RALF Newsletter May 2021: Africa Day – Whose Africa?
On 25 May we celebrated Africa Day, previously known as African Freedom day or African Liberation day. Africa Day is the annual celebration of the establishment of the African Union…
RALF Newsletter: September 2020
Advocacy @ CAL In the beginning of this year CAL welcomed an Advocacy manager to our team. Fadzai has a long history with CAL and was a part of the…
Pride: Imagining Community
Many credit the Stonewall Riots, which took place from 28 June - 3 July 1969 as the beginning of the LGBTI movement’s public fight to end discrimination on the basis of…
COVID-19: The doors to a feminist future must remain open
Originally published in the Daily Maverick by Fadzai Muparutsa The ability of feminist funders to continue doing transformative, innovative and subversive work is likely to be severely hampered by the…
Decriminalisation of same-sex conduct In Botswana marks advancements for sexual rights in Africa
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA. The Coalition of African Lesbians salutes the recent decision of Botswana’s Gaborone High Court to strike Section 164, effectively decriminalising same-sex relations in Botswana. We would like…
Statement on the independence of the African Commission and the holding of the 64th ordinary session of the African commission
By holding its 64th session in Sharm El Sheik, Egypt, the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR) demonstrates again its lack of commitment to the protection and the…
HRC40: Summary of our social media coverage
CAL attended the latest sessions of the UN Human Rights Council that was held in Geneva from 25 February to 22 March 2019. Below is a collection of our social…
A Decade of Activism on SOGIE and SRHR at the ACHPR
A lot of work was done prior to 2008, mostly by women’s rights organisations to raise sexual orientation and gender identity and in particular the concerns of lesbians and bisexual…
The African Court denies civil society access to justice and fails to pronounce on the independence of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
(French follows). JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA. The Coalition of African Lesbians is deeply disappointed by the recent decision of the African Court on an advisory opinion brought by CAL and the…
Vacancies at the Coalition of African Lesbians (CAL)
About the Coalition of African Lesbians The Coalition of African Lesbians (CAL) was established in 2003. The Coalition is committed to raising consciousness amongst and strengthening activism and leadership of…