To further Rights protection, inclusion, and justice for Sexual and Gender Minorities in Kenya, these are our strategic priorities:
Violence Prevention And
Rights Protection
Collective action towards
rights protection
Knowledge Management And
Leadership Development
Organisational Sustainability
We foster integrated approaches that identify, enable and push back against systems and structures to address oppression and violence for Progressive and inclusive policies amongst institutions, leaders, and individuals focused on addressing violence targeting Sexual and Gender Minorities.
For the First time in the 2022 Kenyan General Elections, 50 lesbians, bisexuals and queer-gender non-conforming (LBQ-GNC) were trained and accredited as elections observers in Kenya through the #QueeringTheBallot project
INEND strategically engages with key stakeholders and policymakers from strategic partnerships at both county and national levels, with the mandate to ensure rule of law and access to justice, engage on human rights accountability tools, mechanisms and processes, amplifying evidence-based initiatives to drive policy and practice changes for promotion and protection of human rights.
Under our Access to Justice program, we developed and compiled a Bench Book as a reference point to support judicial officers and other key stakeholders in the justice system in understanding issues affecting LGBTIQ+ persons in Kenya, and how Kenyan courts and other courts in different jurisdictions have interpreted these issues.
We promote feminist approaches to knowledge management, empowerment and experiential learning for documentation, awareness, effective accountable organizing and meaningful engagement towards fostering a community of practice exchanging knowledge, learnings and innovation, towards violence prevention and rights protection of Sexual and Gender Minorities.
At INEND, we believe that Capacity Building is not an Event; it is a process.
Our overall organizational health and sustainability are necessary for effectiveness and the ability to achieve our mission and goals. We ensure consistent, coherent and value-based functionality that prioritizes the well-being of #TeamINEND and the longevity and impact of our work
We foster and accelerate sustainable change through co-creating, catalyzing critical partnerships and contributing spaces and resources that grow agency for the protection of rights and fundamental freedoms through increased social capital and ownership.
We continue to implement our Boda Boda model to target key stakeholders, including opinion influencers, media and civic leaders, for constructive conversations on non-discrimination and equality to counter harmful mainstream narratives, change attitudes and serve as allies.
Through Our Reshaping Narratives Initiative, we developed campaign on #WeAreFamily guided by our queer comic strip Davi And Oti: A story of Pride And Allyship with a comprehensive analysis of not only the challenges we encounter as LGBTQ+ community in our daily lives but also myths and misconceptions of lived realities of Queer folks and how life looks like for a Queer Kenyan.
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