Envisioning Global LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) Human Rights - is an international research project that fosters links between Canada, Africa, India and the Caribbean’s and will document and analyze;
i) Criminalization of LGBT people
ii) Flight from violence and persecution
iii) Resistance to criminalization
iv) The interaction between International Treaty Body Human Rights Mechanisms and LGBT rights initiatives.
The Envisioning Project was founded by Nancy Nicol, a Canadian professor at the York University in Toronto. There are only three African Countries participating in the project including Uganda, Botswana and Kenya, which is represented by The Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya (GALCK).
The current security situation in the country is, to say the least, shaky. Our national security agencies have continuously urged that utmost care be taken in the everyday assembly, use and running of public spaces and centres. In a bid to be able to ensure the safety of the LGBTI community members, we would like to announce that after a series of wide consultations, the following mechanisms are being instituted.