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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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Ugandan LGBT Activists Sue American Evangelist for Inspiring “Kill the Gays” Bill

March 15, 2012 - By Spectra Speaks

Scott Lively is one of three American pastors who visited Uganda in 2009 and whom gay activists accuse of helping draft the original version of Ugandaâ€™s infamous â€œKill The Gaysâ€ bill, which called for the death penalty for LGBT people in the country. So now, Sexual Minorities Uganda, a non-profit…

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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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For Women’s History Month: Writing Our Way Back into History

March 6, 2012 - By Spectra Speaks

In order to address the dearth of women's histories -- our stories, and voices being undocumented, under-valued, and falsely represented without reprimand -- women must begin telling their own stories. We must essentially write our way back into history.

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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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