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Initiative for Equality and Non Discrimination @inendorg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This #SuicidePreventionMonth , we are thinking about the ways our societies can either make life more difficult or make it more possible.🎗️

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Initiative for Equality and Non Discrimination @inendorg.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

No country in the world has reached full legal equality for women & girls. From protection against gender-based violence to equal pay, WOMEN'S & girls’ human rights remain unequal under the law, as impunity for violations of women and girls persists worldwide-UN Women-APRIL 2026 #WomensEqualityDay

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Initiative for Equality and Non Discrimination @inendorg.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

On 31 July, we invited you to Thika for what we envisioned to be a peaceful space for learning, dialogue, and civic participation. Instead, what unfolded became a stark reminder that many Kenyans still face barriers when exercising their constitutional rights #ProtectCivicSpace #QueeringTheBallot

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Initiative for Equality and Non Discrimination @inendorg.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

If you are in Amsterdam, please join INEND’s Executive Director, Essy Adhiambo, who is serving as keynote speaker and panel chair for a session exploring intergenerational grace Date: Aug 7, 2026 Location: 1.9 - Berlagezaal Track: Heritage & Culture #WorldPrideConference2026 #WPHRC2026 #TeamINEND

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Initiative for Equality and Non Discrimination @inendorg.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Disability is NOT a barrier. Discrimination is. Happy Disability Pride Month #DisabilityPride #Pridemonth #Ableism #disablism

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Initiative for Equality and Non Discrimination @inendorg.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Saba Saba: Kenya's historic protest for democracy The Bill of Rights in the COK frames peaceful assembly, demonstration, picketing, & petition as tools of direct civic participation, not exceptions tolerated by the state. Power to the People! #Sabasaba #Protest #QueeringTheBAllot

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Initiative for Equality and Non Discrimination @inendorg.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

"We destroy ourselves when we forget that we're all in this rickety, beautiful, messy family together... When we use the idea of protecting the family as a weapon to exclude & marginalise, we harm us all." - Writer, Ngare Kariuki #BackToSender #NotOurValues #HomophobiaIsUnAfrican #RejectTheCharter

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Initiative for Equality and Non Discrimination @inendorg.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

This #IDAHOBIT week, under theme “At the Heart of Democracy”, we’re unpacking how media shapes public perception, political participation & whose voices are recognised in democratic spaces. Watch Here : youtu.be/oL-T9HBQSLI?... #QueeringTheBallot #OurVoteOurFuture

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Initiative for Equality and Non Discrimination @inendorg.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

As we mark the International Week of Families, we invite you to celebrate with us through #SisiNiJamii campaign by Initiative for Equality and Non Discrimination (INEND) , Coast Women For Women(CWW) and PEMAKenya #SisiNiJamii #InternationalFamiliesDay #HumanRights #Inclusion

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Initiative for Equality and Non Discrimination @inendorg.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

The media "balances"our humanity with hate, and we must build alternatives. Our vote.Our future. Our narrative. Watch The Full playlist of Queering The Ballot II here:https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkiGYw_R590RM6PBMwtFkZyLav_j3NnrL&si=4u4hMFiRsufVZDsN #QueeringTheBallot #OurVoteOurFuture

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Initiative for Equality and Non Discrimination @inendorg.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

History has been made! Botswana has officially removed colonial-era laws that criminalised same-sex relations. The court affirmed that sexual orientation is an essential attribute of personality. #Botswana #LGBTIQHumanRights #LGBTIQSolidarity

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Initiative for Equality and Non Discrimination @inendorg.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

This #LesbianVisibilityWeek, we are celebrating and holding space that visibility is a risk we take every day in our physical and digital spaces. This week, we claim our space. You are seen. You are here. Happy Lesbian Visibility Week!

