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Reimagining SDG #4: Quality Education from a Youth Perspective
2022-02-10 13:00 - 14:30 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
Join us for a panel where we discuss SDG 4, Quality Education, from a Youth Perspective. This #IDW2022, hear from Chantal Peng, Mick Jefferies, and Caleigh Wong on how we can reimagine quality education on Thursday, February 10th, 2022 at 2 pm.
SDG 4 ensures inclusive, equitable quality education and promotes life-long learning opportunities for all. The pandemic has exposed how quality education does not always fit a traditional education model. From peer-to-peer and hands-on learning to emphasizing traditional knowledge and lived experiences: the possibilities are endless when youth voices are amplified to reimagine education.
Join ACIC youth participants, from past and current programs, as they discuss the role youth voices play in reimagining education and share their experiences, visions, and hopes.
Register now: http://ow.ly/cQff50HIT2W

Solidarity with Afghan School Girls: Defending the right to education during and after the crisis in Afghanistan
2022-02-10 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Vancouver) | Virtual, Canada
Join BCCIC member organization Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan (CW4WAfghan) to learn about the realities facing adolescent girls in the context of the current humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. Their human rights, specifically the right to education, have been taken from them, and global response from civil society organizations and Canadians alike is required to provide the support and solidarity they now need.
The webinar will cover the importance of education in emergencies and why access to quality, gender equitable education is more important now than ever before. It will amplify experiences from grassroots leaders in Afghanistan responding to girls’ education needs, and the actions Canadian youth have taken in solidarity with adolescent girls in Afghanistan. CW4WAfghan will also share advocacy tools and practical ideas for activists and allies to take up in their communities and networks.
Register here.

Bending the Arc Screening
2022-02-09 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
Get your popcorn ready: In celebration of International Development Week 2022, Partners In Health Canada is screening the all-time favourite global health and social justice film, Bending the Arc!
Join us via Zoom on Wednesday, February 9th at 7.00 pm EST/4.00 pm PST to watch the film, followed by a discussion with PIH Canada staff and PIHers near and far on how Partners In Health’s experience over the past three decades is relevant to challenges we’re facing today. Register now to reserve your spot and get access to the zoom event.
Decades before they joined the fight against COVID-19, and long before they helped battle Ebola in West Africa, Dr. Paul Farmer, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, and Ophelia Dahl—all barely out of their teens at the time—began a movement that would change global health forever by co-founding Partners In Health. Bending the Arc tells their story.

Teaching the SDGs through Art – Goal #6: Clean Water & Sanitation
2022-02-09 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
Aga Khan Foundation Canada, in partnership with Aga Khan Museum, offers this free professional development workshop for educators who are interested in teaching about global citizenship and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through the lens of art.
In addition to imparting arts education teaching strategies, educators will leave with a comprehensive lesson plan containing easy-to-use activities that focus on Goal #6: Clean Water and Sanitation.
Cet atelier se tiendra également en français le 10 février. Plus de détails ici.

Cooperation Canada Awards 2021
2022-02-09 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
Each year Cooperation Canada recognizes outstanding individuals and projects in the sector with three awards, the Karen Takacs Award for women’s leadership, the organizational and individual Innovation and Impact Awards in honour of Lewis Perinbam (in partnership with WUSC and the trustees of the Lewis Perinbam Award)
Join us and celebrate with the Awardees on February 9, 2022 at 4:00pm.

