part...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Victory in Botswana! Local LGBTI+ groups celebrate decriminalisation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2019 13:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On date 11 June 2019, the High Court of Botswana formally handed down a ruling acknowledging that Section 164 of that country’s penal code was discriminatory and should be struck down, marking a significant victory for local LGBTI+ groups. While not ostensibly worded in such a way as to criminalise homosexuality, the law forbade “carnal...]]></description>
		
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