The Hirschfeld-Eddy Foundation cordially invites you to the conference “Cultures and Colonialism – Decoloniality and LGBTIQ+ Human Rights”. Topics: the impact of European colonization on queer lifestyles and gender, and practical opportunities for postcolonial project work.
Conference Program
13:30 Check in with coffee and soft drinks
14:00 Welcome address Axel Hochrein, board member, Hirschfeld-Eddy-Foundation
14:10 Decolonize foreign policy Keynote by Dr. Stella Nyanzi, feminist activist and scholar
14:30 The human rights of LGBTIQ* people in foreign policy Keynote by Max Lucks, Member of Parliament, Green Party (Bündnis90/Die Grünen)
14:50 Q&A
15:00 Coffee Break
15:30 The anti-colonial imperative: Supporting the struggles of LGBTIQ+ people in Africa, Panel with Abdul-Wadud Mohammed (deputy director, LGBT+ Rights Ghana), Martin Alex Musiime (head of legal desk, Let’s Walk Uganda), Tina Kleiber (gender justice consultant, Bread for the World), moderator: Celia Parbey, journalist
16:30 Q&A
16:45 Flash news from other regions: Decoloniality and LGBTIQ* human rights in Latin America Guillermo Ricalde, human rights expert, ILGA World; The Pacific Islands and their fight for decolonization Ymania Brown, executive director, Transgender Europe (TGEU), moderator: Marlize André, director, the Marissa Foundation
17:45 Q&A
18:00 Round-up and next steps
18:10 Networking and get together with food and drinks
19:00 End of conference
Please register by Oct. 1, the number of places is limited to 60.
This conference is part of the project “Cultures and Colonialism – The struggle for LGBTIQ+ human rights in light of the decolonization debate” from the Hirschfeld-Eddy Foundation.
Where does the event happen? Refugio Berlin Neukölln
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