In December 2022, CNN published an investigation linking aid funding from pro-LGBTQI+ Western governments to anti-LGBTQI+ groups in Ghana.
Between 2016 and 2021, reporting by Claire Provost and Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah of CNN found, “at least” $5 million went to Ghanian churches whose leaders are vocally opposed to LGBTQI+ human rights.
Webtalk with Stephanie Leitch, ILGA World, Trindad & Tobago
Most people agree in principle. It’s better not to do harm. What they lack are the details of where, for what reasons and most of all, how can people from large and small NGOs, implementing organizations, the community, migrant organizations and faith-based international organizations with and without project experience, work equitably, sustainably and effectively with highly marginalized and sometimes criminalized LGBTIA people, and the organizations which these people run?
Stonewall UK, RFSL Sweden and the Dignity Network, Canada on the Do No Harm Principle in LGBTQI+ activism
LGBTQI+ communities are some of the most vulnerable in the world, even — or especially — when receiving support from non-governmental organizations. In November 2022, three experts from the field of LGBTQI+ philanthropy and advocacy convened for a virtual panel discussion as part of the Hirschfeld-Eddy Foundation’s “Do No Harm – But Do Something” program, on the second day of a two-day conference. Doug Kerr, Jenny Sundberg, and Leanne MacMillan went through best practices for preserving the safety of queer communities while supporting queer rights and activism.
Register now! 15 Dec., 4 PM CET
Hirschfeld-Eddy-Foundation cordially invites you to an online discussion on a feminist and decolonial approaches to the Do no Harm principle. A critical intervention with Stephanie Leitch from ILGA World, Trinidad and Tobago in conversation with Clementine E. Burnley, writer, facilitator and intersectional feminist trainer.
When? Thursday 15 Dec, 4–4:45 PM CET
Who? Stephanie Leitch, Senior Officer, Decriminalisation project and ILGA regions engagement, ILGA World, Trinidad & Tobago
Moderator: Clementine E. Burnley, writer, facilitator and intersectional feminist trainer
Where? online via Zoom
Nearly one and a half years have passed since the German federal cabinet adopted its “LGBTI Inclusion Strategy for Foreign Policy and Development Cooperation”. The government thereby commits to making the protection of LGBTI rights an integral part of its foreign policy and development cooperation work. The document is viewed as a model on the international stage.
This speech was delivered at the Online conference: “Do no harm – but do something: Advance international LGBTI project work!” held by the Hirschfeld-Eddy-Foundation on 3+4 November 2022 by José Ignacio López, Coordinator, Sustainable Development Network of Nicaragua
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for the Hirschfeld Eddy Foundation’s online conference “Do no harm – but do something: Advance international LGBTI project work!” 3–4 November 2022
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Hirschfeld Eddy Foundation cordially invites you to a networking event with a LGBTIQ human rights defender from Tunis in Berlin on July 8, 2022
Commemorating the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia 2022 in a Webtalk with women´s activists from the Masakhane project and the GIZ Working Group Southern Africa and Lesotho.
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Im Juni 2022 hat Davis-Mac-Iyalla, Geschäftsführer des “Interfaith Diversity Network of West Africa” (IDNOWA) mit einer vierköpfigen Delegation von IDNOWA aus Ghana Berlin besucht und Gespräche mit Vertreter*innen von Politik und Community geführt. Zudem war er bei einer öffentlichen Veranstaltung der Hirschfeld-Eddy-Stiftung zu Gast. Wir veröffentlichen ein Interview mit Davis Mac-Iyalla: Help us amplify our voices through partnerships and direct cooperation.