2012 — Founding of Iranti, South Africa
Iranti was founded by Jabulani Chen Pereira in 2012. Jabu, the organisation’s leadership, and the entire team is composed of trans, lesbian, and intersex persons. Iranti is an African regional organisation that involves media and documentation in its advocacy. Jabu stepped down as Founding Director in 2022.
Intersex Society South Africa (ISSA), founded and run by Sally Gross until her passing, underwent a “make-over” and was housed at Iranti until 2023. Other trans and intersex-specific programmes include documenting and advocacy regarding trans health and access to medical care, and advocacy around the World Health Organization (WHO)’s ICD-10.
Iranti is a Johannesburg-based media-advocacy organisation which advocates for the rights of LGBTI+ persons, with specific focus on lesbian, transgender (including gender non-conforming) and intersex persons in Africa. Iranti works within a human rights framework raising issues on gender identities, and sexuality, through the strategic use of multimedia storytelling, research and activism.
Iranti is an organisation by and for trans, lesbian and intersex persons and was formed with the clear intention of building strategic partnerships and movements that use media as a key platform for critical engagement, mobilisation, capacity development, reframing of perceptions, and advocacy interventions across Africa. Iranti works at country, regional (Africa) and international levels.
رؤية
Iranti envisions a just world where everyone lives with dignity, respect and equality; and where sexual, gender and bodily diversity are not only accepted, but celebrated.
مهمة
Iranti’s mission is to be a media and advocacy platform for lesbians, gender non-conforming, trans and intersex persons and their organisations in order to strengthen our collective visual, audio and written evidence based documentation and reporting on SOGI for the advancement of (all) human rights in Africa.
Strategic Outcomes
- Growing visibility and immediate redress of human rights violations of lesbians, gender non-conforming, trans and intersex persons.
- Stronger organisations and movements of lesbians, gender non-conforming, trans and intersex persons working in areas of media, documentation and advocacy.
- Evidence-based research, data and documentation that supports effective interventions is strengthened.
- Regional and Global level advocacy initiatives are strengthened.
اتصل
موقع ويب
بريد إلكتروني: getinfo@iranti.org.za
+27113391476
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Watch our interview with founder, Jabu Pereira
We interviewed Jabu on the 18th of July 2025: