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Posted on March 14, 2024
By Abdiweli Shariff Ali, GBV and Protection Project Coordinator, Gargaar Relief and Development Organization (GREDO)
Abdullahi Abukar, Senior Protection Officer, conducting Awareness campaign about rights, prevention of sexual exploitation, and how to report incidents. Photo: GREDO
Somalis are one of the tremendous patriarchal societies in horn of African, where men control the power unconditionally and women has no gentle space of participation and decision-making roles except the roles as providers of basic needs and childcaring and nurturing children, and experience sexual gender base violence (GBV) and discrimination.
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Posted on March 12, 2024
By Kika Chatterjee, Stephanie Green Benn, and Alia Nitake, APCO Impact
Tegan and Sara announce the launch of the Tegan and Sara Foundation at the inaugural convening of LGBTQ+ leaders and experts in 2016. Photo: APCO Impact
Navigating healthcare can often be an intimidating experience for many of us. The clinical environment, the impersonal interactions, and the uncertainty about whether our needs will be understood and respected can make even routine visits daunting. But for members of the LGBTQ+ community, particularly those who have historically faced exclusion and discrimination, accessing healthcare can be more than just nerve-wracking – it can be traumatic. Shockingly, studies have shown that 56% of LGBTQ+ individuals report experiencing discrimination from their healthcare providers, with over 25% of transgender patients being refused medical care (Lambda Legal).
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Posted on March 11, 2024
In a community that prizes unity, Passing on the Gift inspires unbreakable bonds.
Written by Alyssa Cogan and Oumar Diouk
Photographs by Alyssa Cogan and Sylvain Cherkoui
Originally published as part of Heifer International’s Strength in Sisterhood digital collection.
Members of the Saloum Corn Producers Association in Senegal mid-celebration, before a Passing on the Gift ceremony begins.
Women file into the shade of a white canopy one after another, their colorful stream of vibrant dresses and moussour headwraps a welcome contradiction to the parched, beige landscape behind them.
Undaunted by the wind kicking up angry plumes of dust, they clap and dance to a boombox that’s working overtime, laughing and nudging each other to assume position at the front of the group, in the spotlight.
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