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Feminist Responses to Crisis in Venezuela, Haiti and Poland
- Analysis
- June 28, 2023
On March 2, 2023, CIPS and Fòs Feminista hosted a webinar to discuss the responses of local feminist organizations to the growing humanitarian crises along the borders of Venezuela, Haiti and Poland. We learned that these local feminist organizations fill essential gaps left by the government and other public institutions. The services they provide reveal
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Uganda’s Harsh Anti-Gay Campaign Could Spread Beyond its Borders
- Analysis
- June 2, 2023
Being gay in Uganda has never been easy. It just got a lot worse, and a lot more dangerous. Against fierce domestic and international pressure from human rights defenders, President Yoweri Museveni has signed into law one of the harshest anti-gay bills in the world. Homosexual activity was already illegal in Uganda, but the new Anti-Homosexuality Act means that
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The Issues Involved in Using the “Persona Non-Grata” Option
- Analysis
- May 9, 2023
Recent controversies involving Chinese diplomatic and consular personnel in Canada have again raised the thorny issue of declaring foreign diplomats “persona non grata,” thereby throwing them out of Canada for their transgressions. The “PNG” concept is a reflexive, almost automatic demand by opposition political parties and some individuals in the Canadian “think-tank” community. In weighing its
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International Development Cooperation and LGBTQ+ Rights in Africa
- Analysis
- May 9, 2023
Sexual and gender minorities are under attack in several African countries. For instance, over the past couple of years, extreme anti-LGBTQ+ legislation has been introduced in Ghana and Uganda, where homosexuality was already illegal. Kenya and Tanzania could well be next. International actors are struggling with how to respond to the various bills, whose draconian new penalties include life imprisonment and even
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