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Lalaina Sandralimisa (Marang)

Lalaina Sandralimisa (Marang)

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Organisation / Affiliation: Queer Place | YALI Alumni Network | Marang Fund
Languages: French, English and Malagasy

Advocacy Areas

  • LGBTQIA+ rights and inclusion
  • Gender equality and feminist leadership
  • Mental health and community wellbeing
  • Safe spaces and digital advocacy

Lalaina Sandralimisa is passionate about building inclusive and safe spaces for sexual and gender minority communities and advancing gender justice in Madagascar and beyond. Their work focuses on empowering marginalised voices, especially queer youth, through storytelling, advocacy and community led initiatives. They believe in transformative queer feminist leadership that challenges inequality while centring care, dignity and intersectionality.

Background

Lalaina is a queer activist with experience in project management, advocacy and movement building in Madagascar. They serve in leadership roles within Queer Place, where they coordinate programmes, manage budgets and support the development of safe spaces for LGBTQIA+ people. Their work includes organising awareness campaigns, leading community dialogues and producing media content, including the Feon-Queer podcast, which amplifies marginalised voices.

Areas of Expertise

  • Community mobilisation and movement building
  • Advocacy and queer feminist leadership
  • Podcasting and alternative media production for social change
  • Project management and programme coordination

Current Projects / Work

Lalaina currently leads and supports initiatives within Queer Place, including safe space programming, advocacy campaigns and the Feon-Queer podcast focused on LGBTQIA+ lived experiences in Madagascar. They also contribute to regional collaborations on gender justice, facilitate community dialogues and strengthen digital advocacy and visibility for marginalised communities.

Affiliations

  • Queer Place
  • YALI Alumni Network