Social transformation and resilience in Senegal The engagement of civil society organisations (CSOs) in the defence of LGTBIQ+ rights
Article Sidebar
Main Article Content
Abstract
This study comprehensively maps the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) that have emerged over the last 30 years in defence of LGTBIQ+ rights in Senegal. These entities play a crucial role in providing support, raising awareness and advocating for legislative changes. However, the current situation of LGTBIQ+ people is characterised by persistent episodes of discrimination and violence. Rooted in cultural and religious norms, Senegalese society reflects a conserv-ative attitude, considering homosexuality as a taboo. Despite the ratification of international human rights instruments, current legislation criminalises same-sex relations, and a lack of political will hinders reforms. Although progress has been made, the study highlights that CSOs are a key instrument to push for profound changes and foster equality and acceptance of the LGTBIQ+ community.
Downloads
Article Details
The authors acknowledge that the Revista de Fomento Social assumes as its own the intellectual property rights over their work and grant the journal the permissions of distribution and public communication of the same established in the Berlin, Bethesda and Budapest declarations; for this reason they accept that the work presented be distributed in open access, protecting the copyright under a "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivativeWorks 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND) license.
You may copy, use, disseminate, transmit and publicly display provided that:
Cite the authorship of the work, the publication in Revista de Fomento Social, issue, year and the pages where you found the information.
No commercial benefit may be obtained.
No derivative works may be made for commercial purposes that are not authorized by the journal.
Authors are encouraged to disseminate the article electronically (Revista de Fomento Social, number, year, pagination, ISSN, DOI, etc.), in order to favor its circulation and diffusion, increase its citation and reach among the academic community.
The information of the journal will be provided to Dulcinea
References
Carratalá, A., y Herrero-Jiménez, B. (2019). La regulación contra el discurso de odio hacia el colectivo LGTBI en los medios. Revista de la Asociación Española de Investigación de la Comunicación, 6(12), 58-80. https://doi.org/10.24137/raeic.6.12.3
Cissé, K. (2008). La revendication politique et citoyenne comme réponse à la marginalisation des femmes dans le développement : Le cas du Sénégal. CODESRIA. https://goo.gl/VeHEo6
Coly, A. (2013). ASR Forum: Homophobic Africa? African Studies Review, 56(2), 21. https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.39
Freude, L., y Waites, M. (2023). Analysing homophobia, xenophobia, and sexual nationalisms in Africa: Comparing quantitative attitudes data to reveal societal differences. Current Sociology, 71(1), 173-195. https://doi.org/10.1177/00113921221078045
Hernández, R. (2019). El auge de los fundamentalismos religiosos. Revista Temas Calle, 74-98. 2-32 https://www.awid.org/sites/default/files/atoms/files/el_auge_de_los_fundamentalismos_religiosos.pdf
Kamara, M. (2010). Analyse du régime législatif été réglementaire des organisations de la société civile au Sénégal. CONGAD.
Marín, I. (2017). La incidencia política de la sociedad civil senegalesa en las políticas de cooperación al desarrollo europeas: Límites y desafíos a nivel local. Revista Española de Ciencia Política, 1(45), 123-146. https://doi.org/10.21308/recp.45.05
Sarr, F. (2006). Funding of non governmental organizations in Senegal : Constraints and opportunities. Development, 49(2), 108-115. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.development.1100245
Smet, G. (2015). Analyse : la pénalisation de l’homosexualité dans le monde. Anal Centre Jean Gol, 1-8. http://www.psychaanalyse.com/pdf/LA%20PENALISATION%20DE%20L%20HOMOSEXUALITE%20DANS%20LE%20MONDE%20-%20ANALYSE%202015%20BELGIQUE%20(8%20Pages%20-%20244%20Ko).pdf
Touraine, A. (2000). ¿Qué es la democracia? (2ª ed.). Fondo de Cultura Económica.
Van Klinken, A. y Chitando, E. (Eds.). (2016). Public religion and the politics of homosexuality in Africa. Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Public-Religion-and-the-Politics-of-Homosexuality-in-Africa/Klinken-Chitando/p/book/9780367879761