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DR. SYLVIA TAMALE CONTINUES TO CHALLENGE COLONIALLY ENTRENCHED CULTURE, IDEOLOGIES AND SEXUALITY FROM A FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE

Dr Sylvia Tamale will on Thursday September 24th 2020 be discussing her newest book Decolonization and Afro-Feminism with writer and feminist scholar Charmainne Pereira. The discussion will be hosted by Fironze Manji, from publishing house Daraja Press and it will be live on both YouTube and Facebook.
To follow the discussion, follow these links
https://www.facebook.com/events/752516101987766
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaxz_zZBekE

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COPTEC CONTINUES ENGAGEMENTS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND LOCAL LEADERS IN GREATER MASAKA

According to Ssewanyana Roderick, the Project Coordinator at COPTEC, this initiative was designed under the Key Populations Investiment Fund to raise awareness and understanding of key stakeholders within law enforcement and local government bodies on security risks and impacts of how the law affects the implementation of HIV services to the entire key populations spectrum.

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DIGITAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAB IS HIRING: PART TIME PROJECT MANAGER NEEDED

We’re seeking a part-time project manager (50%) as maternity cover for a project in digital human rights work in Uganda in cooperation with local and international partners. The main goal of the project is to strengthen human rights in Uganda through the effective and innovative use of digital infrastructure and tools as well as to establish a digital mindset in various target groups.

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INTERVIEW: THE LGBT COMMUNITY IN TANZANIA

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Tanzania experience substantial prejudice, discrimination, and violence, which has a significantly negative impact on their well-being, and are being denied their most basic human rights. I talked to three Tanzanian LGBT activists who are themselves members of Tanzania’s LGBT community to learn more about the lives of LGBT people in Tanzania. Lulu is a lesbian woman in her late twenties, Grace is a trans woman in her mid-twenties, and Baraka is a gay man in his mid-thirties