Audios
The QAYN’s 16 Days of Activism against violence is an initiative that seeks to bring about visibility regarding gender-base violence perpetrated against lesbians, bisexual and queer women, as well as women who have sex with women (LBQWSW) in order to push for the acknowledgement of this violence as being an integral part of the violence perpetrated against all women. Conducted under the theme 16 Voices, 16 Experiences: Queer women from West Africa and Cameroon talk about violence, this campaign aims at sharing personal examples of women who have been victims of violence due to their sexual orientation and their gender identity.
From November 24th to December 10th, QAYN will publish daily audio testimonies from lesbians, bisexual and queer women from Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Senegal or Togo. These women will talk about their experience with violence as it relates to their sexual orientation and/or gender identity.
Through this first campaign, QAYN aims at making visible the violence perpetrated against LBQWSW populations in order to bring about a collective commitment to protect the rights of all women, regardless of their sexual orientation and gender identity.
TEMOIGNAGE DE DJIBRIL DU CAMEROUN |
TEMOIGNAGE DE DJIBRIL DU CAMEROUN
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TEMOIGNAGE DE GAYTURE BURKINA FASO |
TEMOIGNAGE DE GAYTURE BURKINA FASO
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TEMOIGNAGE DE PERPETUE DU CAMEROUN |
TEMOIGNAGE DE PERPETUE DU CAMEROUN
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TEMOIGNAGE DE A DU TOGO |
TEMOIGNAGE DE A DU TOGO
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TEMOIGNAGE DE JOELLE DU CAMEROUN |
TEMOIGNAGE DE JOELLE DU CAMEROUN
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TEMOIGNAGE DE ANONYME 2 DU BÉNIN |
TEMOIGNAGE DE ANONYME 2 DU BÉNIN
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TEMOIGNAGE DE DOM DU BURKINA FASO |
TEMOIGNAGE DE DOM DU BURKINA FASO
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TEMOIGNAGE DE ANNA DU SÉNÉGAL |
TEMOIGNAGE DE ANNA DU SÉNÉGAL
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TEMOIGNAGE DE THÉRÈSE DU CAMEROUN |
TEMOIGNAGE DE THÉRÈSE DU CAMEROUN
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TEMOIGNAGE DE B DU TOGO |
TEMOIGNAGE DE B DU TOGO
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TEMOIGNAGE DE AKON DU BURKINA FASO |
TEMOIGNAGE DE AKON DU BURKINA FASO
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TEMOIGNAGE DE FLEUR DU CAMEROUN |
TEMOIGNAGE DE FLEUR DU CAMEROUN
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TEMOIGNAGE ANONYME DU BENIN |
TEMOIGNAGE ANONYME DU BENIN
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TEMOIGNAGE DE RENÉE DU CAMEROUN |
TEMOIGNAGE DE RENÉE DU CAMEROUN
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TEMOIGNAGE DE OCEANE DU CAMEROUN |
TEMOIGNAGE DE OCEANE DU CAMEROUN
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TEMOIGNAGE DE MARIANE, 36 ANS, DU CAMEROUN |
TEMOIGNAGE DE MARIANE, 36 ANS, DU CAMEROUN
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THE INTERVIEWERS
- Addis-Credo AHODI is a young Beninese activist who graduated from the National University of Benin with a degree in Communication. Interviewer for the 16 Days of Activism campaign in Benin and general secretary of the Association of Saphist Women (AFRO-BENIN), she is involved in the fight against STIs, HIV/AIDS and in the promotion of women’s rights, saphist women in particular.
- Anne Marie Manga is a Cameroonian activist living in Yaoundé where she is in charge of the Gender Unit of Humanity First Cameroon, an organization working in STI/HIV prevention and the defense of LGBT rights. A psychologist by trade and a researcher on issues of gender and sexual identities, Anne Marie has led a community-wide research entitled: Social pressures and identity construction. The case of women who have sex with women (WSW) in Yaoundé.
- Nataka, Coordinator of LBQWSW Programs at QAYN
- Pegguy is a 23 year-old Cameroonian woman studying Bioinformatics and Biostatistics. She is a co-founder of Lesbiennes du Cameroun, now known as ELLES. While working with MSM, she started feeling the need to work more intentionally for the LBT cause to unite this community which, she feels, is not very present in existing organizations.
- L is a journalist by trade. She uses communication to defend the LGBTQ cause. “It is not wrong to have a sexual orientation other than what people think of as legal.” She decided to get involved because “no one other than us can fight for our rights to live without prejudice in our own societies”.
THE ILLUSTRATORS
- Xonanji is a Franco-Cameroonian woman passionate about images. She is both an illustrator and an architect-designer, with competencies extending to web design. An activist, she is involved in political and community life.
- CHOUF is a Tunisian LBT organization whose members are experts in matters of audio-visual, writing, media and the law. CHOUF aims to promote the rights of WSW in Tunisia, a country where homosexuality is still a crime that can be penalized with up to 3 years of imprisonment.
SOUND ENGINEER
- Michael is a Guadeloupian man living in France. He is a producer and audio-visual editor. He regularly participates in sound engineering of activist radio shows as well as various music projects. He is also an activist and an artist in several sectors: music, literature and photography.
TRANSCRIPTION AND EDITING
- Nataka, Coordinator of LBQWSW Programs at QAYN
- Félix, Assistant Coordinator
- Stéphane, Coordinator of GBT Programs
CONCEPTION AND CAMPAIGN MANAGEMENT
- Mariam, Founder and Network Coordinator