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30Apr 21
RALF Newsletter: The Anti-Gender Movement -A Universal Threat
28 April 2021 was the 13th anniversary of Eudy Simelane’s murder. Eudy, one of the first openly lesbian women in the South African township of KwaThema was abducted, gang raped…
31Mar 21
RALF Newsletter: March 2021
International Women's Month #ChooseToChallenge was this year's International Women's Day theme, and a fitting one for us to honour feminist activism and activists. In this month's newsletter we will look…
31Mar 21
UPDATE: LGBTQ+ Refugees remain in Block 13 at Kakuma Camp, Kenya
LGBTQ+ rights groups in Africa and abroad continue to lobby the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to take urgent steps in actioning demands for the safety of the…
15Mar 21
LGBTQ+ Refugees attacked in Block 13 at Kakuma Camp, Kenya
UNHCR must act now and provide emergency support to injured LGBTQ+ refugees at Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya March 15, 2021. JASS (Just Associates) Southern Africa and the Coalition of…
08Mar 21
The Feminist Disruptor Series: A Handbook
On this International Women's day we present to you: The Feminist Disruptors Series: A Handbook The 2021 International Women's Day theme is #ChooseToChallenge. We thought this an ode to feminist…