IAM knows that its vision of having LGBTIQ+ people recognised, celebrated, and fully participating in faith communities in South Africa and in the African region is not something that we can accomplish on our own. To truly make an impact requires developing strong South African, regional, and international partnerships. Our impact is multiplied when we work together with like-minded organisations.
In South Africa, IAM partners with organisations and networks to:
- Build strong coalitions of individuals and leaders in Christian faith communities open to change
- Collaborating with interfaith partners to advance change and open dialogue in the wider faith spaces
- Collaborate with civil society partners that work at the intersections of gender and sexual diversity as it intersects with faith and other forms of transformation that seek justice for diverse bodies
- Reflect theoretically with academic partners on the work that IAM does in praxis and seek to move towards more inclusive academic spaces for students and learners.
Some of our South African partnerships include:
- Mainline South African churches (Methodist Church of Southern Africa, the Dutch Reformed Church, the Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa, the Anglican Church of Southern Africa)
- The Ujamaa Centre at UKZN
- UKZN’s School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics
- University of Stellenbosch Faculty of Theology’s Gender Unit (Beyers Naudé Centre for Public Theology)
- Gender Dynamix
- The Triangle Project
- Desmond Tutu Health Foundation
- United Congregational Church
- Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa
- College of the Transfiguration
- Seth Mokitimi Methodist Seminary
- Free Gender
- Queer Faith Collective
- Hate Crimes Working Group
IAM partners with regional networks and organisations that amplify IAM’s work through their pursuit of legislative reform, academic transformation, and inclusive healthcare as it intersects with faith.
Some of our regional partnerships include:
- The People’s Matrix Association
- Centre for the Development of People (CEDEP)
- ZANERELA+
- ZINERELA +
- Interfaith Diversity Network of West Africa (IDNOWA)
- Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuas of Botswanan (LEGABIBO)
- Women’s Alliance for Equality (WAFE)
- All Africa Theological Education by Extension Association (AATEEA)
- Southern Africa Development Community LBQ Network
IAM joins Global network partners in deepening visibility and recognition of LGBTIQ+ people through activist-led transformation across various themes and disciplines.
Some of our global partnerships include:
- Global Interfaith Network for People of all Sexes, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identitites and Expressions (GIN SSOGIE)
- The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA)
- Pan-African ILGA
- The LGBTI Global Coalition Working Group
- ILGA
- Rainbow Pilgrims of Faith
- ACT Church of Sweden
IAM IS GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT IT HAS RECEIVED FROM IT’S CURRENT AND PAST DONORS
