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Diverse is a grassroots intersectional organization. GoFundMe@
https://gofund.me/200942313
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🚨 URGENT: Uganda's ONLY accessible LGBTQ safe shelter for persons with disabilities is at risk of closure. For disabled LGBTQ persons in Uganda, the risks are extreme: family rejection, community violence, & displacement among others. Every contribution matters. Please donate & share widely. 💜
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This July, we are celebrating Disability Pride Month and affirming that centering disabled voices strengthens us all.
#disabilitypride
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Accessibility is not just about entering the building. It is about being understood, respected, and cared for.
#accessiblepride
#accessiblehealthcare
17 days ago
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On Heroes Day, we celebrate the quiet and bold resistance of those who refuse to stay silent. The activists, organizers, peers, and everyday voices pushing for equal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights. Happy heroes day✊🏾
24 days ago
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In partnership with TYI Uganda, under our Building Accessible Pride project, we trained community leaders and advocates to build inclusive SRHR interventions and programs. These are Monalisa’s reflections after the session.
#accessiblepride
#accessiblehealthcare
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29 days ago
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Happy Martrys’ day✝️ Today, we reflect on and honor the faith and sacrifice of the Uganda Martyrs.
30 days ago
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From access to safe care to dignity in every health system, we must keep pushing for equity, inclusion, and justice for all women and girls.
#accessiblehealthcare
about 1 month ago
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Eid Mubarak! May this Eid remind us of compassion, justice, and shared humanity.
about 1 month ago
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We asked some of our participants under the Accessible Pride Project what accessibility looks like in SRH care. Here is what Alibasham had to say. Disability inclusion in SRHR is a rights issue. Inclusion is not charity. It is justice.
#accessiblepride
#accessiblehealthcare
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about 1 month ago
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When healthcare systems exclude people, barriers become violence. We need accessible services for all.
#accessiblepride
#accessiblehealthcare
about 1 month ago
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A strong democracy makes space for diverse voices, identities, and needs.
#idahobit
about 2 months ago
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Accessible SRHR means people can get information and care in ways they understand and can actually use.
#accessiblepride
#accessiblehealthcare
about 2 months ago
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Accessible Pride is building a more inclusive SRHR space for persons with disabilities and gender-diverse communities. Pride should be accessible to all.
about 2 months ago
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Happy Mother’s Day to every mom, parent, caregiver, and chosen family in our communities! Your love and strength shine bright. 💖
about 2 months ago
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The Protection of Sovereignty Bill affects all our livelihoods. Here is why you should care. Do you have any questions or concerns regarding the bill? Let us know in the comments.
#ffenakukyoto
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about 2 months ago
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🔔Gentle reminder to register for our group therapy sessions. Please note that there shall be both physical and online sessions on a first come first served basis. Don’t miss out. Sign up using the link below:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Application to Join Group Therapy Sessions with a Psychiatrist for gender diverse persons with Disabilities
Welcome! Diverse Empowerment Foundation in partnership with Frauen Initiative Uganda is organizing safe and supportive group therapy sessions with a professional psychiatrist. These sessions are tailo...
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScuiRbvJNKtV5bJDq-fzZbl-AiorIfEJM6g-KEljb9c_Kzl2g/viewform
3 months ago
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Diverse Empowerment Foundation partners with Frauen Initiative Uganda to bring a safe group therapy sessions led by a professional psychiatrist. Designed for gender diverse folks with disabilities to share, heal, & learn coping strategies.🌈💖 Apply by 14.04.26 (link:
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3 months ago
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Eid Mubarak! 🌙✨We congratulate our Muslim siblings for completing the Ramadan fast.
3 months ago
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Happy International Women’s Day. We are celebrating women in all their diversity; disabled, non-binary, queer women.
#IWD2026
4 months ago
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Our research in Mbale & Kasese found that "safe spaces" exclude disabled LGBTQ+ people by design—no access, no alerts, no dignity. Climate disasters are deadly. Exclusion makes them deadlier. Check out our website for the full report.
#MindfulMondays
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Intersectionality isn't academic jargon—it's how we name what we live. When you're disabled and queer in Uganda, you don't face ableism on Monday and homophobia on Friday. You face both, always, compounded. That's why single-issue advocacy leaves people behind.
#MindfulMondays
4 months ago
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Starting the year with Mindful Mondays Every Monday, we'll share education rooted in our research. Intersectionality isn't academic—it's survival. Our lives are layered. Our struggles are connected. Justice must meet us where we are.
#DisabilityJustice
#Intersectionality
5 months ago
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🌹 Heartbroken to announce the passing of Joan Amek, Executive Director of Rella Women Foundation. A visionary advocate for women & LGBTQ+ in Uganda her compassion inspired us all. We mourn the tremendous loss to the movement, and celebrate her legacy of courage. Rest in power. 🙏🏾❤️
5 months ago
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Limitations are part of being human. Barriers are what society creates when it refuses to accommodate. We're not the problem. Ableism is. And we refuse to be erased.
#DisabilityJustice
#CommunityVoices
5 months ago
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🚨 URGENT: Uganda's ONLY accessible LGBTQ safe shelter for persons with disabilities is at risk of closure. For disabled LGBTQ persons in Uganda, the risks are extreme: family rejection, community violence, & displacement among others. Every contribution matters. Please donate & share widely. 💜
5 months ago
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We took time to pause and realign. Now we are back. DEF remains committed to dignity, disability justice, queer lives, mental health, and refugee realities. Over the coming weeks, we will share stories, resources, advocacy, and reflections. Thank you for staying with us.
