“Aireana” means an attitude towards life: take out our desires, thoughts, identities, feelings. It comes from “AIREA,” the imperative of the verb aerate.
Aireana is a feminist group founded in 2003 (with legal status since 2005) that works for the rights of lesbians and promotes sexual dissidence for all people to live in freedom and without violence. Aireana means an attitude towards life: take out our desires, thoughts, identities, feelings. It comes from “AIREA,” the imperative of the verb aerate. Aireana exists to transform society to work for the rights of lesbians and LGTBI and non-discrimination from a feminist perspective. Through culture, advocacy and empowerment. Aireana aims to:
- To contribute to cultural change in Paraguayan society through the generation of educational and artistic spaces.
- To build empowerment and affirmation through training, psychological legal assistance, strengthening of other groups, self-care.
- To influence legislation, public policies at the national and international levels.
Aireana has a space called “La Serafina” featuring cultural activities, all free and open to the public on Fridays. It also organizes an international film festival themed LGTBI in Asuncion since 2005. It also has a batucada called “Tatucada”. Aireana publishes annual reports on the human rights situation for Paraguay’s LGTBI community. It has a hotline to LGTBI called “Rohendu” (“I hear you” in Guarani) with legal and psychological assistance. Aireana makes appearances in the Paraguayan state and international areas such as Mercosur, OAS, and UN.
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Aireana es un grupo feminista fundado en 2003 (con personería jurídica desde 2005) que trabaja por los derechos de las lesbianas y promueve la disidencia sexual para que todas las personas vivan en libertad y sin violencia las sexualidades e identidades. AIREANA significa una postura ante la vida: sacar afuera nuestros deseos, pensamientos, identidades, sentimientos. Viene de “AIREA”: imperativo del verbo airear, ventilar, sacar al airey “NA”: sufijo guaraní que se traduce como “por favor”. Aireana existe para para transformar la sociedad trabajando por los derechos de las lesbianas y LGTBI y por la no discriminación desde una perspectiva feminista. A través de la cultura, la incidencia política y el empoderamiento. Aireana tiene como objetivos:
- Contribuir a un cambio cultural en la sociedad paraguaya a través de la generación de espacios educativos y artísticos.
- Trabajar el empoderamiento y la afirmación de las personas a través de la formación, la asistencia jurídica psicológica, el fortalecimiento de otros grupos, el autocuidado.
- Incidir en la legislación, en las políticas públicas, en el ámbito nacional e internacional.
Aireana, tiene un espacio cultural llamado “La Serafina” que ofrece actvidades culturales todos los viernes gratuitas y abiertas a todo público. Además organiza un festival internacional de cine de temática LGTBI en Asunción desde 2005. También tiene una batucada llamada “Tatucada”. Publica todos los años un informe sobre la situación de DDHH LGTBI en Paraguay. Tiene una línea de atención telefónica a LGTBi llamada “Rohendu” (“Te escucho” en guaraní) con asistencia jurídica y psicológica. Hace incidencia en el Estado Paraguayo y en ámbitos internacionales como Mercosur, OEA y ONU. Últimamente ha incidido con fuerza por el acceso a las visitas íntimas de las lesbianas privadas de libertad firmando un acuerdo con el Mecanismo Nacional de Prevención de la Tortura. Integra varias redes paraguayas e internacionales como la Coordinación de Mujeres del Paraguay, la Red contra todas forma de discriminación, la Coalición LGBTI del Paraguay, la Coordinadora de Derechos Humanos de Paraguay, la Coalicion LGTBI de incidencia en la OEA, el grupo de trabajo de incidencia en el Mercosur, entre otros.
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