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Published in: 50.50: InterviewChristian fundamentalism lies behind harsh new anti-LGBTIQ bill in UgandaOnly two MPs voted against Uganda’s anti-LGBT bill, passed this week. We talk to one of them, Fox Odoi-Oywelowo
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Published in: 50.50: ExplainerWhat you need to know about Uganda’s anti-LGBTIQ billUganda will have among the most draconian anti-LGBTIQ legislation in Africa if the bill becomes law
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Published in: 50.50: NewsUgandan charity regulator accused of targeting LGBTIQ groups to avoid austerityRights campaigners believe Uganda’s charity regulator is using an anti-LGBTIQ agenda to save itself from austerity cuts
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionHow we got Uganda to strike out a colonial law criminalising poor peopleThe offence of being ‘rogue and vagabond’ saw people detained for how they looked. Now it’s gone, but there’s more to do
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Published in: Home: FeatureWhy Africa signed up for eight new fossil fuel projects at COP27African leaders say oil and gas projects will provide energy security and jobs. Their true effects are more sinister
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Published in: 50.50: NewsUgandan police accused of anti-gay bias in murder investigationLGBTIQ activists allege extortion by police, and say killing of non-binary gay person could be a hate crime
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureLGBTIQ students kicked out of school in East Africa are fighting backHomophobia, religion and the legacy of colonialism are hurting gay and lesbian school students in Kenya and Uganda –...
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Published in: 50.50: NewsUS conservatives spreading anti-vax misinformation to unvaccinated UgandaRevealed: US Christian legal organisation and a Texas-based think tank are among those promoting anti-lockdown and...
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Published in: 50.50: Feature‘This is not just my win’: trans Ugandan wins official gender changeCleopatra Kambugu’s new ID has been celebrated by fellow rights activists – but gender recognition remains out of...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionUganda’s sexual offences law is a bitter lesson for the women’s movementWhy did women MPs support a new law that entrenches oppression?
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Published in: ourEconomy: FeatureHow Uganda’s ecofeminists are fighting back against oil-industry land grabsAs the world celebrates International Women's Day, we shine a light on the women being displaced by oil-extractive business
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionThe media must not give African leaders platforms to spout homophobia – it only helps their populismCovering gay rights in Africa is hard work, for both local and international journalists. CNN’s Christiane Amanpour...
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Published in: Women's Entrepreneurial JourneysIn Uganda, rural women entrepreneurs are escaping poverty with teamwork and trainingChia seed farming has proved a niche in which women can gain financial and personal empowerment – but they need help.
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationAfrican governments warned of lawsuits for maternal deaths under COVID-19 lockdownsExclusive: Women have died or suffered unsafe births after transport bans, while hospitals report rising equipment shortages.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaHow to improve gender-based violence research?Using participatory and creative methods to research gender-based violence in Low- and Middle-Income Countries is...
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Published in: 50.50Sex workers abandoned as COVID crackdowns undo Africa’s HIV effortsControlling COVID-19 is worsening Africa’s HIV epidemic and destroying HIV services, with sex workers facing...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionCoronavirus must not repeat the injustice of AIDS treatment – particularly for AfricansMy uncle helped develop life-saving AIDS drugs, then died when he couldn’t afford them. This cannot happen again. Español
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Published in: Home‘Anticipatory anxiety’: Africa on the cusp of pandemicHow will African health facilities cope with a flood of people with COVID-19? How can those living close together...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationTop Ugandan health official condemns US-linked ‘pregnancy crisis centres’ for opposing contraceptionAbortion is illegal in Uganda but the government strongly promotes contraception. Unregulated centres “must be...
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Published in: 50.50I’ve defended hundreds of LGBTI people arrested in Uganda. Our laws must change – but we need public acceptance tooWe can fight for equal rights through the courts, but we need to do more – it’s ordinary citizens who murder LGBTI...
