Book titled: Queer lawfare in Africa: Legal strategies in contexts of LGBTIQ+ criminalisation and politicisation. (Edited by Adrian Jjuuko, Siri Gloppen, Alan Msosa and Frans Viljoen)

This volume examines queer lawfare processes as they unfold over the past decades in 13 African countries: Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, The Gambia, Uganda, and Zambia. It discusses strategies that activists for LGBTIQ+ equality in Africa deploy to challenge deep seated homophobia and transphobia, as well as the politicisation of LGBTIQ+ issues.

The book focuses on five interlinked questions: How does queer lawfare differ across the African continent? What drives and shapes this phenomenon in its diversity? What is the relationship between pro-queer lawfare and the anti-gay politicisation prevailing on the continent? What are the consequences of lawfare for LGBTIQ+ groups – legally, politically, socially, and regarding health and wellbeing? And under which conditions are lawfare strategies most likely to produce beneficial outcomes for queer communities?

https://www.pulp.up.ac.za/component/edocman/queer-lawfare-in-africa-legal-strategies-in-contexts-of-lgbtiq-criminalisation-and-politicisation

Files

Be the first one to comment


Please log in or sign up to comment.