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…
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…
In Plain Sight: Discussing Violence, Power and Wellbeing
La version française suit ci-dessous Feminists, activists and women human rights defenders working in countries in the Global South have been struggling with, and challenging systemic and institutional oppression, including…
43rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council: Urgent Debate on racism / police violence
17 June 2020 Thank you Mr President, Action Canada makes this statement on behalf of the Sexual Rights Initiative and the Coalition of African Lesbians. Black Lives Matter. We make…
HRC40: Statement UPR Nigeria
Thank you Mr. President, Action Canada makes this statement on behalf of Women Action for Gender Equality (WAGE), the Coalition of African Lesbians (CAL) and the Sexual Rights Initiative. We…
AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA) Statement at the 63rd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
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…
HRC39: Cameroon UPR statement
[La version française suit ci-dessous] Thank you Mr. President, Action Canada makes this statement on behalf of the Sexual Rights Initiative, the African Sex Workers Alliance (ASWA) and the Coalition…
ACHPR 58th Session: Oral Statement by the Coalition of African Lesbians
[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…