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IAM Regional Partners Profile: SPREC Uganda

by IAM | May 6, 2019 | Impact, Reflections, Regional partnerships

In Uganda, like in many countries, LGBTI people are often not accepted and their human rights are not respected. The negativity has been more entrenched in Uganda, with state sanctioned discrimination of LGBTI people enshrined in the 2014 Anti-Homosexuality Act (or...

Laying the foundations for change

by IAM | Apr 16, 2019 | Impact, Reflections

IAM’s work with the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) and role in the recent landmark court case The Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) is one of the many denominations within Southern- and Eastern Africa that IAM has lobbied with and with whom we have done intensive advocacy work...

LGBTI persecution in Zimbabwe – Hillary Mugari’s story

by IAM | Jan 31, 2019 | Reflections

Throughout the African continent, LGBTI individuals face harsh realities of persecution, discrimination and often violence. In many instances, the church itself is complicit in the injustice, and doesn’t provide any solace or support. As an organization known for its...

Gogos share a message of inclusion and diversity in South Africa

by IAM | Jan 14, 2019 | Reflections

At 76-years old, Lizzie Venfolo is an perhaps unlikely champion of LGBTI rights in her Nyanga community in South Africa. Yet she has become a vocal advocate, reaching out to other grandmothers and mothers and the community at large about the importance of accepting...

IAM’s Wheel of Change Unpacked

by IAM | Sep 28, 2018 | Impact, Reflections

Since its inception in 1995, IAM has learned through trial and error that there is a way to create change around a contentious and controversial issue like homosexuality within faith communities in Africa. To capture that work, IAM developed a theory of change that is...