New report considers LGBTQI+ rights after landmark rulings
A new report considers the ongoing fight to recognise Namibia’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, and intersex (LGBTQI+) community’s constitutional and human rights in the wake of a number of pivotal court cases. Commissioned by the Institute for Public Policy Research and written by independent human rights practitioner Abigail Solomons, ‘Not Yet Uhuru – Gender […] The post New report considers LGBTQI+ rights after landmark rulings appeared first on The Namibian .
A new report considers the ongoing fight to recognise Namibia’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, and intersex (LGBTQI+) community’s constitutional and human rights in the wake of a number of pivotal court cases.
Commissioned by the Institute for Public Policy Research and written by independent human rights practitioner Abigail Solomons, ‘Not Yet Uhuru – Gender and LGBT Rights in Namibia: Opportunities, Gaps and Challenges’ was launched last month.
‘Uhuru’ is the Swahili word for ‘freedom’. The term is embedded in the language of various African liberation struggles. Solomons says the title of the report is a deliberate provocation.
