Working Paper, No. 8 – Biopolitics at the Crossroads of Sexuality and Disaster: The Case of Haiti, by Rosalind P. Petchesky
SPW Working Paper N. 8 presents the remarkable analysis developed by Rosalind Petchesky, member of SPW Steering Committee, on the biopolitics of the militarized humanitarian responses to the Haiti 2010 earthquake, with a particular focus on global inequalities, racialization and sexuality. Click here to read it.
Read moreSexual and Reproductive Rights Global Landscape in February 2015
No major event has been registered by our radars at the sexual and reproductive rights global landscape in February. But we would like to recommend a series of inspiring books, publications and others resources that have reached us recently: – The Global Public Health Special Issue (volume 10, issue 2) on SRHR “Sexual and Reproductive […]
Read more‘A Distinctly French Universalism’: Translating Laïcité after Charlie
by Muriam Haleh Davis It was impossible to avoid the discussion, despite my repeated protests. In Lyon, as in the rest of France, there was nothing else to talk about—especially when I found myself seated across from a colleague who teaches at an international lycée, the crucible of Republican education. He was visibly emotional as […]
Read moreWorking Paper, No. 7 – The global context: Sexuality and geopolitics (selected texts)
In the Working Paper The global context: Sexuality and geopolitics, find the following selected texts from SPW Newsletters N. 10 and N. 11: Reflecting on 2011 events: scattered notes on how sexual politics intersect with a shifting global landscape, by Sonia Corrêa; Aid conditionality and respect for LGBT people rights, by Luis Abolafia Anguita; Aid, […]
Read moreSexual and reproductive rights global landscape in January 2015
In January, reproductive rights have invaded the front pages and screens under the impact of Pope Francis’ statementurging the faithful not to reproduce as “rabbits”. This speech act inevitably provoked reactions from the most diverse quarters actors, including the German Association of Rabbit Breeders, whose president declared that it is “unacceptable that the reproduction of […]
Read moreScott Long: ISIS kills gays: A history of violence
Hands shove them forward, bound and blindfolded. Then comes the step when the stone beneath them stops and nothing is there. The photographs appall but they have the solidity of things you can see; they suggest but cannot summon the feel of one terrifying lurch in darkness when all that’s solid falls away. Death is what happens when […]
Read moreScott Long: Why I am not Charlie
There is no “but” about what happened at Charlie Hebdo yesterday. Some people published some cartoons, and some other people killed them for it. Words and pictures can be beautiful or vile, pleasing or enraging, inspiring or offensive; but they exist on a different plane from physical violence, whether you want to call that plane spirit or imagination or […]
Read moreSexual politics in Post Soviet countries, by Anna Kirey and Yana Sitnikova
1. Part 1 – Intro and overview of the region 2. Part 2 – ‘Propaganda’ legislation and regulation of sexuality in the region 3. Part 3 – Trans issues
Read moreWorking Paper, No. 6 – Some thoughts for Sexuality Policy Watch on The Global Gender Gap Report 2009, by Kate Bedford
In late 2009, the World Economic Forum (WEF) launched its new report on the Global Gender Gap Index, which gained immediate visibility in both global and national media. In this Working Paper, Kate Bedford, from the Kent Law School (Canterbury, UK), critically examine the report from a critical feminist perspective. She identifies positive aspects but […]
Read moreSexuality politics in 2014: A brief retrospective
April – In a landmark decision, Indian Supreme Court allowed transgender people to identify as a third gender and directed the central and state governments to give full legal recognition to them. In May/June – SPW highlighted the inspiring decision by the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights that published resolution in its 55th […]
Read moreScott Long: Dozens arrested for “perversion” in a huge raid in Cairo
At about 10 PM last night, December 7, police carried out a massive raid on ahammam (bathhouse) in the Ramsis area of Cairo, not far from the main railway station. They arrested many men — dozens, reportedly — and hauled them, stripped naked like concentration-camp inmates, to the trucks. Someone living nearby who watched the assault wrote on social media that “police together […]
Read moreSexual and reproductive rights global landscape in November 2014
Among the main events in November, we highlight the Men Engage Symposium, held in Delhi, in which SPW was present with the participation of our members, Gloria Careaga, and our working partner Akshay Khana. Click here to watch the sessions. At the abortion frontline, SPW highlights the survey reported by Reality Check of which the […]
Read moreWorking Paper, No.5 – Pope’s visit to Brazil, by Washington Castilhos
In 2007, the Pope’s visit to Brazil mobilized groups in opposition to the Vatican’s moral dogmatism. In support of these groups, SPW, in close collaboration with CLAM, has produced short articles to illuminate the larger social and political context within which the Pope’s visit occurred. This series of articles comprises the SPW 5th Working Paper […]
Read moreNew Publication: The Role of Global-Level Advocacy in Addressing HIV among Key Population
The report The Role of Global-Level Advocacy in Addressing HIV among Key Population, published by Global Network of People living with HIV, examines the role of global-level advocacy in addressing HIV among key populations, including people living with HIV (PLHIV), people who inject drugs, sex workers, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. The […]
Read moreTransnational LGBT Activism by Ryan Thoreson
SPW recommends Transnational LGBT Activism, by Ryan Thoreson, in which the author discusses how the idea of LGBT human rights is defined by international activists who establish what and who qualifies for protection. Click here to buy it.
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