Free Webinar: What is CoLMEAL?
2022-02-09 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
Salanga has been partnering with Global Affairs Canada (GAC) and ADRA Canada to innovate on Community-Led Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (CoLMEAL). We have been piloting this approach in countries in Africa and Asia, including fragile and vulnerable contexts, by building the capacity of community change agents to develop, implement, monitor and evaluate their own theories of change to achieve sustainable changes in well-being.
Click here to join Salanga and ADRA Canada for a free webinar during International Development Week on What is CoLMEAL?
The Context
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) #16 calls for building participatory, effective, accountable institutions “at all levels”. In order to ensure the SDGs are sustainable, the people who are most affected by their community’s development should be drivers of their change. Thus any information gathered should first be owned and used by those who are impacted the most. New ways of working are needed to support the decolonization of development, including monitoring and evaluation. Frameworks and tools that support true participation, grassroots innovation, and empowerment of vulnerable communities will help to catalyze this process.
Facilitated by:
Elaine Stavnitzky is a Program & CoLMEAL Advisor at Salanga. She is passionate about CoLMEAL and has been instrumental in the development of the CoLMEAL approach. She is an experienced leader, having implemented a wide range of complex strategic, programmatic and quality assurance processes to support leadership, staff, communities and children in international development and humanitarian aid programs since 2002. The nexus of her passion, skills, and value is in empowering communities to understand and monitor the change they seek to actualize. She is ever ready to apply her energy and enthusiasm to support organizations in strengthening systems that ensure people have right-sized information to trigger change making decisions. She loves experiencing with others the “a-ha” moment that tips the balance for transformation at the individual, community and/or systems level.
Introductions by:
Analynn Bruce is the Development Program Director at ADRA Canada and has spearheaded the piloting and integration of CoLMEAL in ADRA’s GAC-funded projects in Africa and Asia.
Jakub Nemec is the founder of Salanga and passionate about supporting organizations to shift the power dynamic in MEAL and empower communities with the tools to measure success on their own terms.

Virtual panel: Promising Solutions and Lessons in Addressing Irregular Migration of Children in Central America and Mexico
2022-02-09 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
On February 9, 2022, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Children Believe is holding a virtual panel to explore the ongoing issue of irregular migration in Central America and Mexico. This event is being held as part of Canada’s International Development Week activities. The focus of the panel will be irregular migration and the methods and success of the Preventing Irregular Migration in Mexico and Central America project. Learn about the issue and what can be done to continue this work with experts in the international development sector. Visit this link to register.

Peace Talk: Virtual Panel - Climate Migrants and Global Climate Exodus
2022-02-08 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
The Canadian International Development Agency (now Global Affairs Canada) has recognized and planned events for “International Development Week” (IDW) annually in February since 1990. To mark IDW 2022, the university’s Peace and Reconciliation Centre (PARC), and several academic programs (Global Development Studies, Criminology, and Environmental Studies) will host a virtual panel event focusing on climate migrants, and global and Canadian implications and responses. The event will be moderated by Dr. Geetanjali Gill, Assistant Professor and Co-Chair, Global Development Studies Program, and PARC Commitment Leader for the Community of Practice on Refugee Crises and Experiences.
Click here to register.

Défis et solutions dans les pays du Sud en matière de santé et éducation en contexte de pandémie
2022-02-08 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
Deux ans après le début de la pandémie : quels sont les impacts au niveau de la santé et de l’éducation en Amérique latine et en Afrique francophone?
Objectifs du webinaire

Mieux comprendre la conjoncture actuelle, notamment les impacts de la COVID-19 en matière de santé et d’éducation sur les populations marginalisées en Amérique latine et en Afrique francophone.
Offrir un espace de réflexion et de dialogue aux actrices et acteurs du domaine de la solidarité internationale, notamment des représentant-e-s d’organismes de la société civile situés à l’extérieur du Canada.

Webinaire gratuit et ouvert au public. Cet événement se déroule dans le cadre de la Semaine du développement international (SDI). #SDI2022 et #VisezLesObjectifs
Pour s’inscrire: cliquez ici
Panélistes
Annie Bodmer-Roy
UNICEF Canada
Directrice aux politiques et programmes internationaux
Hilda Prieto (Bolivie)
Fundación Wiñay Intercultural
Coordonnatrice en chef
Elie Tusikilizane (République démocratique du Congo)
Caritas Développement Goma
Coordonnateur de projets

Gender Transformative Programming in Health: Experiences in Engaging Men and Faith Leaders
2022-02-07 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
Join CanWaCH’s Gender Equality Working Group on Monday, February 7 from 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. EST to dive into the experiences of three organizations sharing lessons learned on gender transformative programming in the health sector.
Speakers will highlight several approaches with a specific focus on engaging men/boys and faith/traditional leaders as critical actors in transforming harmful gender norms and promoting positive masculinities.
Plan International Canada, World Renew and World Vision Canada will each share case studies of these approaches in action – what was learned and what led to success. The format will be conversational and there will be time for Q&A. Please note that due to the interactive nature of this workshop it will take place in English only.

