User:Odaikkuma/LGBT rights in Africa
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Malawi
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Demone talks about how Malawi culture does not value homosexuality as something acceptable in their culture. British Colonial rule included laws against homosexuality, which influenced later government policies.
[1] Although Malawi gained its independence from Britain in 1964, Malawi officials kept their anti-homosexuality laws enforced.
In 2010, there was a case in Malawi about a man named Steven Monjeza Soko and a transgender woman, named Tiwonge Chimbalanga Kachepa who had an engagement ceremony, were caught by the Malawi Police and charged. The court denied bail and sentenced both Soko and Kachepa to prison. The court did not have evidence of sexual activity and based the sentence on the grounds that Soko and Kachepa had the ceremony.[2]
In Malawi prisons, there is documented homosexual behavior in the prisons but don't allow the general public to know about these occurrences. [3] During 1980s and early 1990s, President Hasting Kamuzu Banda's ignored the massive rise in of HIV/AIDS. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, The Malawian people started to gain education on HIV/AIDS but they associated it with homoesexual behavior.[4]
Morocco
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Nicholas Hersh reports how in Morocco, LGBTQ aslyum-seekers and refugees fear for their lives due to their sexual orientation or gender identity. [5] Queer Moroccan Refugees experience social discrimination, violence including rape and imprisonment. Queer Moroccan Refugees who have been outed in their communities may experience poverty and may resort to sex in exchange for housing. [6]
References
[edit]- ^ Demone, Bradley (2016-10). "LGBT Rights in Malawi: One Step Back, Two Steps Forward? The Case of R v Steven Monjeza Soko and Tiwonge Chimbalanga Kachepa". Journal of African Law. 60 (3): 365–387. doi:10.1017/S0021855316000127. ISSN 0021-8553.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Demone, Bradley (2016-10). "LGBT Rights in Malawi: One Step Back, Two Steps Forward? The Case of R v Steven Monjeza Soko and Tiwonge Chimbalanga Kachepa". Journal of African Law. 60 (3): 365–387. doi:10.1017/S0021855316000127. ISSN 0021-8553.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Currier, Ashley (2021-02). "Prison same-sex sexualities in the context of politicized homophobia in Malawi". Sexualities. 24 (1–2): 29–45. doi:10.1177/1363460720914602.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Currier, Ashley (2021-02). "Prison same-sex sexualities in the context of politicized homophobia in Malawi". Sexualities. 24 (1–2): 29–45. doi:10.1177/1363460720914602. ISSN 1363-4607.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Hersh, Nicholas (2019), Güler, Arzu; Shevtsova, Maryna; Venturi, Denise (eds.), "Enhancing UNHCR Protection for LGBTI Asylum-Seekers and Refugees in Morocco: Reflection and Strategies", LGBTI Asylum Seekers and Refugees from a Legal and Political Perspective: Persecution, Asylum and Integration, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 299–321, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-91905-8_15, ISBN 978-3-319-91905-8, retrieved 2023-09-22
- ^ Hersh, Nicholas (2019), Güler, Arzu; Shevtsova, Maryna; Venturi, Denise (eds.), "Enhancing UNHCR Protection for LGBTI Asylum-Seekers and Refugees in Morocco: Reflection and Strategies", LGBTI Asylum Seekers and Refugees from a Legal and Political Perspective: Persecution, Asylum and Integration, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 299–321, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-91905-8_15, ISBN 978-3-319-91905-8, retrieved 2023-09-22