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.
Judith Butler on Roe vs Wade, trans rights and the war on education
The philosopher and gender theorist says the restriction of abortion rights is part of a project to restore patriarchy. By Alona Ferber The fallout from the US Supreme Court ruling on 24 June that overturned Roe vs Wade, the decision that had guaranteed safe, legal abortions in America since 1973, is still being felt across the country. […]
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SPW’s Sonia Corrêa on the end of Roe: check our videos with her remarks
See our playlist featuring SPW co-chair Sonia Corrêa dedicated to analysing the roots, meanings and effects from the overturning of the constitutional right to abortion in US.
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The new anti-trans women rules in elite sports: the new face of an old ‘problem’
By Nana Soares The International Swimming Federation (FINA) announced at the World Championship, held in June in Budapest, a new technical-medical rule to regulate the participation of trans women in all modalities under its governance. According to the new parameters, trans women who have experienced stages of puberty as boys will no longer be allowed […]
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Pride parades: the current target of anti-LGBT forces
If the LGBT+ population is already under attack in the legal and policy realms, this year we have observed a new and worrying trend: the escalating physical violence, particularly targeting LGBT+ Pride parades, either through extremist attacks or state repression. Although with their own scales and developments in each country, the common goal of making […]
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Jamil Chade: Letter to an 11-year-old girl
By Jamil Chade Dear young girl, While your story was the subject of a dramatic debate in Brazil, I tell you that in a room here at the headquarters of the United Nations (UN) in Geneva, men in suits – and a few women – were negotiating the text of a resolution on your destiny. […]
Read moreAttacks against 2022 pride events: a compilation on a worrying trend (English and Portuguese)
English Pride Month in Turkey Showcased Homophobia, Resistance – Human Rights Watch This could be one of the most dangerous Pride months ever – openDemocracy Defiant LGBTQ+ Norwegians stage ‘spontaneous Pride parade’ after Oslo shooting – Pink News Istanbul police violently break up PRIDE March and arrest over 300 people – Global Voices Turkish police […]
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The “Gilead” decision: a compilation
As predicted since December, when a public hearing on the Dobbs case took place, on June 24th 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court, overturned the right to abortion established in the 1973 Roe Vs. Wade decision. The decision did not surprise those who follow the realm of sexual politics, especially after the leaking of the decision’s […]
Read moreAnti-trans drive in sports: compilation (English, Spanish and Portuguese)
English As elite sports think again about trans participation, our only demand is for fairness – The Guardian International Federations’ bans targeting trans and intersex women athletes are turning their sports into “playgrounds for discrimination”, Ilga world alerts – Ilga Trans athletes participation in sport: what’s the debate? – Openly How will swimming’s new transgender […]
Read moreSexual Politics from March to May 2022
>>> Read in PDF First Words Since April 2020, SPW newsletters have been tracking and analyzing sexual politics in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. After two years of health crisis and after brutal and repeated spikes of mortality spread over several regions and countries, the pandemic is finally ebbing thanks to the immunization achieved […]
Read moreMemories of Adrienne, by Carmen Barroso
by Carmen Barroso I first met Adrienne when she went to Brazil in 1974 as a young Ford Foundation program officer. I knew right away that she was different from anybody I had met before. She had the usual professional demeanor, exuding competence and seriousness of purpose, and a razor-sharp focus on the task at […]
Read moreAmber Heard and Johnny Depp trial: compilation (English and Portuguese)
English The Johnny Depp–Amber Heard Verdict Is Chilling – The New Yorker The Amber Heard-Johnny Depp trial was an orgy of misogyny – The Guardian The anti-feminist energy fueling the Johnny Depp misinformation campaign – MEL Magazine TikTok’s Amber Heard Hate Machine – New York Times From Gamergate to AmberTurd: The alt-right is hijacking the […]
Read moreUkraine war: 100 days – compilation (English and Portuguese)
English 100 Days of War: Death, Destruction and Loss – NY Times Ukraine round-up: 100 days of war and some Russians refuse to fight – BBC Devastation and defiance in Ukraine: 100 days of a war that is reshaping Europe – The Guardian 100 days of war, 100 stories from Ukraine – Al Jazeera EXPLAINER: […]
Read moreFrance: Macron reelected and a rising far-right – compilation
Macron reelected but Le Pen’s big score shows France increasingly divided – Politico France elections 2022: Macron reelected as far-right vote and abstentions surge – Middle East Eye France’s Macron is reelected but far-right rival raises game – Whyy Spanish Tras su victoria, Macron deberá enfrentar una política de equilibrios entre los extremos – France […]
Read morePhilippine’s new president: compilation (English, Portuguese and Spanish)
Philippines: Elections point to ominous moment for human rights – Amnesty International The Philippine election is the latest example of illiberalism’s popularity – Vox How ‘Bongbong’ Marcos rewrote his brutal family history and won in the Philippines – Grid The son of late dictator Marcos has won the Philippines’ presidential election – NPR Portuguese and […]
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US Supreme Court ready to derogate Roe Vs Wade: A compilation in English, Portuguese, Spanish
Last monday (May 2), an initial draft majority opinion, written by US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and leaked by Politico, unveiled what has long been considered credible: the Court has voted to overturn Roe v. Wade 1973 landmark ruling, that granted constitutional ground to the right of abortion. SPW is gathering – in English, Spanish and Portuguese – assessments and analysis on the background and implications of the draft.
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