International Development Week 2022: #GoForTheGoals
2022-02-06 - 2022-02-12
International Development Week (IDW) 2022 will take place from February 6 to 12! This year’s #GoForTheGoals theme calls Canadians to support the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) throughout the year. The week will focus on five subthemes: Gender equality (Monday), Health (Tuesday), Economic Resilience (Wednesday), Education (Thursday) and Climate Action (Friday).
Join the conversation by using the #GoForTheGoals and #IDW2022 hashtags across social media. Showcase your organization’s accomplishments and impact by sharing your work through our CanWaCH Impact Series.
Hosting an IDW event or looking to amplify your work on CanWaCH channels? E-mail CanWaCH’s Communications Assistant, Biko Mwalagho.

International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
2022-02-06
Female genital mutilation (FGM) comprises all procedures that involve altering or injuring the female genitalia for non-medical reasons and is recognized internationally as a violation of the human rights, the health and the integrity of girls and women.
Girls who undergo female genital mutilation face short-term complications such as severe pain, shock, excessive bleeding, infections, and difficulty in passing urine, as well as long-term consequences for their sexual and reproductive health and mental health.
Although primarily concentrated in 30 countries in Africa and the Middle East, female genital mutilation is a universal problem and is also practiced in some countries in Asia and Latin America. Female genital mutilation continues to persist amongst immigrant populations living in Western Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand.
To promote the elimination of female genital mutilation, coordinated and systematic efforts are needed, and they must engage whole communities and focus on human rights, gender equality, sexual education and attention to the needs of women and girls who suffer from its consequences.

Cancer Care in Rwanda: Saving Lives and Redefining What’s Possible
2022-02-04 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
On World Cancer Day, February 4th at 12 p.m. EST/9 a.m. PST, join the Partners In Health Board of Trustees for a wide-ranging discussion on PIH’s work to bring high-quality cancer care to patients in Rwanda.
Dr. Joel Mubiligi, executive director of Inshuti Mu Buzima (as PIH is known in Rwanda); Dr. Cyprien Shyirambere, Butaro district program director at Inshuti Mu Buzima; and Dr. Lawrence Shulman, PIH trustee and director of University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Global Cancer Medicine will share stories, updates, and our vision for the future of this vital work, including the Butaro Cancer Center of Excellence, and how, side-by-side with local communities, we’re redefining what’s possible for cancer care in Rwanda.

Meeting our Minister
2022-02-03 15:30 - 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
You are cordially invited to an introductory meeting with the Honourable Harjit Sajjan, Minister for International Development. This session is being jointly organized by a Coalition of Coalitions working in the international cooperation sector: the Canadian Association for International Development Professionals (CAIDP), Canadian Partnership for Women and Children’s Health (CanWaCH), Climate Action Network (CAN-Rac), Cooperation Canada, Dignity Network and the Inter-Council Network (ICN), in partnership with Global Affairs Canada.
This meeting is an opportunity for staff and volunteers from the Canadian international cooperation sector to meet Minister Sajjan and to hear from him directly on his views and his mandate, as well as for the minister to engage in direct dialogue with important sector actors representing a broad range of stakeholders, on their priorities and advice for him at the start of his mandate.

Haitian Women at the Forefront of Community Solutions and Locally-led Change
2022-02-03 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
In this panel, speakers will share insights on how community-led and grassroots solutions are transforming communities in Haiti, and will build upon the conversation between leaders from Rayjon Share Care Canada, Rayjon Share Care Haiti, and the Haitian Women’s Federation in OCIC’s ‘Tapestry 2030’ podcast and illustration series, Season 1 (available at ocic.on.ca), focusing on how grassroots actors, particularly women, are the drivers of sustainable change.
Interpretation Languages: English/Haitian Creole

Maintaining the Gains – People, Projects and Partnership in the Time of COVID-19
2022-02-03 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
This session is organized and led by the Primate’s World Development and Relief Fund

