For Immediate release 30 September 2014 African Men for Sexual Health and Rights [AMSHeR], the Coalition of African Lesbians [CAL], and the Demand Accountability SA Campaign* recognises and celebrates the adoption of a resolution, led by Chile, Uruguay, Columbia and Brazil – on “Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity”…
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The Coalition of African Lesbians is a feminist, activist and Pan-Africanist network of 14 organisations in 10 countries in sub-Saharan Africa committed to advancing freedom, justice and bodily autonomy for all women on the African continent and beyond.
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Pressure on South Africa to host talks to end persecution of Gender Non-Conforming and Trans Africans
By Liesl Louw-Vaudran for the Mail & Guardian. 8 August 2014 Rights groups are putting pressure on SA to hold an Africa-wide seminar on discrimination and violence that has been postponed several times. The department of international relations and co-operation says it still plans to host an Africa-wide seminar on…
13Jun 14
African Civil Society Organisations demand a date for the regional Seminar on Ending Violence based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 13 June 2014 Johannesburg – South Africa African civil society organisations have demanded that Honourable Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation in South Africa, sets a date for the Regional Seminar on Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression in Africa. This follows…
27May 14
African Civil Society Organisations commend the African Commission’s Resolution condemning violence and other Human Rights violations based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI)
African civil society organisations and human rights defenders working to advance human and peoples’ rights in Africa welcome the adoption of a ‘Resolution on .’ The Resolution was adopted by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in the most recent session held in Luanda, Angola, May 2014. This…
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