Mawjoudin


Mawjoudin or Mawjoudin's Initiative for equality, is a Non-governmental organisation that advocates for the rights of sexual minorities, especially LGBTQI+ people's in Tunisia.

History

The organisation was founded in 2014 by feminist and LGBTQI+ activists that had in common the fight against heterosexism, homophobia, biphobia, transphobia and sexism or any other form of discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity and expression and sexual characteristics.

Mission

The association offers safe spaces for support and psychological follow-up to the victims of discrimination. It proposes places for peer listening between the members of the community and provides information on the rights of LGBTQI+ people.

Awareness and monitoring

The association of Mawjoudin regularly provides reports on the rights of LGBTQI+ people to promote human rights, particularly sexual and bodily rights. Its members offer interventions in universities' spaces.
The organisation has a network of health and legal professionals, as well as its important work in advocacy challenging cases of arbitrary arrests that are solely related to gender identity or sexual orientation, and even other cases of torture perpetrated by the police.
This association also offers workshops that allow the expansion of the network of the people sensitive to this issue and put in place acts of solidarity with the community.
A member, for instance, have created two Comic strips based on testimonies of LGBTQI+ people.

Queer film festival

Every year, ever since 2018, the organisation organises the Queer film festival, the first festival of its kind in the country and in North Africa, in downtown Tunis.

Partners

The organisation counts among its international partners institutions operating outside of the theme of Tunisian LGBTQI+ communities. It is a part of the Tunisian coalition for the rights of LGBTQI+ people, amongst other organisations such as Chouf and Damj.

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