For the past two years, PWRDF, together with its partners in Burundi, Mozambique, Rwanda, and Tanzania, and with support from Global Affairs Canada (GAC), has carried out two one-year projects that have responded to the COVID-19 global pandemic. Designed to maintain the gains achieved through the four-year GAC-funded, ‘All Mothers and Children Count’ (AMCC) program, these projects have supported vital COVID-19-related work. In this panel PWRDF’s Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator, Bart Dickinson, together with partners from Village Health Works, Burundi; the Diocese of Masasi, Tanzania; and EHALE, Mozambique, will explore the impacts of COVID-19 through the data they have gathered and through real-life experiences on the ground. They will discuss how this has both made possible new work, and challenged existing ways of working. And they will explore how COVID has changed the ways it has impacted how we live out our partnerships.

Feminist Approaches to 'Localization'
2022-02-03 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
Oxfam Canada is on a journey to apply a feminist approach to all its work – both in terms of outcomes and ways of working. Applying feminist principles requires us to rethink current ways of working in the international aid sector. This session will unpack how ‘localization’ is part and parcel of an intersectional feminist approach. Drawing on its interviews with local women’s rights actors working across the humanitarian-development-peace nexus, and on its experience supporting the leadership of local women’s rights organizations in its international programming, Oxfam will share reflections and lessons learned on this crucial topic.

Teaching the SDGs through Art – Goal #5: Gender Equality
2022-02-02 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
Aga Khan Foundation Canada, in partnership with Aga Khan Museum, offers this free professional development workshop for educators who are interested in teaching about global citizenship and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through the lens of art.
In addition to imparting arts education teaching strategies, educators will leave with a comprehensive lesson plan containing easy-to-use activities that focus on Goal #5: Gender Equality.
Cet atelier se tiendra également en français le 3 février. Plus de détails ici.

‘Localizing’ Food Systems
2022-02-02 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
This panel brings together different perspectives around the ‘localization’ of food systems, food justice, and ending hunger. We will explore grassroots initiatives from an Indigenous perspective, what it might mean to ‘decolonize aid’, and how community-led approaches are used by organizations working to end hunger in Argentina, Canada and internationally.
Interpretation Languages: English/French/Spanish

Exploring the OECD DAC Recommendation on Enabling Civil Society
2022-02-02 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
This panel brings together high-level experts, policy makers, policy analysts and other professionals for a conversation around the OECD DAC Recommendation on Enabling Civil Society, approved by OECD Development Assistance Committee members, including Canada, in July 2021. The panel intends to share the nature and content of this Recommendation, its significance for small and medium-sized organizations (SMOs), how SMOs can advocate for changes in Global Affairs Canada (GAC)’s support for civil society through the Recommendation, and the opportunities for improving conditions facing civil society from a global south perspective.
Interpretation Languages: English/French

Teaching the SDGs through Art – Goal #3: Good Health & Well-being
2022-01-27 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
Aga Khan Foundation Canada, in partnership with Aga Khan Museum, offers this free professional development workshop for educators who are interested in teaching about global citizenship and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through the lens of art.
In addition to imparting arts education teaching strategies, educators will leave with a comprehensive lesson plan containing easy-to-use activities that focus on Goal #3: Good Health and Well-being.
Cet atelier se tiendra également en français le 27 janvier. Plus de détails ici.

Nutrition Financing Week
2022-01-24 08:00 - 2022-01-27 10:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
The Tokyo “N4G” Summit in December 2021 brought together 45 countries and a dozen donors and partners as well as private sector, civil society groups and academia to deliver policy and financial commitments to end malnutrition. More than US$27 billion was pledged, along with the commitment of delivering more effective and sustainable financing actions for nutrition. To achieve nutrition targets and leave no one behind, countries and the global community will also need to strengthen accountability for nutrition actions and results.
To support stakeholders in translating their commitments to concrete action, the World Bank, the Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents (GFF), World Health Organization (WHO), and Results for Development (R4D) are hosting the Nutrition Financing week: a series of virtual N4G side events from January 24-27, 2022.
After a kick-off event that will lay out emerging issues and initiatives on nutrition financing, participants will take a deep dive into key actions and strategies that can be undertaken to strengthen nutrition financing and accountability mechanisms that can maximize results. The series of events include:

