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CHEVS' works alongside young feminist and LGBTQI+ youths across Africa to build collective power, challenge injustice, and strengthen movements rooted in care, safety, and solidarity.

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FREEDOM
EQUALITY
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JUSTICE FOR ALL.
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OUR APPROACH

MOVEMENT BUILDING

MOVEMENT BUILDING

We work to strengthen the collective power, leadership, infrastructure, and resilience of young queer and feminist movements by focusing on people, relationships, resources and organisational ecosystems as the foundation for sustained social and political change.

ADVOCACY

ADVOCACY

We go along with LGBTQI activists and allied organizations to influence laws, policies, institutional practices, and decision-making processes at national, regional, and transnational levels. This includes engagement with governance institutions, Multilaterals, strategic litigation and direct interaction with decision-makers.

NARRATIVE CHANGE

NARRATIVE CHANGE

We work to shift dominant stories, frames, and discourses that legitimise exclusion, violence, and anti-rights agendas. By producing and amplifying counter-narratives, cultural and media interventions, strategic communications, and storytelling we reframe queer, feminist, and democratic futures as legitimate, desirable, and necessary.

KNOWLEDGE & LEARNING

KNOWLEDGE & LEARNING

We generate, curate, and mobilise knowledge that strengthens movements and informs strategy. Knowledge production is not neutral; it shapes whose realities are visible and whose demands are credible. We therefore prioritise community-informed research and documentation that supports advocacy, funding, and public engagement.

SUPPORT YOUTH-LED ACTIVISM

Across Africa, young feminist and LGBTQI+ youths are organising for safety, dignity, and freedom, often in the face of violence, systemic underfunding, criminalisation, and coordinated anti-rights backlash.

CHEVS supports youth-led movements to resist repression, protect one another, and build democratic futures.

This work is only possible and sustained through collective action.

BY THE NUMBERS

Since 2020, we have worked alongside young feminist and LGBTQI+ persons across Africa to strengthen safety, dignity, and justice. In a context of growing repression, backlash, shrinking funding, and civic space, our work has focused on building resilient movements, advancing justice, and expanding the conditions for freedom; online, offline, and across borders.

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in crisis and emergency response support to activists and organizations

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grassroot organizations and activists supported with capacity building for advocacy

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community members reached with education and skills empowerment programmes

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Democracy

JUN 12 2024

25 Years of Democratic Rule: Are LGBTQI+ Persons Included in Nigeria's Democracy?

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News

NOV 4 2024

A Bolder Narrative: Introducing CHEVS' New Brand Identity

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Report

OCT 13 2025

Bâtir dans le feu : ce que 2024 nous a appris

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Movement Building

MAR 2 2026

Bodies and Borders: Transnational convening in a polarizing world

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Advocacy

MAR 27 2025

Building a Strong Economy: Why We Must Include Queer Womxn

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Report

OCT 13 2025

Building in the fire: What 2024 taught us

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Movement Building

MAR 2 2026

Des corps et des frontières : rassemblements transnationaux dans un monde en pleine polarisation

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Tech Justice

JAN 9 2025

Meta’s Content Moderation Rollback: A Setback for LGBTQI+ Safety and Digital Rights

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Advocacy

SEP 3 2024

Passport Inequality: The Politics of Transnational Convenings

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News

FEB 17 2025

Tech4Pride Fellowship Applications Open for 2025: Join the Nexus Cohort

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Rights

DEC 1 2022

THE CONSEQUENCES OF INEQUALITY: REFLECTIONS ON HIV

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MAY 17 2025

The Weight of Resilience: A Reflection for IDAHOBIT 2025

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JUL 14 2024

Transcending Labels: How Embracing My Non-Binary Identity Changed My Life

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Advocacy

AUG 4 2022

FEMINIST CALL TO ACTION FOR LGBTQI RIGHTS

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Democracy

JUN 12 2024

25 Years of Democratic Rule: Are LGBTQI+ Persons Included in Nigeria's Democracy?

READ MORE
News

NOV 4 2024

A Bolder Narrative: Introducing CHEVS' New Brand Identity

READ MORE
Report

OCT 13 2025

Bâtir dans le feu : ce que 2024 nous a appris

READ MORE
Movement Building

MAR 2 2026

Bodies and Borders: Transnational convening in a polarizing world

READ MORE
Advocacy

MAR 27 2025

Building a Strong Economy: Why We Must Include Queer Womxn

READ MORE
Report

OCT 13 2025

Building in the fire: What 2024 taught us

READ MORE
Movement Building

MAR 2 2026

Des corps et des frontières : rassemblements transnationaux dans un monde en pleine polarisation

READ MORE
Tech Justice

JAN 9 2025

Meta’s Content Moderation Rollback: A Setback for LGBTQI+ Safety and Digital Rights

READ MORE
Advocacy

SEP 3 2024

Passport Inequality: The Politics of Transnational Convenings

READ MORE
News

FEB 17 2025

Tech4Pride Fellowship Applications Open for 2025: Join the Nexus Cohort

READ MORE
Rights

DEC 1 2022

THE CONSEQUENCES OF INEQUALITY: REFLECTIONS ON HIV

READ MORE

MAY 17 2025

The Weight of Resilience: A Reflection for IDAHOBIT 2025

READ MORE

JUL 14 2024

Transcending Labels: How Embracing My Non-Binary Identity Changed My Life

READ MORE
Advocacy

AUG 4 2022

FEMINIST CALL TO ACTION FOR LGBTQI RIGHTS

READ MORE

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Democracy

JUN 12 2024

25 Years of Democratic Rule: Are LGBTQI+ Persons Included in Nigeria's Democracy?

READ MORE

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