Impact

Taboom’s media training, mentoring, publishing, monitoring and response programs catalyze ethical journalism and public discourse around taboo topics. By shining light on taboos, we aim to break their power. Our global work challenges stigmas, replacing stereotypes and discrimination with accuracy and respect. We facilitate and promote responsible media coverage to safeguard and champion marginalized communities and to advance human rights. Our initial geographic focus will be Sub-Saharan Africa, which has been the center of our work for three years, although we hope to expand into other regions of the world in the near future. Our initial thematic foci will be religion and LGBTQI+/SSOGIE (sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression) rights, two of our core areas of expertise.