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.
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Understanding the dismantling of the AIDS response in Brazil
Rio de Janeiro, May 27th, 2019 Brazilian Interdisciplinary AIDS Association (ABIA) After the justifications given by the Ministry of Health for the establishment of the new structure of the Department responsible for the response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic – among the measures is the renaming of the former Department of Surveillance, Prevention and Control […]
Read moreBolsonaro attacks against universities: compilation of articles
Walking toward the cliff – Inside Higher Ed Bolsonaro’s budget cuts in Universities – Inside Higher Ed In Brazil, a Hostility to Academe – Inside Higher Ed We deplore this attack on freedom of expression in Brazil’s universities – The Guardian Brazilian universities fear Bolsonaro plan to eliminate humanities and slash public education budgets – The […]
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Bolsonaro’s budget cuts in universities
by Marcelo Knobel* By making what the minister considers a “very small cut”, it will be impossible for universities to conduct daily operations at even minimal standards of quality. Science has long ceased to be an exclusive concern for scientists and has become a strategic dimension of state affairs. In the contemporary knowledge society, where […]
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Politics of Death: The End of Brazil’s Department of AIDS
Brazil’s national AIDS movement – comprised of networks, collectives, CSOs and activists signed below – repudiates Decree N. 9795 (read in Portuguese), released on May 20th, 2019, that establishes a new structure for the Ministry of Health. As a result, the former Department of STIs, Aids and Viral Hepatitis is now named the “Department of […]
Read moreSexuality in the 2019 Indian elections: compilation
Rainbow wave: record number of LGBTs running for office in India – The Times of India Riding the rainbow: first Lok Sabha elections since Section 377 was scrapped down – DNA India Queer rights enter election script, but not all parties on same page – The Times of India Sneha Kale first transgender contesting Lok […]
Read moreAbortion rights in dispute
Alabama’s abortion ban is about keeping poor women down – The Guardian Trump fulfills his promises on abortion, and to Evangelicals – The New York Times Alabama’s abortion ban shows the chilling effect of Brett Kavanaugh’s appointment – The Guardian Revealed: the fringe rightwing group changing the UN agenda on abortion rights – The Guardian […]
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Sociology and philosophy under threat in Brazil – a petition signed by intellectuals from across the globe
The recent measures against sociology and philosophy in public universities that have been announced by the minister of education, and supported by the president, clarify the connection between cultural and ideological attacks from the new regime. Context: In 2016, the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff was a brutal shock for Brazilian democracy. An aftershock was […]
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CAS ruling against Caster Semenya: compilation of articles
Caster Semenya ruling ‘tramples on dignity’ of athletes, South Africa says – The Guardian Statement on the CAS/IAAF discriminatory ruling against Caster Semenya – IRANTI Caster Semenya fate isn’t about running. It’s about human rights – CNN Female runners with high testosterone must take hormone suppressants to compete, sport court rules – Vice news United […]
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Art, risk and deconstruction
– What do humans have to do not to have regret at that last second before we die? That is one of Elizabeth Streb’s moving questions for art and dance. Streb is known for her great performances that make guttery sounds, give chills, where dancers or superheroes, as she calls them, work with gravity instead […]
Read more#MeToo in India: case against CJI Ranjan Gogoi
India chief justice Ranjan Gogoi’s accuser quits sexual harassment inquiry – BBC Woman who alleged sexual harassment by CJI Ranjan Gogoi withdraws from committee proceedings – Scroll.In India’s top judge Ranjan Gogoi accused of sexual harassment – Al Jazeera
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Un amendement constitutionnel menace le droit à l’avortement au Brésil
Une disposition qui pourrait aboutir à la criminalisation totale de l’avortement gagne du terrain au sein du Sénat brésilien. Un nouveau combat, essentiel à la préservation de nos droits, est en train de voir le jour ; les droits reproductifs des femmes sont en grand danger. Le 16 avril 2019, un amendement constitutionnel (PEC 29/2015) affirmant […]
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FEMINIST ALERT! Constitutional Ammendment threatens abortion rights in Brazil
A provision that may lead to the complete criminalization of abortion is moving forward in the Brazilian Senate. Another major battle to preserve our rights is taking form and women´s reproductive rights are at high risk. On April, 16th 2019, a constitutional amendment (PEC 29/2015) that aims at inserting the right to life from conception […]
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JOINT NOTE REPUDIATING BRAZIL’S PRESIDENT AND MINISTER OF EDUCATION’S DECLARATIONS ON PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIOLOGY
The National Association of Postgraduate Studies in Philosophy (ANPOF) and associations hereby signed vehemently repudiate declarations made by the President and the Minister of Education on teaching and researching in the area of Humanities, more specifically Philosophy and Sociology. The statements issued by the Minister and President reveal ignorance on these areas of study, their […]
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Articulated Sciences Joint Note on Bolsonaro’s Claim Against Philosophy and Social Sciences
The associations hereby signed manifest their indignation and extreme concern with the recent statements made by the President and Ministry of Education with regard to academic courses on Philosophy and Social Sciences in Brazil. The statament demonstrates the most complete lack of knowledge about science and the production of scientific knowledge. It is erroneous and […]
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CONIC and FEACT Joint Note: Brazilian Evangelical young woman will have to leave the country after a series of threats
Brazil’s National Council of Christian Churches (CONIC) expresses solidarity with young Christian Evangelical Camila Montovani who, after a series of threats, will have to leave the country. Check out the CONIC’s and Ecumenical Forum ACT Brazil’s joint solidarity note. Solidarity to Camila Montovani and her relatives “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called […]
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