Book Talk and Discussion on Queering Democracy and LGBTQI+ Struggles in Africa and Slovakia
Wed, Apr 30
|Online Event
Minority Issues Research Institute (MIRI) is organizing a Book Talk and Discussion with scholars, researchers and activists on Queering Democracy and LGBTQI+ Struggles in Africa and Slovakia.
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Apr 30, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM GMT+2
Online Event
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Join the MIRI Seminar on Current Affairs featuring the Book Talk and Discussion on Queering Democracy and LGBTQI+ Struggles in Africa and Slovakia with scholars, researchers and activists.
The book “The D-Word: Perspectives on Democracy in Tumultuous Times” will be introduced by the lead editor Christi van der Westhuizen (Nelson Mandela University, South Africa) and two authors Prof. Dr Melanie Judge (University of Cape Town; Senior Policy Advisor on LGBTI Inclusion for the United Nations Development Programme) and Monica Tabengwa (Human Rights Advocate; Policy Specialist for LGBTI Inclusion in Africa for the United Nations Development Programme) will present their chapter Queering Democracy and LGBTQI+ Struggles in Africa followed by a presentation of Alexandra Demetrianová (Human Rights Advocate and Activist for Gender Equality, Slovakia) on the LGBTQI+ rights situation in Slovakia.
This edited collection, “The D-Word: Perspectives on Democracy in Tumultuous Times”, published by Mandela University Press in Gqeberha at the end of…
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MIRI Seminar on Current Affairs featuring Book Talk and Discussion on Queering Democracy and LGBTQI+ Struggles in Africa and Slovakia with scholars, researchers and activists.
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