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Interfaith and Human Rights In West Africa – October 22, 2018

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Interfaith and Human Rights In West Africa

Interfaith Diversity of West Africa invites you to a briefing about Interfaith and Human Rights in West Africa

22 October 2018 at 5:00 PM
Arcus Foundation, 44 West 28th Street 17th Floor,
(between 6th avenue and Broadway) New York, 10001
(Closest trains w/r/1 28th Street)

Davis Mac-Iyalla, executive director of IDNOWA will be giving a talk to highlight the hostile fundamentalism of faith and cultural attitude towards LGBT+ people in West Africa and what IDNOWA has been doing to address the situations and the challenges ahead.

RSVP by email.

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RightsAfrica: Nigeria: 100+ youths face homosexuality charges in court

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Over 100 young persons who were arrested in Asaba, Nigeria, and alleged to be gays and lesbians are now facing homosexuality-related charges in court.

The young persons were all arrested at a birthday party last month at Delta Park Hotel in Asaba, Delta State.

A statement released by the Interfaith Diversity Network of West Africa [IDONWA], a regional network of human rights activists and faith-based individuals who have been actively working on the case, revealed that the network paid for the release of some of the arrested persons and the families of the arrested persons were made to pay substantial sums of money to bail their wards.

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76Crimes: Interfaith activists seek stronger role in fighting AIDS

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Interfaith activists at last week’s anti-AIDS conference in Ivory Coast pushed for an expanded role for progressive faith-based groups in combating HIV and AIDS.

Statement by the Interfaith Diversity Network of West Africa, issued at the 19th session of the ICASA conference, held in Côte d’Ivoire, Dec 4-9, 2017: Continue reading “76Crimes: Interfaith activists seek stronger role in fighting AIDS” →

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WashingtonBlade: First West Africa LGBT-inclusive religious gathering takes place

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An LGBT-inclusive African faith network held its first event late last month.

More than 30 delegates from 10 West African countries gathered in Ghana from Aug. 24-28 for the Interfaith Diversity Network of West Africa’s first-ever interfaith diversity event, which was themed “Building Bridges, Sharing Stories, Creating Hope.”

On Aug. 24, there was an introductory session for delegates to share their personal stories and outreach programs to support their fellow LGBT people. The participants who were from Benin, Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Gambia, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali and Togo told passionate stories of judgment, denial, shame, violence, rape, hatred and pain.

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