Mauri Balanta Jaramillo (34) is a human rights activist from Columbia. In all of her work – not only as a social scientist and filmmaker but also as director of communications and information management for Casa Cultural El Chontaduro in the eastern part of Cali – she promotes equal rights for different ethnic groups and political emancipation for Black youth, women and LGBTIQ+ people.
Ali Bousselmi (33) is a human rights activist from Tunisia. He is a co-founder and executive director of the Mawjoudin organisation, which promotes equality for LGBTQI+ and other marginalised groups.
Intersex bodies are abused, studied, tested and “corrected”
Julius Kaggwa is an intersex and trans activist in Uganda. He directs the organization “Support Initiative for People with Atypical Sex Development” (SIPD Uganda), which seeks to sustainably change the attitudes toward intersex people. Born in the Kibuye part of Kampala in Uganda, he is a practicing Christian raising four children together with his wife.
Mikhail (Misha) Tumasov (46) is an activist for LGBTQ+ human rights from Russia. He dreamed of becoming a priest. But as a gay man, he was compelled to take another path. Today he works with e.g. the Russian LGBT Network.
Monica Tabengwa (51) is a human-rights activist from Botswana. She grew up with seven siblings and a single mother, became a lawyer and has spent decades working for LGBTIQ+ rights, including with Pan Africa ILGA and Human Rights Watch.
Tash Dowell (35) is a queer human rights activist from Zimbabwe. She was a coordinator for the Masakhane Collective in Zimbabwe until late 2020, and in 2021 began working for the Coalition of African Lesbians. She also participates actively in the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process for the UN.
Listen and read our Podcast “Story Maps” in 2 episodes by Clementine Burnley
For the last two years Europe’s border have slammed open and shut. Conversations revolve around who’s had all their vaccinations and who has not. Positions are hardening. The coronavirus has given Europe’s citizens a taste of how unpredictable the world can turn.
LGBTI Inclusion in Foreign Policy and international development (best practices)
Please note that there is a recording of the HighLevel event “Assisting Human Rights Defenders on the Ground: LGBTI Inclusion in Foreign Policy and international development (best practices)”, from June 29, 2021. Here is the link to the recording.
LGBTI Inclusion in Foreign Policy and international development (best practices)
Am 29. Juni 2021 fand die hochkarätig besetzte (englischsprachige) Online-Veranstaltung „Menschenrechtsverteidiger*innen unterstützen: LSBTI Inklusionsstrategien für die Außenpolitik und Entwicklungszusammenarbeit“ statt. Wer nicht dabei sein konnte, kann die Veranstaltung auf YouTube sehen.
Von Ende April bis noch in den Sommer hinein erschütterte ein Generalstreik gefolgt von einer heftigen Welle von Protesten Kolumbien. Ausgangspunkt war eine geplante Steuerreform, die eine Erhöhung der Mehrwertsteuer beinhaltet hätte. Die hätte vor allem die ärmsten Teile der Bevölkerung belastet, die ohnehin schon um das tägliche Überleben kämpfen müssen und durch die Pandemie und ihre Auflagen noch stärker unter Druck geraten waren. So waren es vor allem diejenigen, die am wenigsten Unterstützung seitens der Regierung erfahren, die die Proteste anführten: schwarze Jugendliche aus den marginalisierten Vierteln der großen Städte, schwarze Frauen und LSBTI.