TAG: Africa
Uganda: Anti-Homosexuality Act’s Heavy Toll
Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have reported a surge in human rights violations at Uganda since the passage of the Anti-Homosexuality Act in 2013. Click here to learn more.
Read moreNigerian Senate approves HIV Bill
Nigerian Senate has passed the HIV Bill 2013, which stipulates that every person living HIV and AIDS shall be assured of freedom from unlawful termination of his or her employment by reason of his or her status. The decision comes months later after Nigerian state approval of a law that punishes same sex marriage and […]
Read moreHomosexuality is not un-African
In an article in Aljazeera America, Silvia Tamale highlights how certain ideas are being used to justifiy laws like the Ugandan one which criminalizes same-sex relations. Read it.
Read moreAfrican Transfeminism
S.H.E social, health and empowerment feminist collective of Transgender and Intersex Women of Africa has launched its first newsletter, which brings news about trans activism at the continent. Click here to read it.
Read moreAfrica Regional Sexuality Resource Centre
Africa Regional Sexuality Resource Centre has published ICPD Beyond 2014 Global Report, which is the culmination of a landmark UN review of progress, gaps, challenges and emerging issues in relation to the ICPD Programme of Action. Click here to read it.
Read moreEgyptian police ‘using rape as a weapon’ against dissident groups
The Guardian brings information on the dissemination of rape as a practice used by Egyptian police against arrested dissidents. Read more.
Read moreIt’s Not Just Uganda: Behind the Christian Right’s Onslaught in Africa
The Nation brings an article about the role of American Christian organizations in triggering anti-LGBT laws. Click here.
Read moreOut of Madness, A Matriarchy
Mother Jones brings an article about women’s role in Rwanda, two decades after the genocide that killed 800.ooo people. Today, women represents two-thirds of the country’s population and are helping to lead its reconstruction. Click here to read it.
Read moreTanzanian MP drafting tougher anti-gay Bill
According to news on the web, a Tanzanian MP is working on a private member’s Bill that seeks to tighten the law against same sex relationships. Click here to learn more.
Read moreTroubling the waters of a ‘wave of homophobia’: Political economies of anti-queer animus in sub-Saharan Africa
Read Ryan Richard Thoreson’s article, from Yale Law School, about the debate over Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill in 2009 and 2010, when journalists and activists warned of a ‘wave of homophobia’ in sub-Saharan Africa. In this article, the author illustrates how this trope elides critical differences between contemporaneous incidents. It also suggests that forms of anti-queer animus […]
Read moreScott Long: Uganda, the World Bank, and LGBT rights: Winners and losers
Uganda, the World Bank, and LGBT rights: Winners and losers SPW recommends Scott Long’s article about World Bank delaying a schedule loan to Uganda aimed at improving health care. The delaying was motivated by the approval of the “Anti-Homossexuality Bill”. Scott reflects on the role of the World Bank in the developing world for the […]
Read moreThe struggles for homosexual rights in Africa
Pambazuka News 667 comes with a special issue on “The struggles for homosexual rights in Africa”, which brings analyzes from a African perspective of the recent events regarding LGBT people rights. Click here to read it.
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