Monica_Tabengwa

Monica Tabengwa

Monica Tabengwa

Lawyer and researcher on LGBTIQ issues

Monica Tabengwa is a lawyer and researcher from Botswana who works for Pan-Africa ILGA[1] and Human Rights Watch (HRW). She is a specialist on LGBT issues in sub-Saharan Africa.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Tabengwa has written on violence and discrimination faced by LGBT people in sub-Saharan Africa.[9][10]

Tabengwa is a member of the drafting committee and a signatory of the Yogyakarta Principles plus 10.[11]

Selected bibliography

  • Ghoshal, Neela; Tabengwa, Monica (2015), The Issue is Violence : Attacks on LGBT People on Kenya's Coast, Human Rights Watch
  • Tabengwa, Monica (2013), "It's nature, not a crime" : discriminatory laws and LGBT people in Liberia, Human Rights Watch, ISBN 9781623130787
  • Tabengwa, Monica & Nicol, Nancy (2013). "The development of sexual rights and the LGBT movement in Botswana" (PDF). In Lennox, Corinne (ed.). Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in The Commonwealth: Struggles for Decriminalisation and Change. School of Advanced Study, University of London. pp. 352–362.

References

  1. [1]
    Yogyakarta Principles plus 10
  2. [2]
    "Being Tolerant Is African, Too!", Human Rights Watch, 2012-04-17, retrieved 2018-06-11
  3. [3]
    Urquhart, Evan (2014-04-28), "LGBTQ Americans Need to Change Our Ways if We Really Want to Help Gay Africans", Slate, ISSN 1091-2339, retrieved 2018-06-11
  4. [4]
    Mathers, Imogen (2014-10-09), "View on Gender: A small step towards ending LGBTI persecution", SciDev.Net, retrieved 2018-06-11
  5. [5]
    "Afrique du Sud: Les lesbiennes victimes de "viols correctifs"". www.20minutes.fr (in French). Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  6. [6]
    "Gambia: "Aggravated Homosexuality Offence Carries Life Sentence". www.amnesty.org. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  7. [7]
    The Independent (22 November 2016). "Singapore voted against UN's sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) mandate safeguard". The Independent (Singapore). Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  8. [8]
    "African Human Rights Commission Adopts Continent's First Resolution Against Anti-LGBT Violence". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
  9. [9]
    Tabengwa, Monica (2013), "It's nature, not a crime" : discriminatory laws and LGBT people in Liberia, Human Rights Watch, ISBN 9781623130787
  10. [10]
    Ghoshal, Neela; Tabengwa, Monica (2015), The Issue is Violence : Attacks on LGBT People on Kenya's Coast, Human Rights Watch
  11. [11]
    "Yogyakarta Principles plus 10". Archived from the original on 2017-12-01.
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