Geofrey Mashala is the founder of AMKA Empowerment Organization, a community-based group in Tanzania that works on human rights, empowerment and health issues of LGBTIQ people.

Gift Nankhuni directs the Malawi-based Lawyers Forum for Human Rights.

Sexual Minorities Uganda is an umbrella nongovernmental organization based in Kampala, Uganda, that advocates for the protection and promotion of human rights of LGBT Ugandans. Contact Frank.

The Uganda Media Women’s Association is a human rights advocacy and service delivery NGO that helps Ugandan women make informed decisions by providing them access to information on rights. It also fights for the rights of women working in media and counters negative portrayals of women in local media.

The Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum is a nongovernmental organization based in Kampala, Uganda, whose mission is to promote respect and observance of human rights for marginalized groups, including LGBTI people.

Icebreakers Uganda is a nonprofit support organization for LGBT people in Uganda. The group focuses on sexual health, sexual health rights advocacy, community mobilization and HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention for all LGBT people.

The Human Rights Network for Journalists – Uganda works to enhance human rights by defending and building the capacities of journalists in Uganda from its office in Kampala. HRNJ researches, monitors and documents attacks and threats aimed at journalists, as well as abuses of press freedom in Uganda. The organization also offers legal support to journalists […]

The National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission is a Kenyan organization that provides legal aid to advance equality and inclusion of LGBTIQ people. Contact Eric.

Neela Ghoshal is a researcher at Human Rights Watch. She joined HRW’s LGBT Rights Division in 2012 after five years in the Africa Division, where she covered human rights issues in Burundi and Kenya, including political repression, police abuse, justice sector reform and transitional justice. As LGBT rights researcher, Ghoshal is currently conducting research on […]