January 24, 8.00-9.30am EST: Webinar 1 – Leading by Example: A Conversation on How to Achieve N4G Financing Goals
January 25, 8.00-9.30 am EST: Webinar 2 – Optimizing Health Financing Levers for Nutrition: Commitment to Action
January 26, 7.00–8.30 am EST: Webinar 3 – The Fizzy Potential of Fiscal Policies for Nutrition: How Taxes and Other Tools Can Encourage Healthy Diets
January 26, 9.00–10.30 am: Webinar 4 – Allocative Efficiency Analysis for More Nutrition for the Money: Country Experiences with Optima Nutrition
January 27, 7.30–9.00 am EST: Webinar 5a – Nutrition-Responsive Public Financial Management: Strengthening Financing and Accountability for Results
January 27, 9:15–10:00 am EST: Webinar 5b – Making the N4G Financing Goals a Reality: Translating Commitment to Action

To attend one or more webinars, please register by Tuesday, January 18, 2022.

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International Day of Education
2022-01-24
Education is a human right, a public good and a public responsibility.
The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 24 January as International Day of Education, in celebration of the role of education for peace and development.
Without inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong opportunities for all, countries will not succeed in achieving gender equality and breaking the cycle of poverty that is leaving millions of children, youth and adults behind.

International Day of Women and Girls in Science
2022-01-11
Science and gender equality are both vital for the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Over the past 15 years, the global community has made a lot of effort in inspiring and engaging women and girls in science. Yet women and girls continue to be excluded from participating fully in science.
At present, less than 30 per cent of researchers worldwide are women. According to UNESCO data (2014 – 2016), only around 30 per cent of all female students select STEM-related fields in higher education. Globally, female students’ enrolment is particularly low in ICT (3 per cent), natural science, mathematics and statistics (5 per cent) and in engineering, manufacturing and construction (8 per cent).
Long-standing biases and gender stereotypes are steering girls and women away from science related fields. As in the real world, the world on screen reflects similar biases—the 2015 Gender Bias Without Borders study by the Geena Davis Institute showed that of the onscreen characters with an identifiable STEM job, only 12 per cent were women.
In order to achieve full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls, and further achieve gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution A/RES/70/212 declaring 11 February as the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.

International Migrants Day
2021-12-18
Throughout human history, migration has been a courageous expression of the individual’s will to overcome adversity and to live a better life. Today, globalization, together with advances in communications and transportation, has greatly increased the number of people, who have the desire and the capacity to move to other places.
This new era has created challenges and opportunities for societies throughout the world. It also has served to underscore the clear linkage between migration and development, as well as the opportunities it provides for co-development, that is, the concerted improvement of economic and social conditions at both origin and destination.
Migration draws increasing attention in the world nowadays. Mixed with elements of unforeseeability, emergency, and complexity, the challenges and difficulties of international migration require enhanced cooperation and collective action among countries and regions. The United Nations is actively playing a catalyst role in this area, with the aim of creating more dialogues and interactions within countries and regions, as well as propelling experience exchange and collaboration opportunities.

ENRICH Impact Event
2021-12-16 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
A look back on 6-years of impact through the ENRICH:1000 Day Journey partnership
Join us to Celebrate the ENRICH: 1000 Day Journey program.
This is a Global Affairs Canada flagship partnership led by World Vision Canada that aimed to improve the health and nutrition of women, newborns and children, and gender equality in undeserved and remote regions of Bangladesh, Kenya, Myanmar, and Tanzania.
From 2016 to 2021, World Vision Canada and its partners have worked with communities to implement gender transformative programming that has sparked real change, built on local knowledge and inspired real action.
Join us and learn about the project’s accomplishments and lessons learned as we look to the future of maternal and child nutrition in the Global South.
Speakers will include representatives from Global Affairs Canada, The University of Toronto, HarvestPlus, Nutrition International, as well as World Vision.

