CAL Announces New Board Members
The Coalition of African Lesbians (CAL) is pleased to announce the appointment of four new independent board members in accordance with the Constitution of CAL as amended by General Assembly…
Statements delivered by the CAL at the 37th Human Rights Council Session
The Coalition of African Lesbians (CAL), through its membership with the Sexual Rights Initiative (SRI), today delivered two statements in response to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) reports of Benin…
CAL at the 37th Human Rights Council
The Human Rights Council (HRC) is an inter-governmental body within the United Nations system responsible for strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights around the globe and for addressing…
#TimeIsNow : Let’s Claim our Space!
International Women’s Day 2018: A call to action The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is “Time is now: Rural and urban activists transforming women’s lives”. The theme echoes…
Autonomy Project Videos (2017)
The Autonomy Project is a four-year, multi-country feminist campaign which is led by women who are marginalised based on sexuality and gender. These include women living with HIV, women working…
Autonomy and Abortion Webinar Posters (2017)
Below are posters available for download and distribution that were produced as part of the Autonomy and Abortion Webinar: Demanding full control of our bodies and our lives on the Global…
Autonomy Project Posters (2017)
The Autonomy Project is a four-year campaign in Southern Africa, East Africa and West and Central Africa. The Campaign is in various stages of development in each of these sub-regions.…
Making Access Real Publication NOW available!!
In February 2017, the Coalition of African Lesbians (CAL) celebrated the power of our activism as African feminists and women human rights defenders with the publication of eight (8) case studies…
Joint Statement to the 61st session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in response to the Report by the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Human Rights Defenders in Africa
[French follows] November 9, 2017 Madame Chairperson, Honourable Commissioners, The Coalition of African Lesbians makes this statement written after a consultative meeting with Women Human Rights Defenders from 14 organizations…
Joint stakeholder letter to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights for the review of the period report of the Democratic Republic of Congo at the 61st Session
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights 5 November 2017 Dear Commissioners, Joint stakeholder letter to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights for the review of the…