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Country page 2023 – Nigeria

Most country pages feature announcements of events that were directly registered on our site. More information on what is happening for the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia can be found on our social media. IDAHOBIT CELEBRATION Location: 8,emesim...

Idahobit May 16, 2023

IDAHOBIT 2023

Note on reporting May 17 events

Every year until 2020 we used to feature on Country Pages, which can be accessed via the interactive world map, as much information on May 17 events as we could find. We are currently unfortunately not in a capacity to...

joel September 8, 2021

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Nigeria 2021 Country Page

Note on event listing: Due to limited capacity, we are not able to provide a comprehensive overview of the hundreds of events that will take place worldwide. We list on this site the information that was directly sent to us...

joel May 11, 2021

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Nigeria – IDAHOTB 2018 Country Page

Report from the organisers "Here in Nigeria, the International Centre for Advocacy on Right to Health (ICARH) had a three day event to commemorate the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia IDAHOT 2018. Based on this year’s Theme; Alliance...

Vicky May 22, 2018

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IDAHOT 2016 country reports: Nigeria

NIGERIA: TIERs marks ‪#‎IDAHOT2016‬ with calls for much-needed awareness of LGBTI persons' mental health, and wellbeing. Read their statement

Vicky May 17, 2016

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IDAHOT Events 2015: Nigeria

In Nigeria, the Women's Health and Equal Rights (WHER) Initiative, Nigeria have prepared their first WHER event to commemorate the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT) while TIER has launched a new website. [box type="note" ]We are still busy collecting...

IDAHO May 14, 2015

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IDAHOT Report 2014: Nigeria

Nigeria Despite recent legal assaults on the possibility of LGBTI rights defence in Nigeria, and a wave of violence against sexual minorities in its wake, various events took place for the International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia in Nigeria in...

IDAHO June 4, 2014

Nigeria IDAHO Report 2013

From the Conference Hall of the ICARH in the Nigerian Capital, Abuja, on May 17, 2013 the following statement was made by Ifeanyi Orazulike, Executive director of the International Centre for Advocacy on Rights to Health and Co-Chair of the...

IDAHO June 17, 2013

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Nigerian Human Rights Defenders’ Joint Statement on “Jail the Gays” Bill:

For Immediate Release: Nigeria human rights defenders, groups, individuals and CSOs condemn the passage of the same sex marriage prohibition bill in the House of Representatives and call for its immediate withdrawal. We, the undersigned human rights defenders, groups, individuals...

IDAHO May 17, 2013

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NIGERIAN CONGRESS PASSES DRACONIAN BILL.

This morning, Thursday May 30, Nigerian lawmakers passed a bill which outlaws the forming of associations which support gay rights, prohibits same sex marriage and bans the registration of gay clubs. The proposed law, passed by the Senate in November...

IDAHO May 17, 2013

NEWS & EVENTS

STAND BY LGBT NIGERIANS: GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION MARCH 7

A coalition of LGBT and human rights groups, led by the Nigerian Solidarity Alliance, are calling for a ‘Global Day of Action’ on Friday March 7, 2014, to protest Nigeria’s new anti-LGBT law. Actions are already confirmed in 11 cities...

IDAHO May 17, 2013

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Nigeria IDAHO Report 2012

Nigerian activists used IDAHO 2012 as an opportunity to call on the National Human Rights Commission to promote and protect the human rights of all Nigerian citizens and to speak up against the discrimination and violence being suffered on the...

IDAHO June 17, 2012

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