6 months ago
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Happy Holidays to you and yours✨🎉 As we close for the season we want to thank you for your incredible support this year. We're taking a brief break to celebrate with loved ones and will return refreshed in 2026. We wish you love, joy, and wonderful memories this season! 🎁
6 months ago
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Sixteen days, infinite future. The campaign ends. The work continues. We carry the fire forward.
#FfenaKuKyoto
#UniteToEndGBV
#16Days
@smug2004.bsky.social
7 months ago
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Celebrating our very own Ruby Loretta today! 💚 Always kind, always brilliant, always chasing big dreams. Happy birthday! 🎉
7 months ago
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We do not fade. We do not quiet. We carry each other and we keep going.
#FfenaKuKyoto
#16Days
@smug2004.bsky.social
7 months ago
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Safety and dignity are not rewards — they are rights. Disability, trauma, gender diversity, or identity do not diminish anyone’s right to rest, protection, and respect.
#FfenaKuKyoto
#16Days
@smug2004.bsky.social
7 months ago
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Policy sets the conditions for safety. When disability inclusion and LGBTQ plus protections are missing in GBV policy, survivors are placed at risk. We refuse systems that leave disabled and queer survivors outside.
#FfenaKuKyoto
#UniteToEndGBV
#16days
7 months ago
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International Day of Persons with Disabilities: We lead. We build. We protect.
#FfenaKuKyoto
#IDPD
#16Days
#UniteToEndGBV
7 months ago
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Digital safety is a love language. Turn off location. Blur faces. Check in quietly.
#FfenaKuKyoto
#UniteToEndGBV
#16Days
7 months ago
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World AIDS Day. We honor. We remember. We fight. HIV justice is queer justice. HIV justice is disability justice.
#FfenaKuKyoto
#WorldAIDSDay
7 months ago
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For every quiet helper, listener, interpreter, advocate, and protector — thank you. Care is sacred work.
#FfenaKuKyoto
#UniteToEndGBV
7 months ago
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Care protects us. Care saves lives. Bonfire Care Toolkit coming soon. Stay close to the fire.
#FfenaKuKyoto
#UniteToEndGBV
#CareAsResistance
#16days
7 months ago
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“I survived because someone stayed.” We do not heal alone. We gather, we hold each other, we rise.
#BonfireStories
#FfenaKuKyoto
#UniteToEndGBV
7 months ago
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For disabled women who depend on technology to communicate and survive, tech-facilitated violence is especially devastating. Abusers know this. They use spyware, tracking, isolation, and control. Technology should liberate, not entrap.
#TFGBV
#DisabilityJustice
#FfenaKuKyoto
#16days
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7 months ago
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Twelve percent access is not enough. Survivors should not be locked out of safety. Disabled and queer survivors deserve doors that open, not walls. We gather to change what is possible.
#FfenaKuKyoto
#UniteToEndGBV
#16Days
7 months ago
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The fire is lit, and we gather. Ffena Ku Kyoto means All of Us by the Bonfire, rooted in African care, solidarity, and survivor leadership. We UNITE to end violence. We hold each other. We rise together.
#FfenaKuKyoto
#UniteToEndGBV
#16Days
7 months ago
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We remember. We resist. Trans lives matter.
#TDOR
#TransDayOfRemembrance
7 months ago
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Inclusive disaster preparedness saves lives. Accessibility, representation, and SRHR are not optional. Here are 5 policy actions to ensure no one is left behind.
#BuildingInclusiveClimateResilience
#DisabilityJustice
#SRHR
#ClimateInclusion
#DRF
9 months ago
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Non-violence must include climate justice. Disabled persons are at the frontline of climate disasters, yet too often left behind. DEF’s Climate Baseline Study is our step toward futures of care & resilience.
#InternationalDayOfNonViolence
#ClimateJustice
#DisabilityJustice
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9 months ago
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Safe abortion is health care, dignity, and a right. In times of crisis and disasters, access must not be erased. Read our full post:
diverseempowermentfoundation.org/safe-abortio...
#SafeAbortionDay
#SRHRinCrises
#PrideInEveryIdentity
9 months ago
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“When info is only in print or only on radio, persons with disabilities are excluded from life-saving warnings.” — DEF Baseline Study. Full blog
diverseempowermentfoundation.org/unveiling-ou...
Access to info = access to safety.
#InclusiveClimateResilience
#LeaveNoOneBehind
9 months ago
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Faith can be a source of strength, hope, and restoration for survivors of GBV. Through the
#WOFA
campaign, we amplify survivor-centered voices and reclaim faith as a force for justice and healing. 💜 Read more:
diverseempowermentfoundation.org/reclaiming-f...
9 months ago
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Today is the International Day of Sign Languages. Sign languages are not alternatives—they are languages of identity, culture, and resistance. Inclusion begins with accessibility. Let us learn, unlearn, and relearn together.
#IDSL2025
#InclusionForAll
9 months ago
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Today, we begin the next chapter of our Pride in Every Identity Campaign. Disability Pride is visibility, strength, and kindness. Every voice matters. 🌐 Read more:
diverseempowermentfoundation.org/pride-in-eve...
#PrideInEveryIdentity
9 months ago
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Today is
#WorldSuicidePreventionDay
💜 Think someone is struggling? 1. Reach out 2. Listen 3. Seek help 💜 There is help. 💜 There is hope.
#MentalHealth
#DisabilityJustice
#Inclusion
10 months ago
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🌍 DEF launches the Building Inclusive Climate Resilience Campaign with DRF. We call for safe shelters, clear information, and dignity for all. Join us for 4 weeks of action. ✊
#InclusiveResilience
#ClimateJustice
#CRPD
10 months ago
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