Growing up in Otse in Botswana, Iranti’s new LBQ Rights officer – Matlhogonolo Samsam, has always had an interest in human rights issues and saw herself growing up to become a diplomat. To her surprise, she found herself working at a rugby club for the first four years of her career. It was only when…
Stand a chance to receive a fully paid scholarship to attend ILGA 2024. This prestigious conference is returning to Africa for the first time in 25 years and we would love to see your faces there! LGBTI activists and human rights defenders in Africa are highly encouraged to apply! A limited number of partial scholarships…
Iranti is looking to appoint a LBQ Officer to join our dynamic and hard working team. We are looking for a fierce feminist who is experienced in and passionate about LBQ women’s rights and human rights as a whole. ABOUT IRANTIIranti is a Johannesburg-based human rights organization, founded in 2012, that advocates for the rights…
Today Iranti joins the rest of the world in celebrating the renewal of the mandate of the Independent Expert on the protection against violence based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. In a crucial vote The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution to renew the mandate of the Independent Expert on sexual orientation…
WE SEEK A CONSULTANT TO PRODUCE CREATIVE IEC MATERIALS Iranti is looking for a Consultant to produce creative and accessible IEC materials for our Margins to Mainstream project, a four-year policy protection project for transgender and intersex (T&I) people aimed at: Influencing policy by strengthening relationships and building collaborative engagement between T&I communities, Civil Society, and Government in South…
CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP: AUGUST 2022 APPLICATION DEADLINE: 15 June 2022 ENGLISH The International Trans Fund (ITF) with support of the European Union is honored to announce its capacity-building workshop for African trans* activists. The workshop aims to provide capacity-building support to Trans and gender-diverse persons from around the African continent in order to give them…
06 MAY 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Gender Dynamix (GDX) and Iranti are excited to announce that we have partnered in a bid to bring the largest global gathering of LGBTIQ changemakers back to the African continent for the first time in 23 years. . Today a joint team from Iranti and Gender Dynamix will present South…
PRESS STATEMENT 14 APRIL 2022 KwaZulu-Natal has been ravaged by heavy rains and flooding over the past few days. The floods have been declared a provincial disaster by the National Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA). Over 300 lives have been lost to date and many more people have been displaced. As with…
PRESS RELEASE 14 APRIL 2022 In October 2021 Iranti announced that its founding Director, Jabu Pereira would step down and exit the organisation. Today we announce the appointment of Nolwazi Tusini, Iranti’s Communications and Media Manager, and Jade Jacobs, Iranti’s Knowledge and Research Manager, as Iranti’s interim Co-Executive Directors. Tusini and Jacobs, both fierce feminists…
6 APRIL 2022 For immediate release Iranti welcomes the Atteridgeville Regional Court’s decision to sentence Getwin Moloto, 30, and Lebohang Makola, 35, to life imprisonment for the hate crime rape of a 19-year-old lesbian woman in 2020. The victim was attacked on 16 December 2020 in Atteridgeville while she was returning home. She was trying…
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