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The African Union Protocol on the Rights of Women: Progress and Pitfalls for LGBT Rights

March 28, 2012 - By Spectra Speaks

The African Union Protocol on the Rights of Women is the first comprehensive legal framework for womenâ€™s rights in Africa that seeks to "improve on the status of African women by bringing about gender equality and eliminating discrimination." Except, it doesn't explicitly name protections for LGBT African women. Moreover, Liberia…

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We Are Not Invisible: 5 African Women Respond to the Kony 2012 Campaign

March 13, 2012 - By Spectra Speaks

I've compiled a list of responses from African women responding to Kony 2012, a controversial campaign launched recently by Invisible Children to raise awareness of child soldiers in Uganda. I'm amplifying their responses because almost overnight, the web became flooded with so much commentary from western media on the erasure…

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Lessons from my Mother: African Women and Feminism

March 9, 2012 - By Spectra Speaks

Growing up in Nigeria, the idea that improving the lives of women was a cause worth fighting for didn't just come from organizations, or brochures, or formal programming; I had strong women around me who constantly put this into practice in the every day, including my own mother.

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Saying No to Media Saviorism, Celebrating Africa’s Resistance

February 2, 2012 - By Spectra Speaks

How about we â€” as global gender justice advocates â€” subvert the idea that women are perpetual victims by covering our collective resistance? How about we cut back on the sensationalism â€” the shock tactics and controversy we once deployed to get mainstream media to pay attention to issues important…

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Kitchen Table Conversations: LGBT African Diaspora Speak on Culture, Queerness, and Media

March 17, 2011 - By Spectra Speaks

In partnership withÂ Women, Action, and the Media (WAM!), I’m hosting aÂ virtual panel that features the perspectives of LGBTQ African Diaspora on African culture, queer identity, and the media. The focus of the panel will in part be driven by pre-submitted questions from listeners, but will also aim to highlight the…

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