Botswana

Southern Africa #VoiceandChoice Gender Protocol Barometer

The twelfth edition of the SADC Gender Protocol Barometer will be launched virtually on Monday 17 August 2020 during the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Civil Society Forum, which is also SADC day. The SADC Council of Non-Governmental Organisations (SADC-CNGO) coordinates the Civil Society Forum.

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Pride Afrique 2020

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Pride Afrique 2020 brings you three levels of storytelling: structural, relational, and personal. These three areas guide our choice of stories and events. We believe our stories cannot be one-dimensional as queer Africans.

'Africa is Queer!' 9 LGBTQI+ Africans from across the continent tell us about their lives in 2020

The multiplicity of stories that our interviewees told about their lives felt a world away from the single story of trauma and pain found in so many past depictions of LGBTQI+ life in Africa.

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ICJ ran a SOGIE Facebook Live Campaign for Pride Month

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The ICJ hosted live interviews with human rights defenders from Asia, Africa and Latin America to mark Pride Month, which is celebrated during the month of June in various parts of the world

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Out of the Margins

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Between February and September 2019, the Out of the Margins network documented the profound exclusion facing lesbians, bi women and trans (LBT+) communities, in their own countries and contexts, using the lens of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Violence Against LGBTQI Persons in Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa and Uganda

There is a lack of systems in place to sufficiently document crimes committed against LGBTIQ persons globally. Evidence of violations is the only way in which our governments can believe, respond and plan for better interventions.

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Hate Crimes Against the LGBT Community in the Commonwealth

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This report outlines the nature and extent of anti-LGBT hate crime and its impact on individuals and societies in the Commonwealth, explores trends across the Commonwealth and surveys regional and country-specific case examples.

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Stonewall 50: Where next for LGBT+ lives?

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"I think it's unfortunate that people argue over who threw the first brick because the relevant thing is not who threw the first brick, but who built the movement, who stayed around and who actually did the tough work," LGBT+ rights activist Power said.

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Eight legal hotspots for global LGBT+ rights in 2020

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From Botswana to Barbados, here are some of the key legal fights that will dominate LGBT+ news in 2020

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The 2010’s – a Major Decade for The LGBTQ Community

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We’ve come a long way in the last 10 years. We’ve made a lot of progress but we’ve also lost some ground internationally when it comes to LGBTQ rights. Here is a review of the last decade.