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Organisations such as CitizenGo, Family Watch International, Family Policy Institute and Christian Council International promote opposition to abortion, LGBTI rights, reproductive healthcare and comprehensive sexuality education.
2025 CONVENTION ON ELIMINATING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS

African values under threat: African Commission must defend them

US anti-rights groups are working against inclusivity, non-racism and decolonisation

  • Khanyo Farise
5 min read
Anit-abortion activists hold signs outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on June 24, 2022.(Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
ABORTION

US ‘anti-rights’ groups boost spending in Africa to over $16 million

Christian rights groups have spent millions over four years in efforts to push anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQIA+ agendas

  • Umamah Bakharia
3 min read
Civilians and various organisations protest against Uganda banning LGBTQ rights at United Nations Information Centre on March 31, 2023, in Pretoria, South Africa. Uganda became one of 30 African countries to ban same-sex relationships on March 21st. The bill criminalizes identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer/questioning, asexual, and more (LGBTIQA+). (Gallo Images/Papi Morake)
ANTI GAY BILL

American conservatives helped set up Uganda’s anti-gay bill

Two US citizens linked to ultraconservative nonprofits are key partners behind Uganda’s new anti-gay law, which sets the death penalty for homosexuals

  • Khatondi Wepukhulu, The Continent
5 min read