INCLUSION

CHALLENGING EXCLUSION, CLAIMING RIGHTS

Sudan: women’s rights in the military’s firing line

Junta seeking to reverse progress made following 2019 revolution

Iran’s women the renewed targets of theocratic repression

Government responds to growing social unrest by crushing dissent and diverting attention

India: outrage as gang rapists walk free

Case exemplifies systematic denial of Indian women’s rights and multiple layers of exclusion faced by Muslim women

Singapore: belated recognition of LGBTQI+ rights

Sex between men decriminalised – but state moves to block progress on equal marriage

Anglican church passes the buck on LGBTQI+ rights

A bishops’ conference in the UK could have lasting consequences for LGBTQI+ people in Ghana and Uganda

Japan: still an outlier on marriage equality

A blow for LGBTQI+ rights as court rules same-sex marriage ban constitutional

Victory against anti-rights backlash at the UN

Civil society advocacy rewarded with renewal of mandate to protect LGBTQI+ people

Antigua and Barbuda: a step forward for LGBTQI+ rights

Court rules government’s ban on same-sex acts is unconstitutional

Migrants pay the deadly cost of Spain’s harsh approach

Full investigation needed into multiple deaths at attempted crossing of Morocco-Spanish border

NORTHERN AFRICA

Pride and politics: a renewed urgency to demands for LGBTQI+ rights

2022 Pride events defy anti-rights backlash and democratic regression