2017-2019
Kei Media
Africa
Kei Media
I’M YOUR ALLY, SOUTH AFRICA 2017-2019
The Rainbow Fund supports the I’m Your Ally media campaign for LGBTQ people in South Africa and neighbouring countries such as Namibia. Developments have declined in South Africa, where hate crimes are common. With the campaign, which includes a media campaign on TV, printed and digital media as well as workshops, the aim is to change attitudes and highlight the, not infrequent, life-threatening discrimination.
The Rainbow Foundation finances the campaign I’m Your Ally. The “I’m Your Ally” Campaign was started in 2013 as a response to the discrimination faced by LGBT people within South Africa. The LGBT community experience hate crime in their homes, neighbourhoods, schools and workplaces. In response to this, and in response to the increased criminalization of the LGBT community within the continent of Africa, it has become ever more important to have a constantvoice in the public sphere that speaks to the hate and discrimination that faces the LGBT community of both South Africa and Africa. The campaign, as an inclusive campaign, aims to create social cohesionfor LGBT rights observation by establishing ALLYship with both the LGBT and Hetero community by facilitating and encouraging non-discrimination and thereby creating safer environments. With regards to the observation of LGBT rights, recent years have seen backsliding in South Africa. This has been as a result of a lack of adherence to the rule of law, infringements on the freedoms of expression and association, discrimination against women and the LGBT community.
About Regnbågsfonden
The purpose of the Fund is to financially help HBTQ people around the world, as well as individuals, primarily in countries where HBTQ people are stalked and harassed by authorities, police and religious institutions.
Our funds will not go to organisations or individuals who do not respect human rights and freedoms. These include racism, and antisemitism, sexism and children’s rights.