May 2010 — Eastern and Southern African Trans and Intersex Regional Exchange Programme: Year 1, Part 1
Thefirst part of the Eastern and Southern African Trans and Intersex Regional Exchange Programme, hosted by Gender DynamiX (GDX) and Uganda’s Support Initiative for People with Atypical Sex Development (SIPD), was launched in Namibia in May 2010. It was with great excitement that the 16 activists met, and there was a very energetic buzz in the room, as participants had great expectations of the Programme.
Invited by the University of Namibia in Windhoek, the activists were to make a presentation to the students of Professor Immaculate Mogotsi at the Multidisciplinary Research Centre as part of the Programme. The Programme also included a site visit to the organisation, Sister Namibia.
During this inaugural exchange, the group worked on the first draft of the HIV & Transgender Identity Position Paper, which would be published as the “MSM/WSW & Trans Position Paper” in 2010, and focusing on the inclusion and autonomy of research framed in an MSM/WSW (men having sex with men/women having sex with women) context.
The second part of this Programme would be held in September 2010.
Watch this video from the Programme: