Mariam Chande

Executive Director at Utetezi Rural Africa

Utetezi Rural Africa

MARIAM CHANDE

Mariam Chande is the founder and Executive Director of Utetezi Rural Africa a LBQI persons rural organization based in Kenya. They have worked with the LBQI , sexual and reproductive health and rights at the grassroots movement for the past 8 years organizing at the intersection of religion, gender, and sexuality. They are activist and feminists continuously supporting spaces for young queer people. Mariam currently seats on the community advisory board of The Initiative for Equality and Non-Discrimination (INEND). They believe that rural inclusion is key to realizing sustainable development.
They believe in Ubuntu.

Event Schedule

DAY 1

20 July 2023

Start Time	End Time	Session	Description	Action
08:00 pm EEST	09:30 pm EEST	Rethinking Reproductive Rights of socially marginalized populations in Africa. Side Event Ubumwe Grande Hotel - Ikaze Room	This is a panel discussion for grassroots youth, women with disabilities, young people living with HIV and other marginalized communities from the region to tell stories Read More This is a panel discussion for grassroots youth, women with disabilities, young people living with HIV and other marginalized communities from the region to tell stories of how stigma and judgmental attitudes affect their access to basic reproductive health information and services, including abortion; and how this is perpetuated and sustained in the ongoing reproductive justice activism. They will also share innovative strategies used to circumvent stigma and other social normative and legal barriers. The event will therefore provide a platform for rethinking reproductive rights of these most socially marginalized communities and condemn the ongoing discrimination and backlash against their reproductive rights and bodily autonomy. Organizer: Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights Africa (WGNRR AFRICA) Read Less Speakers LUCY KOMBE Program Director Zamara Foundation KURAISH MUBIRU Executive Director Uganda Young Positive Mariam Chande Executive Director at Utetezi Rural Africa Utetezi Rural Africa