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Welcoming address by video from the Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Justice, Benjamin Strasser, Member of the Bundestag

Benjamin Strasser,
Member of the Bundestag,
Parliamentary State Secretary
at the Federal Ministry of Justice

for the Hirschfeld Eddy Foundation’s online conferenceDo no harm – but do something: Advance international LGBTI project work! 3–4 November 2022

Deutsch
Welcoming adress video (YouTube — German)
Konferenzprogramm
Konferenzdokumentation hier

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UN-Menschenrechtsrat verlängert Mandat des UN-Experten für SOGI

Genf, Juli 2022

UN-Mitschnitt Web TV, Germany Vice-President, Copyright: Sarah Kohrt, Hirschfeld-Eddy Stiftung

23 Ja-Stimmen, sieben Enthaltungen und 17 Nein-Stimmen: mit diesem knappen Ergebnis hat der UN-Menschenrechtsrat in Genf am 7. Juli 2022 das Mandat des UN-Experten gegen Gewalt aufgrund der sexuellen Orientierung und Geschlechtsidentität (SOGI) erneuert.

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Frank Mugisha – Visibility means safety: I’m no longer afraid

Frank Mugisha

Dr. Frank Mugisha (38) is a human rights activist from Uganda and Executive Director of Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) which works for the rights of LGBTIQ+ people. He was born and grew up in Kampala, and was raised a Christian.

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Dédé Oetomo – To build a life in which we can be ourselves, without negative consequences

Dédé Oetomo, Photo by Dedy Andrianto

Dédé Oetomo (68) is known as the godfather of the Indonesian LGBTIQ+ movement. He is a social scientist, AIDS activist, and role model for generations of young Indonesians. For his work as a human rights activist, Oetomo was honoured back in 1998 by the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (today’s OutRight Action International).

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Jean Elie Gasana – Inadequate protection and a lack of respect for our fundamental rights

Jean Elie Gasana

Jean Elie Gasana (43) is a Christian LGBTI activist from Rwanda. A co-founder of the LGBTI organization Other Sheep Rwanda, he works for human rights in his homeland, especially those of LGBTI people in Rwanda and the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Dragana Todorovic – I’m fighting for freedom for my communities, for full equality without compromises …

Dragana Todorovic

Dragana Todorovic (41) is a lesbian feminist activist from Serbia who has been working for human rights and gender equality for more than 20 years. She is the initiator and executive director of the LGBTI Equal Rights Association for Western Balkans and Turkey (ERA).

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José Ignacio López – Because respect and human dignity will ultimately win out

José Ignacio López

José Ignacio López (53) is a human rights and LGBTI activist from Nicaragua. He works for the Red de Desarrollo Sostenible (RDS) organization, which was awarded the Franco-German Prize for Human Rights in 2019

Artikel zu Nicaragua hier

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Cesnabmihilo Dorothy Nuhu-Aken’Ova – My dream is to be president of Nigeria

Cesnabmihilo Dorothy Nuhu-Aken'Ova

Cesnabmihilo Dorothy Nuhu-Aken’Ova (58) is a Nigerian linguist and feminist who began working for women’s, youth and LGBTI rights in her homeland in the mid-1990s. She is the executive director of the International Centre for Sexual Reproductive Rights (INCRESE), which she founded in 2000. Her motivation: “I do not like injustice, and I have zero tolerance for all violations of human rights!”

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Irene Garoës – Her greatest wish: A feminist world

Irene Garoes - Namibia

Irene Garoës is an activist who is passionate about feminist movement building at the community and national level with marginalised groups in Namibia. She leads the lesbian projects of the Women’s Leadership Centre, a feminist women’s rights organisation based in Namibia.

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Lilith Raza – All refugees are entitled to a chance to develop their potential

Lilith Raza

Lilith Raza is a queer trans activist from Pakistan who has lived in Germany since 2012. She promotes the rights of LGBTIQ+ refugees, works for the LSVD’s “Queer Refugees Deutschland” project (Gay and Lesbian Foundation in Germany), and is active in queer networks throughout Europe.