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International Day for People of African Descent: Reflections for queer people
The International Day for People of African Descent is commemorated every 31 August 2024, honouring the contributions of the people of the African diaspora. For queer people, commemorating this day is also about recognising the social inequalities which are intertwined and intersectional in the violations of human rights that queer people of African descent face, including in Mauritius.
Expression of Interest : Comparative Analysis for Legal Recognition for trans people in Mauritius
GL, YQA and CAEC are inviting Academics, Legal Practitioners, Law firms and Human Rights Consultancy firms to submit their Expression of Interest for a comparative legal analysis for legal gender recognition for trans people in Mauritius.
Vacancy: Social Worker (Trans empowerment)
Vacancy: The YQA is inviting applications from suitably qualified candidates who wish to be considered as full-time Social Worker (Trans Empowerment) for the organisation starting June 2024.
Vacancy: Community empowerment officer
Vacancy: The YQA is inviting applications from suitably qualified candidates who wish to be considered as Community Empowerment Officer on a full-time basis for the organisation starting February 2024.
Human Rights Day 2023: Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for All
The Young Queer Alliance organised a symposium on the Human Rights Day, celebrated annually on 10 December. The theme of the Human Rights Day this year is “Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for All”, reminding us that every human being is born free and equal in dignity and rights regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.
Mauritius: LGBTQ people no longer criminalised
04 August 2023 is a historic day for the human rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer (LGBTQ) people in Mauritius as we no longer need to live with the constant fear of being criminalised for being LGBTQ. In the cases of Ah-Seek v/s the State of Mauritius and Fokeerbux & Ors. v/s the State of Mauritius in the presence of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Commissioner of Police, the Supreme Court of Mauritius declared “that section 250(1) of the Criminal Code is unconstitutional and violates section 16 of the Constitution in so far as it prohibits consensual acts of sodomy between male adults in private and should accordingly be read so as to exclude such consensual acts from the ambit of section 250(1).”
International Youth Day 2023: Engaging as queer youths
As a queer youth, we have a duty to engage, with broad stakeholders, on different fronts and tackling diverse themes, by acting on our aspirations rather than being bystanders.
IDAHOBIT 2023: Together always, united in diversity
For the Young Queer Alliance, this IDAHOBIT is an opportunistic crossroad of reflection building together and stronger as a strengthened movement through equal partnerships with other Civil Society Organisations, activists, Governments, private sector organisations, religious bodies, diplomatic missions, development partners, donors and Human Rights Institutions locally and internationally in responding to the challenges faced by LGBTQ people in Mauritius. “Together always: United in Diversity,” this is who we are as a Nation!
Homophobia amidst the call for social and political transformation
The social and political transformation of Mauritius would not be a reality if issues like the human rights of LGBTQ people, women representation and participation, equal opportunities, rights of ethnic minorities, economic empowerment of the disadvantaged, the disabled, the conditions of our fellow citizens in Rodrigues and of the Outer Islands, ecological considerations and climate change, freedom of the press, the youth, migration issues and workers rights are not taken on board, altogether.
1,100+ organisations calls upon the United Nations to renew the IE SOGI
Geneva, 16 June 2022 – Over 1,117 civil society organisations from 134 States and Territories delivered a joint global statement calling for the renewal of the mandate of the UN Independent Expert on violence and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI).
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