“New legislation proposes to tackle crimes based on prejudice and hatred, but as Deputy Minister of Justice John Jeffery noted, legislation alone ‘cannot change the hearts, minds and attitudes of people’.
Educators, social workers and citizens have been working to change homophobic attitudes, targeting segments of communities where those attitudes are perpetuated.”
Read the full article on GroundUp here.
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