Togo
Afrique-Arc-En-Ciel
Afrique-Arc-En-Ciel founded in October 23, 2007 is a group of young gay men who advocate for a good access to adequate prevention, treatment, care and support in HIV and AIDS, as well as a social environment free of stigma and discrimination for their development. In order to achieve its objectives, Afrique-Arc-En-Ciel works in partnership with the NGO Medical Aid and Charity (MAC). Afrique-Arc-En-Ciel makes available to the gay public in Lomé, a meeting space and a place for free discussion and prevention where one can address without any taboos the issue on Homosexuality and HIV / AIDS and Human Rights as well.
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President: Scheider K. M. Georges
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Address: Rue de l’Hotel la Fraternité Adido-adin
04 BP 145 Lome 04
Togo
Cote D’Ivoire
Arc En Ciel Plus
Established in July 5 2003, Arc-En-Ciel Plus (AEC +) is Non Governmental Organization that fight against STIs and HIV in the LGBT community and stand against homophobia in Côte d’Ivoire.
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Administrative Contact: GNAO Elvis
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Skype: elvis.gnao
Alternative Ivory Coast
Alternative Ivory Coast is a non-political, non-confessional and non-profit organization founded on the 14th of March, 2010 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Our Organization intends to be a platform of health training and human rights working in planning and implementing programmes and services in terms of HIV/AIDS and adapted to the realities of sexual minorities as well as other populations who interact with them.
Our Mission
- Prevent and sensitize against STI/HIV/AIDS proliferation and support LGBT living with HIV/AIDS
- Fight for the respect of human rights such as the right to access to medical services, to information, to training and education for vulnerable people or victims of discrimination and stigmatization (particularly homosexuals, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender)
- Represent effectively discriminated groups both on national and international level to raise public awareness on issues related their conditions
Our Activities
- Educational talks at the headquarter of the organization
- Group talks
- Thematic talks under specialists’ supervision (of health, nutritionists, etc.)
- Mass outreach activities
- Proximity outreach activities (door to door)
- Prevention activities via internet
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Contact Person: Touré Claver Ningwélé
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Ghana
Centre for Popular Education and Human Rights (CEPEHRG)
CEPEHRG strives for the attainment of equal rights and the removal of all forms of discrimination in all aspects of life for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and same gender loving people in Ghana, West Africa (where same-sex relationships are still criminalized). We strive to inform, educate, counsel and support people in matters relating to law, health (specifically HIV/AIDS in same-sex relationships) and socio-economic wellbeing. Sexual rights are human rights.
CEPEHRG started as a youth and human rights project in 1998 for young people to examine their own specific problems using human rights principles, and to develop a voice and to be heard. Officially registered in March 2003 (charitable registration number DSW/ 2231) to focus on the human rights and the sexual health needs of young people, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT) people living in Ghana.
CEPEHRG now work actively on Human Rights, HIV/AIDS programs and services for LGBT people living in Ghana.
They also have Interactive theatre group which performs interactive theatre performances in schools and communities to create awareness on basic and fundamental human rights of young people including the marginalized.
They are a member of the UNAIDS Technical Working Group (TWG) for most-at-risk populations in Ghana and UNAIDS / UNDP Red Ribbon Award winners for 2008 for offering HIV/AIDS prevention programs and services to the MSM communities in Ghana.
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Contact Person: Mac-Darling Cobbinah
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Address: 1st Quaye Nungua Street
Nungua Barrier, Accra-Ghana
Nigeria
International Center for Advocacy on Right to Health (ICARH)
ICARH, formerly known as Alliance Rights Nigeria (ARN) is an independent research initiative established in the year 1999 for the main purpose of contributing to policy issues/matters affecting the rights of sexual minorities and PLWHA’s in Nigeria, through research, analysis, training, awareness campaign development and advocacy.
The organization was founded to fill a lacuna in the civil society’s landscape and to fulfill a passion so as to contribute to the development needs of the country in the areas of health and social rights, having found that several structures in Nigeria were well out of tune with international acceptable practices, ICARH sought to assist in bringing about a more rapid change in attitude on issues in the concerning social and sexual health matters in the country.
Thus the initial vision was to bring about change in attitude through advocacy, research and training, however after it’s formation, ICARH was to properly examine critical issues in our society relating to MSM, LGBTI, IDU and CSW, and expanded it’s activities to focus not only on these social matters but also to pursue projects aimed to bringing reforms in human rights and HIV/AIDS eradication, awareness, treatment and sensitization as it affects these minorities.
ICARH is also active in providing legal support to its members and is a member of a number of important human rights coalitions including Sexual Minorities Against AIDS in Nigeria (SMAAN)
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The Initiative for Equal Rights (TIER)
The Initiative for Equal Rights (TIER) formally known as TIP is a registered Non-governmental organization in Nigeria. TIER was established in 2007 as a response to the continuous discrimination and marginalization of sexual minorities in health programs such as HIV prevention program and human rights advocacy. On establishment, it envisions a society that is free from discrimination on the grounds of age, gender, tribe and especially sexual orientation and gender identity amongst others. It works to achieve this through education, empowerment and advocacy. TIER’s activities include but not limited to Sexual health programming, skill acquisition programs, capacity building development and legal aid program.
In three years of establishment, TIER has been recognized across Nigeria as an organization that addresses human rights violation on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in the country. In programming towards it vision, TIER currently implements HIV prevention programs amongst Men who have sex with Men (MSM) with implementing agents such as Population Council, Heartland Alliance for Human needs & Human rights and Family Health International. In addition, TIER conducts sensitization training workshops for identified stakeholders such as Human rights Lawyers, Law enforcement agents, Journalists and members of the civil society on the understanding of sexual diversity and human rights.
Although, TIER is based in Nigeria; it is fast becoming regional in focus with the newly launched regional program in Anglo-phone West African countries. This program is specifically aimed at strengthening the institutional capacity of identified human rights organizations in addressing human rights violations perpetuated on the grounds of sexual orientation and identity. TIERs support to these organizations is through administrative and financial support.
It is notable to mention that, TIER has grown tremendously in the last three year of establishment from an organization of $0 annual income to about $60,000 annual income. TIER’s current donors include, Open Society Institute- New York, Astraea Foundation and American Jewish World Service (AJWS). It current staff strength is 16 persons recognizing gender equity and free from discrimination on the grounds of age, HIV status, sexual orientation and gender identity. In recognition of TIER’s work, the United Nation Development Program (UNDP) honored the organization with the 2010 Red Ribbon Award.
In addition to implementing agents on the HIV program mentioned above, TIER enjoys partnership with the following local and international organizations and networks; INCRESE, Legal Defense Assistance Project, Global Rights- Nigeria, Heartland Alliance for Human needs & Human rights- Chicago, Global Equality Network (GEN) and Coalition for the Defense for Sexual Rights in Nigeria to mention few.
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