The Kenyan Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i, yesterday 24th March 2021, issued a directive ordering United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) to shut down Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps.
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Two years ago, he founded the Jinja based organization Lived Realities with the aim of creating a safe space for LGBTIQ persons as well as to raise awareness and change societal perceptions.
He also noted the three major goals of KSU which are; to ensure the financial independence of transgender female sex workers through economic empowerment projects, improvement in accessibility to health care services and advocacy for rights and freedoms of transgender female sex workers would not be possible without the guidance of KSU’s partners and allies
TEU also released a press statement highlighting the need for trans women, LBQ women and female sex workers’ right to decision-making in all areas of life, equal pay, equal sharing of unpaid care and domestic work, and end all forms of violence against women in all their diversities and health-care services specially SRHR services that respond to their unique needs.
According to the Global Network for Sex Work Projects, the day’s history goes back to 2001, when over 25,000 sex workers gathered in India for a festival despite efforts from prohibitionist groups who tried to prevent it taking place by pressuring the government to revoke their permit.
The KuchuCare App will provide accessible and friendly health care services specifically tailored for LGBTQ people in just one click in the palm of their hands. Among this will be the ability to find a friendly health facility near you, the ability to find deliverable safe sex consumables and emergency medication as well as the ability to talk to a friendly doctor, counsellor or peer of your choice for health information and psycho-social support.
Just like its name, MEND INITIATIVE is out to mend both livelihoods and societal perspectives about LBTQ women. The organization whose thematic areas of work are digital entrepreneurship, economic empowerment, labour and economic advocacy, vocational training and social wellness also offers scholarships to its beneficiaries.
“As Key Populations, we have collected data but we don’t own it. We want to make sure that each and every stone has been turned as we come together to figure out ways in which we can achieve ownership of the data we collect, put out there and share….,”Brant Luswata shared.
We write to show the community that you are not alone. Further, we hope this statement can help other Ghanaians who feel supportive know that they do not have to be cowed by the violent rhetoric of the government, the press, and the religious sector. The violence directed at the community in the wake of their office launch demonstrates the vitriolic conditions under which queer Ghanaians live and why such a community space is needed.
We understand the euphoria football can bring the passion of being part of a community; shared experiences, the highs, and the lows, all ‘in it’ together. We believe no one should feel excluded from something which connects people in a way nothing else can