enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. LGBTQ rights in Namibia - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Namibia

    Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) rights in Namibia have expanded in the 21st century, although LGBTQ people still have limited legal protections. [4] [5] Namibia's colonial-era laws criminalising male homosexuality were historically unenforced, and were overturned by the country's High Court in 2024.

  3. Recognition of same-sex unions in Namibia - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recognition_of_same-sex...

    [27] [26] In January 2018, officials granted the couple's application to allow Digashu and their son to enter Namibia, as the High Court continued to review their case. [25] Another case, Seiler-Lilles v Government of the Republic of Namibia , was filed in 2018 by Anette Seiler-Liles and her German wife Anita Seiler-Lilles, together since 1988.

  4. 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Days_of_Activism...

    In 2019 the multi-year theme of Ending Gender-Based Violence in the World of Work was launched to support ratification of ILO C190. [28] 2020 continued the ILO C190 multi-year theme of Ending GBV in the World of Work with a special focus on informal women workers who were most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. [29]

  5. ShutItAllDown - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ShutItAllDown

    ShutItAllDown was a wave of anti-Sexual and Gender Based Violence protests across Namibia aimed at stopping the spread and continuation of physical and sexual violence against women. The protests, which began on 8 October 2020, followed the killing of 22 year old Shannon Wasserfall whose remains were reportedly found buried in a shallow grave ...

  6. Initiatives to prevent sexual violence - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initiatives_to_prevent...

    It includes the use of participatory methods to assess the prevalence of sexual and gender-based violence in refugee populations, the training and deployment of community workers to identify cases and set up appropriate prevention systems, and measures for community leaders and other officials to prosecute perpetrators.

  7. Gender-related violence - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-related_violence

    Gender-based violence refers to any kind of violence directed against people due to their gender or gender identification, culture may have a role to play, being lower in egalitarianism societies and higher in patriarchal, misogynistic societies.

  8. Women in Namibia - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_Namibia

    Women in Namibia face challenges in their health, gender based violence, and access to education.The government of Namibia is taking steps to provide women with equal rights to a degree that is largely unparalleled in Sub-Saharan Africa, including the promise of gender equality and increased parliament representation in the Namibian constitution.

  9. Human rights in Namibia - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Namibia

    Namibia is looking at a change to its constitution that ensures that no discrimination based upon sexual orientation occurs, as the current laws do not include this. [26] OutRight Namibia, is the largest LGBT NGO in Namibia and fights for the rights of the LGBT community acting as a voice and organising public awareness events such as parades. [27]