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Congo, migration and technology

Shelter City: host to human rights defenders

Amsterdam is a Shelter City: the city hosts human rights defenders from around the world for three months, so they can rest and expand their network. As a member of the presidium, Carla received almost all of these guests on behalf of the city council from 2022 to 2026.

What Carla did

  1. Reception

    Meeting with an LGBTIQ+ activist from Malaysia. According to the council daily mail, “presidium member Carla Kabamba” welcomed the guest on behalf of the council and chaired the conversation.

  2. Reception

    Meeting with a journalist and photographer from Mexico who reports on drug violence and migration at the US border. The press was welcome too.

  3. Reception

    Meeting with an LGBTIQ+ activist.

  4. Reception

    Meeting with an LGBTIQ+ activist from Panama.

  5. Reception

    Meeting with a Shelter City guest.

  6. Reception

    Meeting with a guest who stands up for the rights of intersex, non-binary and transgender people. To protect the guest, the meeting was closed to the public.

  7. Reception

    Meeting with an activist from Ghana who stands up for the rights of LGBTIQ+ young people through digital activism, community mobilisation and storytelling.

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