A draft African charter on ‘family values’ is on the cards: why it’s flawed and dangerous

By Catriona Macleod, Professor of Psychology, Rhodes University
Godfrey Kangaude, Scholar, University of California, Los Angeles
Nicola Jearey-Graham, Senior Researcher, Critical Studies in Sexualities and Reproduction, Rhodes University

A series of conferences held in Entebbe, Uganda, between 2023 and 2025 have resulted in a draft African Charter on Family, Sovereignty and Values. The meetings were organised by the Inter-parliamentary Network on African Sovereignty and Values, which organises continental conferences for African legislators and…

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