The Canadian Launch of the GlobalChild Platform
2021-12-13 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
Join us on December the 13th for the celebration of Canada’s 30th anniversary of the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child by launching the GlobalChild Platform! The event will be held via webinar and your registration here ensures you will receive access to the virtual event.
About GlobalChild
We are a group of child development and child rights researchers, advocates and experts from Canada and across the globe working under the auspices of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. We have created a comprehensive, bilingual, electronic monitoring tool called GlobalChild that can:

Provide evidence and data to inform the decisions of politicians, policymakers and researchers on issues related to children
Track the progress made in existing policies and programs that support child health and development
Ensure government accountability to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

For more information on the GlobalChild platform, please contact us at globalchild@unb.ca or visit our website!

CREA Alumni Talks: Bring People In
2021-12-10 07:30 - 09:00 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
This Human Rights Day, CREA Institute alumni from around the world will gather to discuss their campaigns for inclusion over the last year, in the wake of a global pandemic. They will share lessons learned and talk about ways in which they are practicing inclusion in their own work.
We invite you to join us on Friday, 10 December 2021 from 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM IST (7:30 AM – 9:00 AM EST) for a virtual discussion around CREA alumni work to “Bring People In.”
Join us to dialogue, learn, and share your own lessons on inclusion!
Our speakers –
– Tehani Ariyaratne, Chief Operations Officer of Fearless Collective, and feminist researcher working in South Asia
– Minerva Valenzuela, Mexican actress and writer of cabaret shows, and a member of the sex workers’ movement
– Johannah-Rae Reyes, Social Media Manager at WOMANTRA, in Trinidad and Tobago, working at the intersection of disability and LGBTIQ+ rights
– Manjula Pradeep, Dalit women’s rights activist and founder of WAYVE foundation for the leadership of marginalized women and young people in India
– Valentina Vargas Ricca, activist for the rights of women with disabilities, and co-founder of Guatemala’s first collective of women with disabilities and allies
The event is open to all but pre-registration is required. Zoom details will be shared with you once you have signed up!
The event will be conducted primarily in English. Closed captioning in English, and Hindi and Spanish language interpretation will be provided. Kenyan and Indian Sign Language interpretation will also be available. Additional preferences can be indicated during registration.
Please email subha@creaworld.org if you have any questions, or if you cannot access the sign-up form.

Democracy for Human Rights through CEDAW
2021-12-09 11:00 - 13:30 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
On Thursday, 9 December, NGO CSW/NY will be hosting an official side event of The Summit for Democracy convened by the U.S. Department of State, Democracy for Human Rights Through CEDAW. The interactive panel will bring together human rights experts, political leaders, and grass-roots women’s groups to showcase a Cities for CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women) campaign.

SLF Pride Talks: Safety at Home for LGBTIQ Communities in sub-Saharan Africa
2021-12-09 11:00 - 12:30 (America/Toronto) | Virtual, Canada
In Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Kenya, as well as in many countries around the world, LGBTIQ people face discrimination and violence from their governments, communities, and families. While some LGBTIQ activists must flee for their safety, most continue to live and work in their home countries and communities.
Join us on December 9,at 11 a.m. EST in honour of Human Rights Day for our third installment of the SLF Pride Talks. You will have the opportunity to hear first-hand from the leaders of two vital community-based organizations in DRC and Kenya that are working to create safety at home for LGBTIQ individuals.
The event will also feature a short video that will highlight how:
– Bridge Initiative Organization in Tanzania reunites families by leading peer-to-peer conversations between parents of LGBTIQ community members
– Tamba Pwani in Kenya creates affirming and inclusive health care by training health care workers
– Rainbow Sunrise Mapambazuko’s friendship centre in Democratic Republic of the Congo gives LGBTIQ individuals a place to gather and connect without needing to hide who they are
and more!
Partners in Pride
The Stephen Lewis Foundation Partners in Pride campaign is a global solidarity movement that mobilizes funds for grassroots LGBTIQ organizations in five central and east African countries.
These organizations build hope and solidarity among LGBTIQ individuals while providing health care, legal services, counselling, and support. They champion human rights; ensure access to inclusive HIV services; and fight for a safer, freer, and more equal future for LGBTIQ communities, often in the face of violent homophobia, legally entrenched discrimination, and political and social persecution.
For more information about Partners in Pride, please contact:
slfpride@stephenlewisfoundation.org
www.stephenlewisfoundation.org/partners-in-pride
