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 …


CSPR: Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research · 24 September 2018 English

I argue that the use of collage has many benefits and that the use of the collage method in this thesis has enriched the research. [...] In a report by …


EUAA: European Union Agency for Asylum · 30 July 2013 English

Marc Epprecht shows that some of the homosexual and transvestic practices and behaviours had a symbolic and ritual meaning, emphasized the social status and power, and were associated with the …


CCR: Centre For Conflict Resolution · 22 August 2018 English

The Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR), Cape Town, South Africa, and the Johannesburg-based Foundation for Human Rights (FHR) hosted three public dialogues in Cape Town, on 23 April 2018 on …


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 …


CHR: Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria · 18 May 2022 English

In that sense, the absolute prohibition of torture – which in many cases has present report is an extremely important contribution to the percolated to the domestic legislation of the …