Cape Verde

Demographics

Estimated Total Population:

543,767

World Bank, 2018

Estimated SGM Population:

N/A

N/A

Estimated Total SGM Adult Population:

N/A

N/A

Estimated % of SGM Adults (18+):

N/A

N/A

There is little public information regarding the SGM Population in Cape Verde likely due to the small nature of the country. Cape Verde is the 5th smallest country in Africa according to area, and the 3rd smallest in population size. In addition, it is a third world country, and third world countries generally have less data collected on them than first and second world countries. However, it is reported that there are 700 men who have sex with men in the country (UNAIDS 2018).

Cape Verde's Laws and Policies from ILGA World Report (2019)

RECOGNITION
Marriage for Same-Sex Couples
No
Civil Unions
No
Joint Adoption
No
Second Parent Adoption
No
PROTECTION
Employment Nondiscrimination Laws
Yes
Broad Protections
No
Criminalization of Violence
No
Ban of Conversion Therapy
No
CRIMINALIZATION
Consensual Same-Sex Acts are Legal?
Yes
Gender
Does Not Apply
Max Penalty (Yrs in Prison)
Does Not Apply

Selected Published Studies, Reports, and Other Documents

(2014).Human Rights, the Helsinki Accords and the United States: Selected Executive and Congressional Documents., 38,15. https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?public=true&handle=hein.intyb/huhelsnk4075&div=14&start_page=1&collection=cow&set_as_cursor=7&men_tab=srchresults

Lobo, Andréa, & Miguel, Francisco. (2015). "I want to marry in Cabo Verde": Reflections on homosexual conjugality in contexts.Vibrant: Virtual Brazilian Anthropology,12(1), 37-66. Epub June 00, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-43412015v12n1p037

Miguel, F. (2019). Cabo Verde. In H. Chiang, A. Arondekar, M. Epprecht, J. Evans, R. G. Forman, H. Al-Samman, ...Z. Tortorici (Eds.), Global Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer(LGBTQ) History(Vol. 1, pp. 284-286). Farmington Hills, MI: Charles Scribner's Sons. Retrieved from https://link-gale-com.proxy.lib.duke.edu/apps/doc/CX3662300072/GVRL?u=duke_perkins&sid=GVRL&xid=9b8c8135

Rodenbough P, Philip. “Being LGBT in West Africa: A Virtual Student Foreign Service Project”. USAID. 2014 June; 22-25. https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/1208588/1226_1463734365_the-being-lgbt-in-west-africa-project-final-report.pdf

Sweet, Jessica. “Cape Verde LGBTI Resources”. AMERA International. http://www.refugeelegalaidinformation.org/cape-verde-lgbti-resources