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Initiative for Equality and Non Discrimination @inendorg.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

We are so proud to share with you our 2025 Annual Report, Growing Our Ground, a living document of everything we planted, tended, and harvested. It was not an easy season. Funding landscapes shifted. And yet, here we are. Rooted. Resilient. Growing. Full Report: tr.ee/sZxqPuQthh #INEND2025

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Initiative for Equality and Non Discrimination @inendorg.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

They want us to believe that one vote doesn’t change the system. But we know that when we move as a collective, the system has no choice but to listen. Why Queering The Ballot You ask? Here is why: youtu.be/NxRTaKRbtC0?... #QueeringTheBallot #OurVoteOurFuture

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Initiative for Equality and Non Discrimination @inendorg.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Standing in Solidarity: Human Rights of LGBTIQ+ persons in Senegal President Bassirou Diomaye Faye signed into law legislation that doubles the maximum penalty for same-sex relations to 10 years in prison. Join us in taking a stand: a.allout.org/s/P9XKy/. #Senegal #HumanRights #LGBTIQRights

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Initiative for Equality and Non Discrimination @inendorg.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Queering the Ballot II Podcast is here! We are delving into How Laws Shape Our Lives and Realities as LGBTIQ+ Kenyans Watch the full Episode Here: youtu.be/h32nwbIFDxU?... #OurVoteOurFuture #QueeringTheBallot

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Initiative for Equality and Non Discrimination @inendorg.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

This International Women's Day, we are naming a truth that too many "progressive" spaces still refuse to say out loud: a democracy that excludes women in all their diversity is not a democracy, it is patriarchy with a ballot box. #IWD2026 #QueeringTheBallot #OurVoteOurFuture

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Initiative for Equality and Non Discrimination @inendorg.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

On November 21st 2025,we launched Queering The Ballot II Campaign and shared findings from Our Vote, Our Future: LGBTIQ+ Inclusion in Democratic and Governance Processes in Kenya; a 2024 Situation Report tr.ee/qRYkQt66VF #QueeringTheBallot #OurVoteOurFuture

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Initiative for Equality and Non Discrimination @inendorg.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

🚨 Repeal 162 Court of Appeal Update 🚨 The appeal challenging Sections 162(a), 162(c), and 165 of the Penal Code, which criminalize consensual same-sex relations, came up today for hearing before the Court of Appeal sitting before Justices Kiage, Achode & Korir, J.A. #LoveIsHuman #Repeal162

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Initiative for Equality and Non Discrimination @inendorg.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Reshaping Narratives: Best Practices for Media Practitioners & LGBTIQ+ persons in Kenya There have been successful initiatives that have had an impact on the societal understanding and visibility of LGBTIQ+ Lived realities Report: tr.ee/pwhjZ6NjwQ #ReshapingNarratives #InclusiveMedia #LGBTIQ+

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Initiative for Equality and Non Discrimination @inendorg.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

We are excited to finally release a report we have been working on together with our queer community, journalists, and policymakers, diving into current media engagement strategies and representation for LGBTIQ+ in the Kenyan media landscape. tr.ee/pwhjZ6NjwQ #ReshapingNarratives #InclusiveMedia

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Initiative for Equality and Non Discrimination @inendorg.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

World Mental Health Day Feminist Care Notes Our mental health care isn't solitary, it is communal, challenging systems that undervalue our wholeness! 10/10 #MentalHealthday #FeministCAreNotes #SelfCare #Resistance

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Initiative for Equality and Non Discrimination @inendorg.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Today being the last Day of Suicide Awareness month,We wish to remind you that Mental Health wellness is an every day journey and not an event. #SuicideAwarenessMonth #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalHealth #LGBTQ

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Initiative for Equality and Non Discrimination @inendorg.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

The World Health Organisation in 2019 estimated Kenya’s age standardized suicide rate to be 11.0 in 100,000. Suicidal Ideations associated with depression lifetime prevalence is 7.9% while for other mental illnesses it is 5-8%. So What does Kenya Say About Suicide? #SuicideAwarenessMonth

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Initiative for Equality and Non Discrimination @inendorg.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

You taught us ways to re-imagine Our Freedom and for that, we say Rest In Power Assata! #Assata #Shakur #assatashakur

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Initiative for Equality and Non Discrimination @inendorg.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Today, on International Democracy Day, as we reflect on what true democracy means, we wish to remind you of #QueeringTheBallot , a project that wishes to facilitate deeper LGBTIQ+ persons engagement in political & democratic processes as democracy depends on inclusivity, accountability & courage!

