Monica Tabengwa

{{Short description|Lawyer and researcher on LGBTIQ issues}}

Monica Tabengwa is a lawyer and researcher from Botswana who works for Pan-Africa ILGA[http://www.yogyakartaprinciples.org/principles-en/yp10/ Yogyakarta Principles plus 10] and Human Rights Watch (HRW). She is a specialist on LGBT issues in sub-Saharan Africa.{{citation|title=Being Tolerant Is African, Too!|journal=Human Rights Watch|date=2012-04-17|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/04/17/being-tolerant-african-too|accessdate=2018-06-11}}{{citation|first=Evan|last=Urquhart|title=LGBTQ Americans Need to Change Our Ways if We Really Want to Help Gay Africans|journal=Slate|date=2014-04-28|issn=1091-2339|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2014/04/28/how_gay_americans_can_best_help_gay_africans.html?via=gdpr-consent|accessdate=2018-06-11}}{{citation|first=Imogen |last=Mathers|title=View on Gender: A small step towards ending LGBTI persecution|journal=SciDev.Net|date=2014-10-09 |url=https://www.scidev.net/global/gender/analysis-blog/gender-lgbt-persecution.html|accessdate=2018-06-11}}{{cite web|language=fr|title=Afrique du Sud: Les lesbiennes victimes de "viols correctifs"|url=https://www.20minutes.fr/monde/1236361-20131014-20131014-afrique-sud-lesbiennes-victimes-viols-correctifs|work=www.20minutes.fr|date=14 October 2013 |accessdate=2018-06-11}}{{cite web|title=Gambia: "Aggravated Homosexuality" Offence Carries Life Sentence|url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2014/11/gambia-aggravated-homosexuality-offence-carries-life-sentence/|work=www.amnesty.org|date=21 November 2014 |accessdate=2018-06-11}}{{cite web|last=The Independent|title=Singapore voted against UN's sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) mandate safeguard|url=http://theindependent.sg/singapore-voted-against-uns-sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity-sogi-mandate-safeguard/|work=The Independent (Singapore)|date=22 November 2016 |accessdate=2018-06-11}}{{Cite web|title=African Human Rights Commission Adopts Continent's First Resolution Against Anti-LGBT Violence|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/lesterfeder/african-human-rights-commission-adopts-the-continents-first|access-date=2021-06-16|website=BuzzFeed News|date=22 May 2014 |language=en}}{{Excessive citations inline|date=December 2024}} Tabengwa has written on violence and discrimination faced by LGBT people in sub-Saharan Africa.{{citation|first=Monica|last=Tabengwa|title="It's nature, not a crime" : discriminatory laws and LGBT people in Liberia|url=https://www.hrw.org/reports/2013/12/03/its-nature-not-crime|isbn=9781623130787|date=2013|publisher=Human Rights Watch}}{{citation|first1=Neela|last1=Ghoshal|first2=Monica|last2=Tabengwa|title=The Issue is Violence : Attacks on LGBT People on Kenya's Coast|url=https://www.hrw.org/report/2015/09/28/issue-violence/attacks-lgbt-people-kenyas-coast|date=2015|publisher=Human Rights Watch}}

Tabengwa is a member of the drafting committee and a signatory of the Yogyakarta Principles plus 10.{{cite web | url = http://www.yogyakartaprinciples.org/principles-en/yp10/ | title = Yogyakarta Principles plus 10| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171201043532/http://www.yogyakartaprinciples.org/principles-en/yp10/ | archive-date=2017-12-01}}