Aid agencies: Make sure you’re not funding anti-gay ‘conversion therapy’
Our reporters found that this damaging ‘treatment’ was being offered at health facilities in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
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Published in: 50.50Petition: Make sure you’re not funding anti-gay ‘conversion therapy’US Government: Follow the lead of other aid agencies and investigate if health facilities run by groups in Africa...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationAnti-gay ‘therapy’ offered at Uganda health centres run by aid-funded groupsMajor hospitals also offered undercover reporters counselling to ‘change’ their sexual orientation. Health experts...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationAid donors to investigate anti-gay ‘therapy’ revealed by openDemocracyMajor NGOs that run clinics in Kenya and Tanzania also pledge action against ‘abhorrent’ practices to ‘change’...
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Published in: 50.50Anti-gay ‘conversion therapy’ at African clinics run by aid-funded groupsDuring a six-month investigation, our undercover reporters found staff at health centres across Kenya, Tanzania and...
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