by YQA | Apr 8, 2020 | News
A few days ago, you have been elected to the board of the Young Queer Alliance; an NGO for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer (LGBTQ) people in Mauritius. Tell us more about yourself and how you want to contribute towards the YQA? I am Saarvesh Doorjean, but...
by YQA | Mar 17, 2020 | News
11 March 2020 – The U.S. Department of State issued its annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices – the Human Rights Reports – covering a plethora of rights set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international agreements, inter alia,...
by YQA | Feb 29, 2020 | News
The Muslim Citizen Council addressed a letter (MCC letter to PrimeMinister +Cc) dated 26 February 2020 to the Hon. Prime Minister, other Ministers and some Muslim members of parliament opposing the AfriGay Mauritius 5-days’ vacation happening from 2 to 7 March...
by YQA | Feb 23, 2020 | News
I am really grateful to my boss @RabiyaJaveri for believing in me and for making me part of Pakistan's Government delegation to UN CEDAW. I acknowledge the efforts of my government for mainstreaming the transgender community of Pakistan. ??♥️...
by YQA | Feb 6, 2020 | News
06 February 2020 – Senior law lecturers of the University of Mauritius and the Young Queer Alliance organised a half-day debate on the theme of ‘Minorities Rights in Africa’. The aim of the debate was to allow law students to explore and research the various issues...
by YQA | Nov 27, 2019 | News
Charlie: I-Story My name is Charlie and I was born as a girl. Today I identify myself as a boy. As a young trans person, I had to experience bullying at secondary school. During these days, it was hard for me to be accepted for who I am. When I joined university some...