‘LALELA’: Amplifying the voices of LBTQ persons in Zimbabwe

• Day 1: Dec 14 (UTC+8) 6:30 pm-7:30 pm

Pakasipiti Zimbabwe

Speakers:
Tinashe Wakapila
Miles Moyo (Voice Of The Voiceless)

This session highlighted key issues around macroeconomic justice, especially for the marginalised LBTQ community in Africa. We interrogated issues around budget tracking and financing for marginalised communities; labour and the impact of not opening up labour markets for all; access to loans, markets and financial facilities free of stigma discrimination and violence; and global conversations around economic justice that acknowledge funding trends that support marginalised communities and in which areas, moving from narratives being framed in a gender-based violence framework and expanding it to economic access and support.

The session made use of poetry and spoken word to highlight issues affecting communities. We then opened for an “ask anything” session, initiating dialogue and conversations specifically looking at the LBTQ community. We also briefly presented findings from a prior Feminist Participatory Action research (FPAR) conducted before the session on economic justice, and macroeconomics linking to marginalised communities.

For the session, Ndebele and Shona interpretations are available.