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Initiative for Equality and Non Discrimination @inendorg.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Today is World Sexual Health Day, with this year's Theme Being "Sexual justice - What can we do?" Sexual justice means more than just access to services or legal protections—it’s about affirming everyone’s right to pleasure and body autonomy. #WorldSexualHealthDay

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Initiative for Equality and Non Discrimination @inendorg.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH As we conclude observing this calendar month, we must acknowledge the pursuit to protect LGBTIQ+ human rights is inseparable from the struggle for disability rights #DisabilityPrideMonth #LGBTQ

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Initiative for Equality and Non Discrimination @inendorg.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Please join this great conversation by Rights at Risk: Safeguarding Expression, Association, and Protest -Lessons from the African LGBTIQ Movement Date: Thursday, July 24th, 2025 Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM EAT (Nairobi time) us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Initiative for Equality and Non Discrimination @inendorg.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

WE ARE BACK! We paused to take a mental health break — because REST is not just important, it's RADICAL!We stepped away from the noise to reconnect, restore, and remind ourselves that healing is part of the work. #restisresistance #mentalhealthmatters💚

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Initiative for Equality and Non Discrimination @inendorg.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Out of office,In our feelings! We're hitting pause and taking a mental health break for a week from 14th July to resume on 21st July We’ll be off the grid, recharging our queer superpowers and practicing what we preach: Rest is Resistance #restisresistance

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Initiative for Equality and Non Discrimination @inendorg.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

The proposed Anti-Protest Bill (2025) represents a troubling regression in civic space, democratic freedoms, and movement-building efforts! Here is what you should know about the Bill and why you should be vocal in rejecting it! #RejectAntiProtestBill2025 #protectprotests #SabaSaba

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American Jewish World Service @ajws-humanrights.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Essy Adhiambo, head of AJWS grantee @inendorg.bsky.social, made the trip and shares: “Those of us who are able to make this journey have to hold space for those who could not, especially our trans siblings. We want to amplify our message on the land of the people who are supporting homophobia.

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Initiative for Equality and Non Discrimination @inendorg.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Pride is a Protest!Queer Joy is Revolutionary! In a world that tries to diminish Our existence, choosing joy becomes a radical act. Queer joy is not just a celebration — it is resistance. It is healing. It is a bold declaration: we are here, we are whole, and we deserve to thrive! #Pride2025

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Initiative for Equality and Non Discrimination @inendorg.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

In a world where human rights are under threat, we stand bold in love, loud in truth, and unshaken in our commitment to justice Pride is not a celebration of privilege — it is a declaration of existence, resistance, and resilience Queer joy is powerful. Share it, protect it, live it. #PrideMonth

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Initiative for Equality and Non Discrimination @inendorg.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

If you're in Washington D.C. from June 4-6, 2025, please join our E.D at the WorldPride 2025 Human Rights Conference! She'll be sharing critical insights on state of LGBTQ+ human rights in the cradle of civilization tickets.capitalpride.org/e/wp-hrc/tic... @worldpridedc.bsky.social #WorldPride2025

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Initiative for Equality and Non Discrimination @inendorg.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Our 2024 Annual Report, "Our Home, Our Future," reflects a pivotal year of strategic growth, impactful advocacy, & a monumental step towards long-term sustainability of our organising to further justice, inclusion and rights protection for LGBTQ Human Rights inend.org/annual-repor...

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Initiative for Equality and Non Discrimination @inendorg.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Today is World Day of Social Justice! In these challenging times, it's vital to remember our strengths and celebrate our wins. Here are a few! #WorldSocialJustoceDay #SociaJusticeMovements #SocialJustice

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