Published on Nov 1, 2024
The Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice supports research to facilitate connections between LGBTQI+ activists, funders, and community. Our publications take activist-identified priorities and regional contexts to support a better understanding of how to direct funding priorities in a specific area or context. In our new report, LGBTQI+ activists in the Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA) region share the mounting challenges they face and offer key insights for donors and supporters.
The Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice supports research to facilitate connections between LGBTQI+ activists, funders, and community. Our publications take activist-identified priorities and regional contexts to support a better understanding of how to direct funding priorities in a specific area or context. In our new report, “Regional Analysis of LGBTQI+ Organizing in Southwest Asia and North Africa” researchers Nora Noralla and Lamyaâ Achary share the mounting challenges that activists face and offer key insights for donors and supporters.
LGBTQI+ groups in the Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA) region have been working on local, national, and regional levels, often navigating anti-LGBTQI+ sentiment and legal frameworks that outlaw their existence and activities. To better support this important work, Noralla and Achary engaged with 36 different organizations from seven countries in the SWANA region (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Lebanon, and Kuwait). Drawing from the activists’ perspectives and analysis of the legal, social, religious, and political contexts, the research team compiled clear recommendations for donors operating in the SWANA region.
As part of our commitment to language justice, condensed report findings are available as both Executive Summary and Highlights in English, Spanish, and French under Publications.
Thank you to the researchers, Nora Noralla and Lamyaâ Achary, the contributing activists and organizations, and our generous donors for making this research possible.
