Southern Africa: Calling for inclusive societies on Human Rights Day

“Yes, I am transgender! Where is the problem? Why should people look down upon me? Yes, we organise gay pride march every year, why should be media choose to put only downgrading pictures?”

“Yes, I am deaf but can make myself understood, why does the media never talk to me? Yes, I am blind, why is my voice unheard in the media” Yes, I am handicapped, why does the media only talk to the authorities?”

During the Sixteen Days of Activism Gender Links Mauritius brought together a diverse range of people with different identities and challenges. The handicapped, the blind, the deaf, survivors of GBV, LGBTI persons, councillors and journalists interacted openly.

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