Madame Chair, Commissioners, AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA) makes this statement in support of an autonomous group of Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer Women in Botswana and the…
Joint stakeholder letter to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights for the review of the period report of Nigeria at the 62nd Session, 25 April – 9 May…
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…
5 March 2016 EKURHULENI DECLARATION ON PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS ON ENDING VIOLENCE AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PERSONS BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY AND EXPRESSION We, the people from National Human Rights…
In June 2011, the South African government, with support from Brazil and Norway, led in the adoption of a historic resolution on sexual orientation and gender identity and expression at…
[Le français suit ci-dessous] The June 2016 Resolution on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression This June, the third resolution on sexual orientation and gender identity and expression will…
[la version française suit ci-dessous] The Chairperson African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights 58th Ordinary Session Banjul ORAL STATEMENT BY THE COALITION OF AFRICAN LESBIANS Madame Chairperson, Honourable Commissioners: The Coalition of African Lesbians appreciates this…
Press Invitation 1 March 2016 For Immediate Release The Collective of Advocates on Sexual Rights in Africa (CASRA), comprised of African Men for Sexual Health and Rights (AMSHeR), the Coalition…
17 February 2016 For Immediate Release The Collective for Advocacy on Sexual Rights in Africa (CASRA), comprised of African Men for Sexual Health and Rights (AMSHeR), the Coalition of African Lesbians (CAL),…
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CAL Director, Dawn Cavanagh, shared some thoughts with AWID [Association for Women’s Rights in Development] FRIDAY FILE about the process, and substance behind the recent passing of the follow up Resolution on…