Monica Tabengwa Explained

Monica Tabengwa is a lawyer and researcher from Botswana who works for Pan-Africa ILGA^[1] and Human Rights Watch (HRW). She is a specialist on LGBT issues in sub-Saharan Africa.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} Tabengwa has written on violence and discrimination faced by LGBT people in sub-Saharan Africa.

Tabengwa is a member of the drafting committee and a signatory of the Yogyakarta Principles plus 10.^[6]

Selected bibliography

• • • Book: Tabengwa . Monica . Nicol . Nancy . Lennox . Corinne . Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in The Commonwealth: Struggles for Decriminalisation and Change . School of Advanced Study, University of London . 2013 . 352–362. The development of sexual rights and the LGBT movement in Botswana . http://sas-space.sas.ac.uk/4824/10/12TabengwaNicol_SexualRightsBotswana.pdf . amp.

Notes and References

1. http://www.yogyakartaprinciples.org/principles-en/yp10/ Yogyakarta Principles plus 10
2. Web site: fr. Afrique du Sud: Les lesbiennes victimes de "viols correctifs". www.20minutes.fr. 2018-06-11.
3. Web site: Gambia: "Aggravated Homosexuality Offence Carries Life Sentence. www.amnesty.org. 21 November 2014 . 2018-06-11.
4. Web site: The Independent. Singapore voted against UN's sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) mandate safeguard. The Independent (Singapore). 22 November 2016 . 2018-06-11.
5. Web site: African Human Rights Commission Adopts Continent's First Resolution Against Anti-LGBT Violence. 2021-06-16. BuzzFeed News. en.
6. Web site: Yogyakarta Principles plus 10. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201043532/http://www.yogyakartaprinciples.org/principles-en/yp10/ . 2017-12-01.