The Women's Health Consortium, an alliance of dozens of women's organisations, and All Out, the LGBTQIA International human rights group, have joined forces to expose the hate agenda behind a "family values" conference to gather in Africa, and which distorts African traditions with fundamentalist missionary extremism.

In a press release, they say "In early June, Ghana will host a major international conference on so-called "African family values." It is being presented as a gathering of African parliamentarians defending their culture and sovereignty.

It isn't.

Behind the local faces and the sovereignty language, two foreign operatives are importing their anti-rights agenda into the continent: Sharon Slater of Family Watch International (US) and Henk Jan van Schothorst of Christian Council International (Netherlands).

This is not the first time. Since 2023, Slater and van Schothorst have flown African MPs to Entebbe, trained them in their agenda, and sent them home to sponsor legislation. The Anti-Homosexuality Act in Uganda. The Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill in Ghana. All of it was funded from abroad, dressed up as African values.

This time the stakes are even higher. The conference is designed to produce a draft charter that Slater and van Schothorst intend to submit to the African Union – a document that would enshrine discrimination against LGBT+ people across the continent. Ghana's democratic credibility is being used to give it legitimacy.

Africa is watching. Sign to say: we know who funded this, we know whose agenda this is, and we will not let it happen in our name.

All individuals and groups wishing to register their horror at what is planned at the hate conference, can sign the All Out petition at https://action.allout.org/en/m/66d06f55/