The campaign, with official opening scheduled for Friday at the Centro Cultural Brasil-Angola, in Luanda, consists of the exhibition of photographic works made by the LGBT+ community and the pieces will be on display until 22 April.
According to the organization of the event, in a statement sent to Lusa, with the photographs on display, Associação Íris Angola aims to "use culture as a tool to promote inclusion and respect for sexual and gender diversity".
The works "should promote the visibility of the LGBT+ community in Angolan society, open space for debate around the human rights of the community and the need for protection against stigma and discrimination and access to sexual and reproductive health".
UNDP's interim resident representative in Angola, representatives of other United Nations agencies, the National Institute for the Fight against AIDS, different ministerial departments and civil society are expected to participate in Friday's ceremony.
A roundtable on the problem of HIV/AIDS in the LGBT+ community and another to close the campaign on the challenges and opportunities of the LGBT+ movement in Angola, scheduled for the 20th and 22nd of April respectively, are also part of the activities.
Founded in 2013, Associação Íris Angola received the certificate from the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights in 2016, but only in June 2018 was it legally formalized by the authorities.
The non-governmental organization works to promote citizenship and human rights for the LGBT+ community in Angola, namely on the concepts of gender equality, non-discrimination, inclusion and promotion of the rights of sexual and gender minorities in the country.
