SOGI’S STORY IS BASED ON RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN BY THE AUSTRALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS CENTRE (AHRCENTRE), FACULTY OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, SYDNEY AND COMMISSIONED BY THE AUSTRALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AND THE COMMONWEALTH FORUM OF NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS (CFNHRI) WITH FUNDING FROM THE AUSTRALIAN DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY IS PERVASIVE ACROSS MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD. ADDRESSING THIS BURDEN OF DISCRIMINATION HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A KEY ISSUE BY THE 16 AFRICAN NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY MEMBERS OF THE CFNHRI: BOTSWANA, CAMEROON, GHANA, KENYA, LESOTHO, MALAWI, MAURITIUS, NAMIBIA, NIGERIA, RWANDA, SIERRA LEONE, SOUTH AFRICA, SWAZILAND, TANZANIA, UGANDA, ZAMBIA.
SOGI’S STORY IS BASED ON MATERIAL RELEVANT TO THESE COUNTRIES. IT IS A WORK OF FICTION. NAMES, CHARACTERS, BUSINESSES, PLACES, EVENTS AND INCIDENTS ARE EITHER THE PRODUCTS OF THE AUTHOR’S IMAGINATION OR USED IN A FICTITIOUS MANNER. ANY RESEMBLANCE TO ACTUAL PERSONS, LIVING OR DEAD, OR ACTUAL EVENTS IS PURELY COINCIDENTAL.
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