The Sexual Orientation Gender Identity and Expression (SOGIE) Unit of the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria (UP), in collaboration with the Kingdom of the Netherlands Embassy in Pretoria, is currently hosting the 2018 Training Workshop on Strategic Advocacy and Litigation for LGBTI Human Rights Defenders and Activists.

The workshop started on Monday, 16 October, and will run until Thursday, 19 October 2017. In attendance are LGBTI human rights defenders from the legal, health, civil society and other sectors across the African continent. The participants are trained in the use of several advocacy strategies, including faith-based, disruptive and prison advocacy, as well as strategic litigation at national level, and how to use the UN and African regional human rights system for the advancement of LGBTI human rights.

Particpants at the Training Workshop on Strategic Advocacy and Litigation for LGBTI Human Rights Defenders