Around the world
Since its launching, in 2006, the Sexuality Policy Watch website has circulated relevant information on sexual politics trends, events and actors around the world. This investment has resulted in a rich archive of global and national sexual politics.
One main feature of this database is that it is not confined to specific areas or issues. It encompasses information on abortion, sexual and reproductive rights, sex work, sexual violence, gender and women’s rights, HIV and AIDs; and emphasizes materials and analysis that contribute to locate these issues in relation to the political economy of sexuality. Since 2013, key facts, events and trends are selected and highlighted in monthly announcements.
Gender affirmation and evidence around suicide: Contributions to public debate
By: Tomás Ojeda, Mariana Gaba, Isidora Paiva-Mack, Rodrigo Sierra Rosales, Débora Fernández y Alemka Tomicic Year: 2024 This piece explores the relationship between gender-affirming interventions, particularly medical ones, and suicide mortality in the trans and non-binary community. It responds to the publication of the ‘Cass Report’, which reviews evidence about treatment of trans and gender […]
Read moreOne year of Gaza devastation: compilation
English One map to visualize one year of destruction in the Gaza Strip – Le Monde Gaza in Ruins After a Year of War – NY Times Destruction in Gaza caused by Israel-Hamas war mapped using satellite data – CBS Mapped: Nearly 60% of Gaza damaged or destroyed in one year of war – Axios […]
Read moreNews from Vatican: Francis vs. Ultra-Conservatives
Torreciudad, Opus Dei’s Shrine El Papa toma el control de Torreciudad, el ‘santuario’ del Opus Dei fundado por Escrivá de Balaguer – El Diario Conflict between Opus Dei and Spanish diocese to be mediated by papal commissioner – Catholic News Agency Pope Intervenes in Battle of Bishop of Barbastro Against the Opus Dei with the […]
Read moreDignitas Infinita: a first and brief reading
Sonia Corrêa In April 2024, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of Faith, the main doctrinal body of the Holy See, published the Declaration Dignitas Infinita – On Human Dignity. This new text may be read as the first guidelines on gender and related matters in which the imprimatur of Francis I is flagrant. It groups “abortion”, […]
Read moreKamala Harris’s candidacy: compilation
English Harris steps up – The Nation August 2024 Issue The Kamala Show – The New Yorker Kamala Harris’s Gamble – New Yorker Where Kamala Harris Stands on the Issues: Abortion, Immigration and More – NY Times In Debate With Trump, Harris’s Expressions Were a Weapon – NY Times Meet the evangelicals trying to make […]
Read moreThe “Politics of Gender”: A Genealogical Commentary
by Sonia Corrêa Introduction I was motivated to write this commentary after reading a series of articles that revisit the conditions in which a transnational agenda of the repudiation of “gender” took shape in the 1990s (Butler, 2004; Case, 2017; Garbagnolli, 2017; Mikolsci and Campana, 2017: 723-745; Kuhar and Patternote, 2017; Viveros, 2017: 220-241), having […]
Read moreDEMOCRACIES IN DISPUTE: Explore the series and access the materials
In 2024, more than 64 countries will have elections at different levels*. These disputes are both electoral and about the meaning of democracies. They will trigger conditions of fierce battles over politics, but also narratives between a wide variety of actors, including populist and authoritarian forces that, over the past few years, have been instrumentalizing […]
Read moreNotes on the webinar “Disputed Democracies: The United States”
We present below the translated version of the notes on the webinar “Democracies in Dispute: United States”. The webinar was held on June, 4th, 2024, as part of the Pending and Emerging Debates Forum. The original report, in Spanish, is available here. In 2024, more than 60 countries will have elections at different levels […]
Read moreNotes on the webinar “Democracies in Dispute: Latin America”
We present below the translated version of the notes on the webinar “Democracies in Dispute: Latin America”. The webinar was held on May, 7th, 2024, as part of the Pending and Emerging Debates Forum. The original report, in Spanish, is available here. In 2024, more than 60 countries will have elections at different levels of […]
Read moreBangladesh 2024 political crisis: compilation
Misinformation campaigns and the future of Bangladesh-India relations – The Daily Star Hasina fled Bangladesh, leaving behind a ‘beaten’ Indian security establishment – Nenews Cannot rule out foreign hand in Bangladesh crisis: Ex-Indian envoy – India Today Violence against Hindus in Bangladesh: Boost to Islamophobia in India – The Wire Bangladesh University Teachers Propose Inclusive […]
Read moreSexual politics from January to June 2024 (Part 2)
>> Read in PDF << Part 2 – Continuing anti-gender offensives Gender politics: good news Inevitably, the political situation described in part 1 of this issue is marked by anti-gender attacks, attacks on LGBTQIA+ rights, and, as we’ll see below, on the right to abortion. However, we also have some good news. In the international […]
Read moreSexual politics from January to June 2024 (Part 1)
>> Read in PDF << Part 1 – Democracies in dispute Introduction As we have pointed out in previous editions, in recent years sexual politics has become inseparable from the dynamics of de-democratization and authoritarianism that have been growing around the world – with particular strength in the Americas and Europe, where democratic regimes seemed […]
Read moreEU 2024 elections: rising far right – compilation (English, Portuguese and Spanish)
English Post-election EU elections: earthquake in France and a rightward policy lurch? Our panel responds – The Guardian 5 things to know about the EU election results – Politico A right-wing Europe is here to stay -Washington Post Far right makes gains in EU election but it could struggle to unite – BBC European elections: […]
Read moreUS november election forecast: an authocracy in sight? – compilation
English If Trump Wins – NY Times Why Trump’s Second Victory Would Be Worse – The Nation The Theocratic Blueprint for Trump’s Next Term – The Nation Why a Second Trump Presidency May Be More Radical Than His First – NY Times Under Trump, the DOJ Will Become the Legal Wing of the MAGA Movement […]
Read moreSouth Africa 2024 election: compilation (English, Portuguese and Spanish)
‘A.N.C. Has Been Humbled’: a Couple’s Vote Explains Why – NY Times South Africa’s ANC wants a national unity government: What is it? – AlJazeera South Africa’s ANC will seek national unity government, Ramaphosa says – AlJazeera South Africa’s ANC seeks coalition after historic election slump – AlJazeera Who Will Govern South Africa? – The […]
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