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Learning from Human Rights Defenders: Life as an LBQ activist in Kenya
February 16, 2018 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
FREE but booking with eventbrite is required
Friday 16 February 2018, 1.00pm
Speaker: Gerald Hayo, Rainbow Women Kenya and Centre for Applied Human Rights
Gerald Hayo works for the rights of lesbian, bi and queer women in the coastal regions of Kenya. In her talk she will discuss the challenges she has faced in her life both personally and professionally as an openly lesbian woman in a conservative culture.
Other lectures in this series include:
- Refugee rights in Egypt
- Ten things about the war in Ukraine you probably didn’t know
- Chhauppadi – a menstrual taboo in rural Nepal
- Shrinking civic space in Sudan
Location: Room AEW/003, Alcuin East Wing, Alcuin College
Admission: is by free ticket only. Please book below.