Conservative Christian organizations based in the United States are increasingly influencing legislative processes in West Africa, particularly regarding LGBTQ+ rights. In countries like Ghana, local lawmakers and activists have collaborated with U.S.-based advocacy groups to draft and promote restrictive family values legislation. While supporters argue these laws protect traditional cultural and religious values, human rights organizations raise concerns over the erosion of civil liberties and the international networks funding these legislative shifts.
- U.S. Christian-right organizations are actively supporting conservative legal frameworks and lobbying efforts in West African nations.
- In Ghana, the proposed Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill seeks to criminalize LGBTQ+ advocacy and relationships.
- Local politicians and religious leaders have acknowledged collaborating with international conservative groups to shape the legislation.
- Critics and human rights advocates warn that these laws threaten basic human rights and safety for marginalized groups in the region.
- The involvement of foreign funding and strategic support highlights the globalized nature of advocacy efforts influencing local African governance.
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Ghana and Niger are among the latest countries to pass legislation imposing heavy penalties for LGBTQ activity – including, in some cases, for allies who show support. Niger's law is already in force; Ghana's bill has passed parliament but still awaits the president's signature.
This western nonsense has no place in Africa
Gay month what a joke
It must be unbearable our constant lectures and grandstanding on everything and everyone on how to run their own countries and their own lives.
But witnessing a demographic collapse at home, it becomes comical when addressing marriage, sex, children, family.
These groups would rather fund their agenda than have healthcare, immunization , HIV drugs available. Were they the ones that lobbied the US gov't to stop their international aid for these programs ?
It's at least one thing Africa is getting right.
How can we continue this movement here in the West? It's gone completely off the rails
Pushing LBGTQIA+ garbage onto these countries is a blatant example of Western cultural imperialism.
Live and let live.
Love and let love 💕
You want democracy but you disteaste the element of democracy. If some people want to push their opinions and beliefs they get demonized
It's not just West Africa, its 95% of African countries…. same-sex marriages are the reason the west young age is shrinking, and DW is asking a white woman for her views on African LGBTQ😂ask native African not a European about African issues
And which group is involved in promoting LGBTQ? Left wing extremists?
God bless Africa for choosing common sense over stupidity! 💪
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Tell Haley Mcewen to get a real job
They say it's their culture, but they are dictated by Israeli colonizer money…..amazing.
Researchers and scientists also declared the COVID vaccine safe. The transgender researchers and scientists don’t mention that a child must have body parts removed and experimental chemicals injected in order to accomplish the scientists version of this new trans human. If transgender is a type of human, there would be no reason to make drastic surgical procedures and injections.
Transgender is not about biology, it is about ideology. It is a Marxist communist ideology, anti capitalism, no property rights and erasure of the nuclear family. It has nothing to do with the welfare of a child.
This is total BS…DW, you're embarrassing yourselves…you are saying that the African family structure was brought to Africa by colonialists. You guys sound like dropouts who were really dull in class…..search AFRICAN MOORS!! and you will get all the answers you need… It's the MOORS that civilised Europeans and all the Greek knowledge, it's Africans who taught them
Reason finally prevailed against feelings and madness.
Go Africa 👍
Politicians follow only one principle: neither will they live nor will they let others live.
Well, the queer community is used to it now.
People on the left and right and all persuasions in between advocate and lobby for their positions all around the world
The left has done pretty well in this regard. Let's not pretend there is anything unique or sinister about the conservative rightwing pushing their world views.
😂😂😂😂😂 the same lawmakers are the ones involved with same sex relationships. The laws are for the poor.
Dw this is a lie to Africa is not are things and why is a white woman saying things at she did not know
So sad. We need a Real Living Wage and Universal School Meals. Leave peaceful adults alone.
The gay pride was co-opted by marxist, a better question to have answered is, who pushed this racist, sexist, marxist poisen throughout the world all at the same time.
neo colonialism at its best – money is power, can be used violently.
Pro-LGTBQ is also pushed by Western institutions, what you are saying is that only pro-LGBTQ Western institutions should determine Africans' culture.
Almost all non government organisations advocating for same sex marriages are funded from the west.those who promote it and those who oppose it are funded from elsewhere,maybe both should leave the matter to africans to deal with.