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by Scott Long “Tests of shame! Till when?” Campaign by the Tunisian group Damj Join the campaign to end forced anal tests in Tunisia. You can start by posting a message of support, or even re-posting this article, on Twitter or Facebook. Paste in the hashtag #لا_لفحوصات_العار (No test of shame!), or #لا_للفصل_230 (No to Article 230!); or […]

‘I am someone, like everyone else’: A story about a migrant sex worker in Johannesburg, South Africa

Photo: Elsa Oliveira, taken at were Sisonke Sex Worker March, held on March 7, 2013, In Johannesburg A story told by Vanessa Klass1 to Elsa Oliveira It was after I gave birth to my daughter in 1999 that I began to work as a sex worker in Hillbrow 2, an inner-city suburb of Johannesburg. I […]

New issue of African Journal of History and Culture

The issue nº 8 brings articles on religion and development. Click here to access it.

This Abortion Rights Billboard Got Taken Down Before Obama Could See It

Reproductive health advocates say they were told Kenyan officials insisted on the removal of the billboard criticizing Obama’s position on a controversial abortion rule. posted on Jul. 24, 2015, at 12:33 p.m. Jina Moore BuzzFeed News World Correspondent A billboard protesting Obama’s strict interpretation of the anti-abortion Helms Amendment was taken down on July 10, […]

Unpacking Malawi Special Law Commission final review’ findings and recommendations on abortion law

The current position of the law is that abortion is illegal in Malawi except where it is performed to save the life of the pregnant woman through a surgical operation. The Special Law Commission (SLC) resolved and agreed that abortion law in Malawi should be liberalized (that is, conditional relaxation of the restrictions) as opposed […]

Colonizing African Values: How the U.S. Christian Right is Transforming Sexual Politics in Africa

Uganda’s infamous 2009 Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which would institute the death penalty for a new and surreal category of offenses dubbed “aggravated homosexuality,” captured international headlines for months. The human rights community and the Obama administration responded forcefully, the bill was tabled, and the story largely receded from U.S. headlines. But as the Rev. Dr. Kapya […]

Statement regarding the arrest of two homosexuals in Rabat – « Aswat »

Aswat Collective has condemned the arrest of two Moroccan homossexuals accused of “Homosexuality ” and “breach of public modesty”. Click here to read the Statement.

Anti-LGBT groups are making inroads across East Africa

Kenyan gay and lesbian organizations demonstrate outside the Nigerian High Commission in Nairobi on February 7, 2014. Simon MainaAFP/Getty Images NAIROBI, Kenya — Two years after Ugandan legislators proposed a law that would condemn active homosexuals to death, a precedent is spreading throughout the region. In Kenya, one political party is now working to do […]

Moroccan Magazine Under Fire for Cover Asking ‘Should We Burn Homosexuals’

Rabat – Weekly magazine Maroc-Hebdo has come under fire after it ran a cover deemed by many as homophobic. The cover depicts two men ‘intimately’ looking at each other in a swimming pool under the headline “Shall we burn homosexuals?” “Sure it’s an individual right. But what about moral and religious values,” the sub-head added. […]

New Texts Out Now: Kenneth M. Cuno, Modernizing Marriage: Family, Ideology, and Law in Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Egypt

Kenneth M. Cuno, Modernizing Marriage: Family, Ideology, and Law in Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Egypt. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2015. Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this book? Kenneth M. Cuno (KC): Actually, I was planning to write a different book. But while researching it in Cairo I had a bit of free time and began exploring […]

Ugandan Lesbian Covers Time: ‘We Are Here to Stay’

A leading Ugandan activist fighting for LGBT rights takes a powerful stance on the cover of Time magazine’s Europe edition. BY SUNNIVIE BRYDUM JUNE 07 2015 5:00 AM ET 37498 In what’s being celebrated as a monumental moment of visibility for Uganda’s beleaguered LGBT community, one of the nation’s leading LGBT activists graces this week’s […]

Mozambique decriminalises same-sex sexual conduct between consenting adults

After decriminalizing abortion last December, Mozambique has once again taken an important step toward sexual rights by decriminalizing same-sexual relations between consenting adults. The change was celebrated by civil society in the African country.