Sustainable development and the struggle for LGBTI social inclusion in Africa: opportunities for accelerating change

Nana K. Poku, Kene Esom and Russell Armstrong

Development in Practice, 2017, vol. 27, issue 4, 432-443

Abstract: The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Agenda 2063 chart a new development pathway for Africa. ‘Leaving no one behind’, or full social inclusion, is central to this effort. What will this mean for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or intersex (LGBTI) people in Africa who are among the most socially excluded members of the population? This article explores this through a discussion framed by the concept of social inclusion and the commitments regarding it that appear in the SDGs and the Agenda 2063. Although LGBTI inclusion across Africa is not explicit in either document, there are nevertheless important opportunities for linking continental LGBTI advocacy to the sustainable development enterprise.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2017.1304894

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