LGBTQ+ rights groups in Africa and abroad continue to lobby the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to take…
Advocacy is the lead Programme at CAL. Our advocacy work is with movements. We believe that change happens through collective action coupled with passion and commitment to transformatory ideas and building friendship and solidarity between peoples and across geographic spaces and multiple locations. Policy advocacy is a small element in this. Holding those in power accountable for the changes is another means to achieve these ends. We are concerned in our advocacy with four domains of change – structural/systemic, institutional, ideological and personal/intrapersonal and interpersonal change.
Recent Statements
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,…
24Feb 21
Statement: 20 year anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Plan of Action and the exacerbating effects the COVID-19 pandemic has had on these efforts
46th session of the Human Rights CouncilAction Canada for Population and DevelopmentAnnual high-level panel discussion on human rights mainstreaming Theme:…
Advocacy/Media Resources
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…
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,…
24Feb 21
Statement: 20 year anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Plan of Action and the exacerbating effects the COVID-19 pandemic has had on these efforts
46th session of the Human Rights CouncilAction Canada for Population and DevelopmentAnnual high-level panel discussion on human rights mainstreaming Theme:…
Advocacy Activities
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…
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,…
24Feb 21
Statement: 20 year anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Plan of Action and the exacerbating effects the COVID-19 pandemic has had on these efforts
46th session of the Human Rights CouncilAction Canada for Population and DevelopmentAnnual high-level panel discussion on human rights mainstreaming Theme:…