CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING
LGBTI Rights in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities
In cooperation with: Representatives Tammy Baldwin, Barney Frank, Jared Polis, and Barbara Lee
Recent developments in Africa have catalyzed progress and highlighted obstacles in the struggle for global equality and access to health services for groups vulnerable to HIV/AIDS. Distinguished panelists from the front lines in Africa will report on the key challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010
1:00-2:30 p.m.
U.S. Capitol Building, Room HC-6
Lunch Provided
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Presenters
Julius Kaggwa from Uganda
Director, Support Initiative for People with atypical sex Development (SIPD)
Sybille Nyeck from Cameroon
Dept. of Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles
Bronwynne Pereira from South Africa
Board of Directors, Forum for the Empowerment of Woment (FEW)
Gift Trapence from Malawi
Executive Director, Center for the Development of People (CEDEP)
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Moderator
Cary Alan Johnson
Executive Director, International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
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