Sub-Saharan Africa: Take Action!

Tools for effective advocacy efforts.

"The change in rhetoric and the reduction in drug prices were the direct consequence of principled, strategic intervention by angry activists." - South African High Court Justice Edwin Cameron, noting that the cost of some combination therapies has now been reduced by 80 percent.
—Africa: Interview with South African High Court Justice Edwin Cameron - Interview

Useful Statistics and Policy Papers

• The Global Forum on MSM and HIV’s Statement Condemning Arrests of Ugandan LGBT AIDS Activists
• LGBT Health and Rights in East Africa: A Snapshot of Successes and Challenges for the Advocacy Community

Local Voices

• Uganda: Shared Stories from the Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender of Uganda 2009 - 2010 (Human Rights Defenders Network) (pdf)
• Zimbabwe: "Fearless" LGBTI activist Keith Goddard has passed away
• Cameroon: Interview with Alice Nkom, human rights lawyer and founder of the Association for the Defense of Homosexuals
• Nigeria: Interview with openly gay activist Rashidi Williams (blog)
• South Africa: Young LGBTI South Africans speak out about how they advance the struggle for their rights
• South Africa: In South Africa, a Justice Delayed Is No Longer Denied: Profile on Justice Edwin Cameron
  

Advocacy Organizations

• Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe
• Alternatives-Cameroun

eForums and Email Groups

• UNAIDS Media and Advocacy Center for Eastern and Southern Africa
• Africa Action

Links

• SAfAIDS: Southern Africa HIV and AIDS Information Dissemination Service