Out & Proud Media Training. Covering Gender and Sexual Minorities
7-8 March 2022, Johannesburg
Journalists need to navigate with care around diversity issues to avoid stirring up intolerance and to provide balanced, inclusive and informed coverage. SADC media tends to sensationalise any stories related…
SADC LGBTIQ+ HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS FORUM
THEME: Building solidarity and a common LGBTIQ+ Agenda for Change
VENUE: Protea Hotel, Marriot, Wanderers, Johannesburg
DATE: 2 to 4 March 2022
Background
The European Union funded…
OUT&PROUD: a photographic exhibition in Senegal
In most African countries, homosexuality is considered a crime.
Since the 1960s homophobia in Senegal has increased dramatically. Intolerance and negative feelings towards homosexual people are becoming a major social scourge and…
OUT&PROUD - Quality journalism needs plural perspectives and stories
A call for journalist reportage in Southern African countries.
LGBTQI+ people “remain largely invisible in African media” and were underrepresented or misrepresented using discriminatory or stereotypical language. These are the main results…