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CAL Speaks out at The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 54 Session) |
"We need to understand what it means to be heterosexual as well as homosexual, and that our sexualities affect whether we live or die" During this 54th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women on the occasion of the 15+year review of the Beijing Declaration and Platform, the Coalition of African Lesbians (“CAL”) reinforces that: LGBTI rights are human rights, that we are not claiming or asking for “special” or “additional” rights BUT that we call on our African governments to condemn the violence perpetrated against sexual minorities, to refrain from engaging in this violence and to take all measures to ensure the protection of sexual minorities, in particular, lesbian and transgender women subjected to violence. Following are some incidents of some of the violation. RIGHTS TO REDRESS & STATE ACCOUNTABILITY: RESPONDING TO VIOLENCE AGAINST SEXUAL MINORITIES IN AFRICA |
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Denounce the Anti-Homosexuality Bill of 2009 in Uganda |
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The government of Uganda issued an Anti-Homosexuality Bill in October 2009. The Bill is extremely dangerous and draconian, if passed into law it will condemn so called homosexual offenders to life imprisonment and death sentence in some circumstances. |
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