TAG: human rights
Pope and Patriarch Misrepresent the True Meaning of Secularism and Seek to Impose their Beliefs on Others
Catholics for Choice On his way to Mexico, Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic church, met with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill for the first time since the schism of the two religions in the 11th century. They signed an interreligious joint declaration that was supposed to solidify their shared Christian values, but instead the […]
Read moreSouth Dakota Nears Dangerous Precedent
South Dakota has moved one step closer to becoming the first US state to bar transgender youth from the bathrooms where they are safe and comfortable.
Read moreThe Right of Access to Information: Exploring Gender Inequities
The article examines the issue of gender inequity in the exercise of the right of access to information by exploring the legislative framework underpinning the right for women, detailing the value of information for women, describing the principal obstacles that propagate information asymmetries, and exploring potential responses to advance a more universal right to information.
Read moreNew IDS research reveals impact of militarism on violence against women in Gaza
This year’s 16 Days Against Gender-based Violence campaign focuses specifically on the relationship between militarism and the right to education. This right to education should include the availability of proper educational infrastructure and facilities as well as safe access. Unfortunately, however, this is not the daily reality of school-aged children everywhere in the world: discrimination, […]
Read more‘In Guatemala to be a feminist is not welcomed, a lesbian, even less so. I am a lesbian feminist’
Sandra Moran, the first openly gay member of Congress in Guatemala, says LGBT rights don’t define her – she is mainly known as a champion of women and indigenous people Sandra Moran made history when she took her seat in Guatemala’s Congress in January Photograph: Sandra Moran Nina Lakhani in Guatemala City Thursday 11 February […]
Read moreIs the world finally waking up to intersex rights?
A landmark directive in Chile last month said doctors should stop ‘normalisation’ surgery, but tackling the global systematic, societal and cultural abuse against intersex people is an uphill battle When a baby is born the first question is usually about its sex. But for one in 2,000 people binary notions of male and female are […]
Read moreCall for Papers RHM 48 opens March 15 – Sexuality, sexual and reproductive health in later life
With a growing number of older people in the world, it is time for Reproductive Health Matters to look more closely at the sexual and reproductive health of people in this different stage of life.
Read moreExperts urge action on LGBTI workplace discrimination in Thailand
Employment discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people is a prevalent but silent issue in Thailand, said experts at a national level meeting to discuss issues related to discrimination in the workplace based on sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression (SOGIE) or intersex status.
Read moreWe queer people will do everything to ensure our liberty, even if it takes some Bollywoodising
Conservative estimates would place us at 2% of any population. In India that’s a delightful 2.5 crores who are potentially criminal for indulging in sexual intercourse with other adults of the same sex, as per the perverse Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code.
Read moreIntersex: Stories and Statistics from Australia
Sex is complex. Humans are simultaneously more similar in their sex development, and more diverse, than is commonly appreciated or understood. Females and males are not made of wildly different ingredients. The potential to have intersex variations—to be born with atypical sex characteristics—exists for all humans in the first few weeks of their prenatal development. […]
Read moreGovernment Recommendations on Zika Virus Not Grounded in Reality, Say El Salvador Locals
The country’s Ministry of Health recommended last week that women should avoid becoming pregnant until 2018. But local feminist groups say this guidance doesn’t reflect the needs of Salvadoran women, especially where reproductive health is concerned.
Read moreSexual Politics in January 2016
The global epidemics fueled by the mosquito-born Zika virus, its potential correlation with microcephaly and the connection with abortion rights is one main headline in the sexual politics scenario of January 2016. And Brazil is at center of this crisis. To delve in the subject read Sonia Corrêa’s article. Then good news in relation to […]
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