Photovoice in other words recognizes that people have expertise and insight in their own lives and communities that professionals or ‘outsiders’ often lack. While leading the process, It creates a platform for LGBTIQ+ activists in Uganda to record and reflect their community’s strengths and concerns instead of her as an outsider.
Kuchu Times Editor
One year after the gruesome murder of Fahad Semugooma Kawere a transgender woman, the case has fallen silent. Her family and friends are hungry for justice and while it currently seems like a far off cry, there’s light at the end of the tunnel as Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum has released a detailed report.
The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to magnify existing inequalities, including those related to gender and poverty. A rights-based and gender-responsive approach is needed to overcome these barriers.
HRAPF’s Executive Director, Dr. Adrian Jjuuko is set for a legal battle against the state after they retained his published book ‘Strategic Litigation and the struggle for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Equality in Africa’.
The LGBTI community in Rwanda has taken a massive step towards solidifying the movement with the formation of a coalition that unites all Rwandan LGBTI organisations. The coalition is named Rwanda Diversity and Equality Network-RDEN
South Africa’s Kasi 2 Kasi Queer Cinema is doing its part in flattening the Covid-19 curve by going entirely digital for their annual film festival. The 2020 festival which started on 31st July will run until 17th August.
However, the afternoon of 1st August 2014 not only gave the community reason for celebration but renewed their hope that perhaps the justice system would one day listen to us and uphold our rights and humanity.
Golden Centre for Women’s Rights on July 30th 2020, held a dialogue meeting with key influencers on generating community support towards sexual reproductive health rights and an end to gender based violence among marginalized women in Wakiso.
Nigerian filmmaker Uyaiedu Ikpe-Etim is making history in her new movie Ife, where she focuses on a love story between two lesbians. According to the fil maker, Ife is a Yoruba word meaning love.
This program seeks to help challenged LBQ women to obtain and keep permanent housing, breaking the repetitive cycle of homelessness. Through effective and efficient programs like Hebwa, Hakuna Matata and Advocacy that are carried out at the shelter.