LGBTQI+ Webinar/Seminar: Each year the project actively seeks to engage political parties and government on issues faced by LGBTQI+ communities. We develop a memorandum on the issue in consultation with the community. The community heads up the discussions, are part of the planning and are the drivers of the activity.
LGBTQI+ Active Citizen Workshops: With these workshops, we seek to travel to KwaZulu-Natal districts to organize LGBTQI+ persons and activists to champion political inclusion in their communities and to engage with their local government, as well as capacitate them on international (including United Nations), regional and national human rights mechanisms they can use to address hate crime and discrimination. We hope that this will encourage the community to actively participate at ward/ground level, speaking to their community leaders and municipal leaders, and holding government accountable to redressing socio- economic issues.
LGBTQI+ Webinar/Seminar: Each year, the project actively seeks to engage political parties and government on issues faced by LGBTQI+ communities. We develop a memorandum on the issue in LGBTQI+ Media Advocacy: To reach a wider audience, the project develops media campaigns to highlight issues faced by LGBTQI+ communities and follow up on engagements in the webinar/seminar. It develops new campaigns in response to current developments and trends, and seeks to collaborate with queer activists. South Africa’s local government elections is taking place in November 2021. We hope to develop a Queer Voter Registration campaign to encourage LGBTQI+ persons to take up voting as a way to actively demonstrate treasuring their freedom. This campaign will be an extension of the Active Citizenship Workshops we hope to host throughout the province.
Stakeholder Engagements: It is important for the project lead to continue developing relationships with other civil organizations and stakeholders who are working with key populations. This requires attending meetings, email and telephonic communications. The project cannot exist without mapping and building collaborative efforts to make the project strong and impactful. Stakeholder engagement is therefore indicated as one of the core activities. Stakeholder Engagements: It is important for the project lead to continue developing relationships with other civil organizations and stakeholders who are working with key populations. This requires attending meetings, email and telephonic communications. The project cannot exist without mapping and building collaborative efforts to make the project strong and impactful. Stakeholder engagement is therefore indicated as one of the core activities.
Commemoration Of Special LGBTQI+ International Days: Through out the year, the International LGBTQI+ community celebrate different days to advocate for LGBTQI+ human rights. It is important for us as the forum to align our activities with such important days and to continue to use these days to advocate locally for the marginalized community in KwaZulu-Natal.
Isibani Civil Society Forum 