by Stelios Foteinopoulos | Jan 19, 2022 | TCEN NEWS
UPDATE (24/01/2022): The Secretariat can now confirm that our friends and colleagues are safe, and work is underway supporting the vulnerable and others impacted by the eruption. The Commonwealth Equality Network is deeply concerned about our friends and colleagues at...
by Stelios Foteinopoulos | Dec 10, 2021 | TCEN NEWS
Article One of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” The Commonwealth Charter, to which we, dozens of Commonwealth organisations and the 54 Commonwealth nations commit to upholding,...
by Stelios Foteinopoulos | Dec 2, 2021 | TCEN NEWS
In 35 out of the 54 countries that make up the Commonwealth of Nations, being lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or gender-diverse (LGBTI+) is still considered a criminal offence, sometimes punishable with up to 15 years of imprisonment – or even the death penalty....
by Stelios Foteinopoulos | Jul 26, 2021 | TCEN NEWS
Kaleidoscope Trust is a founding member and host to the Secretariat of The Commonwealth Equality Network (TCEN), the first civil society network to sustainably advocate on behalf of LGBT+ people in the Commonwealth. Since its foundation in 2013, TCEN has actively...
by Stelios Foteinopoulos | Nov 23, 2019 | TCEN NEWS
On November 21st, representatives of the TCEN Secretariat appeared at the GAY TIMES Honours 500 ceremony, which honours queer people and their allies who have had a profound impact on the community over the last 12 months. Commemorating the network’s pioneering...
