LGBTQ Issues in Africa

User icon Jenni Wilson
17 June 2024
22 items

ALIGN: Advancing Learning and Innovation on Gender Norms · 15 January 2019 English

As there is a dearth of literature looking specifically at the nexus of norm change around sexuality and gender identity and how they affect LGBTQI people in developing countries, we …


SAIIA: South African Institute of International Affairs · 24 May 2021 English

South Africa’s African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) civil society working group identified nine governance issues to be included in this submission: The first is youth political participation. Despite having a …


The Williams Institute · 20 March 2024 English

This report examines the scope and potential impact of the Global Respect Act and provides examples of documented human rights violations against LGBTQI persons in various countries and regions that …


IRR: South African Institute of Race Relations English

The following is a brief summary of the situation in countries that have been at the forefront of cracking down on the LGBTQ community. [...] The intention was to include …


The Williams Institute · 3 December 2019 English

To contribute to the best of his abilities, at all times and at all levels, to the promotion and achievement of African Unity.84 Despite the exclusively masculine language in the …


CHR: Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria · 12 May 2020 English

Understanding the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on LGBTIQ+ persons in Africa Increased vulnerability of LGBTIQ+ persons The COVID-19 global pandemic has had a major impact on the global public and …


CHR: Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria · 2 March 2022 English

The paper intends to fulfil the School of Advanced Study, University of London, the undertaken by Oosterhoff, Waldman and Olerenshaw ambition of the African Human Rights Policy Papers Centre for …


EPRS: European Parliamentary Research Service · 16 May 2019 English

Three out of five African countries have laws criminalising homosexuality and the public expression of sexual or gender behaviour that does not conform with heterosexual norms. These same laws even …



Afrobarometer · 19 May 2020 English

“We’re all in this together” is a mantra of the COVID-19 crisis as leaders and activists argue for global and all-of-society responses to the pandemic. At the same time, public …