ILGA World Pre-Conferences: Voices of Unity: Bridging Movements & Celebrating Queer Culture
13th December 2024
ILGA Word, alongside Iranti and Gender DynamiX, are hosting the 2024 ILGA World Conference in Cape Town, South Africa. The ILGA World Pre-Conferences have brought together global advocates to discuss intersectionality, solidarity, and empowerment within LGBTQI movements. From the Women’s, Intersex, Trans and Lesbian Pre-Conferences to a vibrant drag show celebrating queer culture, these events...
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Navigating Global Hurdles: Legal Gender Recognition from Kenya to the USA and Asia-Pacific
13th December 2024
Discussions around Legal Gender Recognition (LGR) illuminated the unique challenges and opportunities from the perspectives of Kenya, the USA and the Asia Pacific region during a side event on LGR at the ILGA World Conference. ILGA Word alongside Iranti and Gender DynamiX are hosting the ILGA World Conference in Cape Town, South Africa. The session...
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Iranti’s Trans Rights Program Officer Participates in the 15th Global AWID Conference in Bangkok, Thailand
5th December 2024
Bangkok, Thailand — December 5, 2024 — Iranti’s Trans Rights Program Officer, Sylvester Kazibwe, actively participated in the 15th Global AWID Conference, held in Bangkok from December 1-5, 2024. The conference, a significant event for feminist and human rights movements, featured a diverse range of discussions focused on gender justice and the rights of marginalized...
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Highs and Hopes: Reflections on the ILGA Conference in Cape Town
28th November 2024
The vibrant city of Cape Town recently played host to the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Intersex Association (ILGA) conference, and it was nothing short of inspiring. Iranti, as local co-hosts (with Gender DynamiX), we are proud to have welcomed people from far and wide. This gathering of activists, advocates, and allies from around...
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South African Pride Takes Over the Streets
20th June 2024
Written by: Mogau Makitla Thirty four years after the Gay & Lesbian Organization of Witwatersrand (GLOW) took to the streets of Johannesburg to host the first Pride march in South Africa, pride continues to roam the streets with community-driven celebrations, events and safe spaces across the country. This landmark event was a steppingstone towards highlighting...
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IRANTI IS HIRING: Programmes Manager
18th June 2024
Reports to the Executive Director Location: South Africa: Johannesburg – Brixton About Us: Iranti is a leading non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting and protecting the human rights of Lesbian and Bisexual women, intersex, trans, gender-diverse, and non-binary persons in Southern Africa. We work tirelessly to advance justice, equality, and dignity for the LBQTI community. Our team is passionate about making a...
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THE ATN IS HIRING: Program Officer
10th June 2024
The African Trans Network (ATN) is recruiting a Programe Officer to manage programs of the organisation. About the ATN The ATN was formed in 2020, with a clear mission is to strengthen the human rights advocacy and networking capacity of Trans movements. The creation of a pan-African transgender network that would be representative of trans-voices...
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THE ATN IS HIRING: Communications Officer
10th June 2024
The African Trans Network (ATN) is recruiting a Communications Officer to manage ATN’s communications and stakeholder engagement. About the ATN The ATN was formed in 2020, with a clear mission is to strengthen the human rights advocacy and networking capacity of Trans movements. The creation of a pan-African transgender network that would be representative of...
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THE ATN IS HIRING: Consultant Regional Coordinator
10th June 2024
The African Trans Network (ATN) is recruiting a consultant regional coordinator to lead the management and operations of the ATN. About the ATN The ATN was formed in 2020, with a clear mission is to strengthen the human rights advocacy and networking capacity of Trans movements. The creation of a pan-African transgender network that would...
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MEET THE TEAM: Siphokazi Nombande
21st May 2024
Say Hello to Iranti’s new Logistics Coordinator, Siphokazi Nombande. Born in the small town of Oudtshoorn in the Western Cape, Siphokazi Nombande had dreams of becoming an accountant. Having started out her career at the finance department of the South African Police Service, she always knew she was good with numbers. It was no surprise...
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PRESS STATEMENT: IDAHOBIT 2024 – Fighting for Equality Despite Regress
17th May 2024
“No one left behind: equality, freedom and justice for all” is this year’s theme as we commemorate International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT). The day commemorates the decision made on the 17th of May 1990 by the World Health Organisation towards the declassification of homosexuality as a mental disorder, thus removing it from...
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VACANCY: MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
29th February 2024
MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER Iranti is looking for a dedicated feminist and experienced media and communications professional, to join our team as Media and Communications Manager. The Media and Communications Manager leads Iranti’s Media and Communications team in overseeing all its internal and external multimedia activities across all media platforms to ensure that messaging is consistent...
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PRESS STATEMENT: Iranti appoints new Executive Director
31st January 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Johannesburg – 31 January 2024 Iranti Board of Directors Announces New Executive Director, Dr Lenstu Nchabeleng The Iranti Board of Directors is thrilled to announce the appointment of Dr Lentsu Nchabeleng (she/They) as the incoming Executive Director of Iranti. Lentsu brings extensive experience in providing strategic leadership, and in-depth technical understanding of...
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MEET THE TEAM: Mogau Makitla
29th January 2024
Iranti’s new junior Media Officer, Mogau Makitla (they/them), hopes to strengthen the organisation’s social and digital media engagement by bringing in creativity and a youth perspective to this work. Mogau initially joined Iranti as the media and communications intern in June 2023, a few months later, at the end of the year, they applied...
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MEET THE TEAM: Matlhogonolo Samsam – LBQ Rights Officer
15th January 2024
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...
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Diary of a proud intersex person
19th October 2023
by Dimakatso ‘Garfield’ Sebidi I am unshakable. I am unstoppable. I am God-fearing. And I am proudly intersex. I was treated differently because I am different. This is because I was born with two genitals. I spent the first six years of my life in and out of Baragwanath –which is now called...
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WEBINAR: Eliminating Harmful Practices against and Promoting Human Rights Protection of Intersex People
11th October 2023
On September 12th, the Equal Rights Coalition (ERC) organised a significant webinar titled Eliminating Harmful Practices against and Promoting Human Rights Protection of Intersex People. This event was part of the ERC’s National Laws and Policies Thematic Group and was held in collaboration with LSVD, the United Nations’ Office of the High Commissioner for Human...
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How to raise a child?
2nd October 2023
by Sazi Jali It is said that there is no manual to raise a child yet there has always been a culture of imposing heteronormative norms and ideas on children. Society is full of toxic and harmful notions about gender that are passed on to generations of children, such as hypermasculinity – which has led...
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Journey to the Dreams of a South African Trans Woman
27th September 2023
By Kat Grey It has always been my dream to be a model, but in chasing this dream I quickly discovered that finding a talent agency as a transgender woman was near impossible because of the stereotypes and prejudiced beliefs about us. Trans women in South Africa are not considered, seen nor treated as real...
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Being a transgender person in corporate
26th September 2023
by Ligavha Murineni During my varsity years, I used social media to follow transgender people in the corporate world, and all their stories made me see my post-varsity life as a nightmare rather than an attainable dream. Despite having been an issue in the corporate space long before my time, the prejudice and discrimination faced...
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