Statement of Solidarity with the LGBTQI community in Botswana We at the Coalition of African Lesbians (CAL), wish to extend…
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
30Nov 21
13May 21
Joint Statement: African Commission 68th Ordinary Session Item 3
Observer Status Number: 436 Thank you Honourable Chair. Honourable commissioners, your excellencies: representatives of African States, esteemed colleagues. All protocols…
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…
Advocacy/Media Resources
30Sep 21
Joint Statement on Abortion at HRC 48
The Coalition of African Lesbians invites you to join in the signing of the statement, in support of the International…
30Sep 21
Organising in a Pandemic
Reflections from 2020 2020 was a challenging year, destabilised by COVID-19. The world came to a stand still and not…
31Aug 21
Sexual Rights in Africa Part 1: Anti-gender rhetoric & Harmful policy
In the last decade we have witnessed a global rise in anti-gender and anti-rights movements and rhetoric in the public discourse that…
Advocacy Activities
30Sep 21
Joint Statement on Abortion at HRC 48
The Coalition of African Lesbians invites you to join in the signing of the statement, in support of the International…
31Aug 21
Sexual Rights in Africa Part 1: Anti-gender rhetoric & Harmful policy
In the last decade we have witnessed a global rise in anti-gender and anti-rights movements and rhetoric in the public discourse that…
13May 21
Joint Statement: African Commission 68th Ordinary Session Item 3
Observer Status Number: 436 Thank you Honourable Chair. Honourable commissioners, your excellencies: representatives of African States, esteemed colleagues. All protocols…