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Red Ribbon Award 2012: Call For Nominations On this year’s World AIDS Day, the UN and civil society partners jointly announced a global call for nominations for the 2012 Red Ribbon Award. The award, which will be presented at the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) in Washington DC in July 2012, will be given to ten organizations that have shown outstanding
community leadership and action on AIDS. The selected community organizations will benefit from international visibility and an invitation to participate in the XIX International AIDS Conference. Additionally, each recipient of the award will receive a US$10,000 grant.
are: Prevention of sexual transmission, Prevention among people who use drugs, Treatment, care and support, Advocacy and human rights, Stopping new HIV infections in children and keeping mothers alive; women's health. The closing date for nominations is February 29th, 2012.
Red Ribbon Award 2012
The five award categories
Kenyalist Website Exposes, Endangers Kenyan Gays AGAIN! For a third time, the Kenyan tabloid website, Kenyalist, has published photos of a gay Kenyan with viewers calling for the murder of the person. This is the third time Kenyalist has allowed members to post photos of effeminate men with comments being homophobic and others being extreme and some calling for
the killing of the persons. The photos are usually sourced from social website links like Facebook, My Space and Twitter. The first time, an erroneous story of gays in Maseno University was published. It showed photos of men in a party, some in close embrace.
The second victim, also from Thika, was published under the title ‘Batty Boy Fi Kill Dem.’ The latest victim, from Bungoma is posted under derogatorily as ‘Kariuki Banks’ The photos are still in circulation. Identity contacted one of the victim and he said that he now fears for his life.
One of the pictures in Kenyalist
Julius Kaggwa Honored With Human Rights Award Julius Kaggwa the director of Support Initiative for People with Atypical Sex Development (SIPD) has been honored with the 2010 Human Rights First Award.
leader in the Civil Society Coalition on Human Rights and Constitutional Law and directs the Support Initiative for People with Atypical Sex Development (SIPD).
Julius Kaggwa is an advocate for the human rights of sexual minorities in Uganda and throughout Africa. He is a
Kaggwa has led the fight against a draconian antihomosexuality bill in Uganda
that aims to make engaging in any homosexual act a crime—in some cases punishable by death. He also works to create a more tolerant environment for sexual minorities and their supporters in Uganda. Julius Kaggwa
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