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1000 activists trained | 50 trainings | 20 seminars | 5 NGOs registered

1000 activists trained | 50 trainings | 20 seminars | 5 NGOs registered

1000 activists trained | 50 trainings | 20 seminars | 5 NGOs registered

1000 activists trained | 50 trainings | 20 seminars | 5 NGOs registered

1000 activists trained | 50 trainings | 20 seminars | 5 NGOs registered

1000 activists trained | 50 trainings | 20 seminars | 5 NGOs registered

Litigation

When we began this journey in 2016, nine Caribbean and 35 Commonwealth countries criminalised same sex intimacy. LGBTQ+ activists in the eastern Caribbean decided it was essential to tackle anti-LGBTQ+ litigation to improve the lives of marginalised communities. ECADE launched  a five-country legal challenge launched by ECADE in 2020,  transformative journey to full recognition of LGBTQ persons across the OECS on behalf of all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) people.

  

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Capacity and network building

People - lesbian,  gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people, are at the heart of our priority goal of strengthening the institutional capacity of civil society in the eastern Caribbean. Working across intersections - thematic, geographic, demographic, and utilising multiple entry points, the Eastern Caribbean Alliance for Diversity and Equality (ECADE), provides education, advocacy and networking opportunities that ripple from community to policy. 

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Communication

We amplify the voices or marginalised communities; their values, vantage, ventures and vision. ECADE utilises access to policy makers and spaces,  media, communications tools and advocacy networks, to the benefit of the Alliance and our communities. We remain committed to challenging the harmful beliefs that underpin discriminatory laws and create an atmosphere where stigma and discrimination against individuals perceived to be LGBTQ+ are acceptable.


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Security

Dismantling discriminatory structures comes with a multitude of risks - emotional, psychological,  financial, physical and organisational. ECADE's 360 approach to anti-LGBTQ+ policy includes substantive security and mental health components developed as an essential aspect of supporting litigants and membership organisations involved in litigation.

  

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Judgments

Outcome of litigation by ECADE and member organisations in the eastern Caribbean, to repeal anti-LGBTQ+ laws

 commonly known as "buggery" and "gross indecency" laws. This litigation effort was launched in 2019.

Ramirez et al v The Attorney General of Barbados (pdf)

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Orden David et al v The Attorney General of Antigua and Barbuda (pdf)

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Jamal Jeffers et al v The Attorney General of St. Christopher And Nevis (pdf)

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Antigua & Barbuda is the first EC state to repeal anti-LGBTQ+ laws

Photo of ECADE chair Lysanne Charles with comments on Antigua and Barbuda  litigation decision
Photo of MESH President Orden David with comments on Antigua and Barbuda  litigation decision
Photo of WAR President, Alexandrina Wong with comments on Antigua and Barbuda  litigation decision
Photo of MESH chair Alverna Innis, with comments on Antigua and Barbuda  litigation decision
Photo of ECADE ED Kenita Placide, with comments on Antigua and Barbuda  litigation decision

On Saint Kitts and Nevis' repeal of anti-LGBTQ+ laws

Saint Kitts and Nevis' repeal of anti-LGBTQ+ laws with rainbow gavel and logos of SKNAE and ECADE
E. Anthony Ross QC, part of the legal team, on Saint Kitts and Nevis' repeal of anti-LGBTQ+ laws
ECADE ED Kenita Placide on Saint Kitts and Nevis' repeal of anti-LGBTQ+ laws

On Barbados the Republic's repeal of anti-LGBTQ+ laws

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