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.
Abortion 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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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 […]
Read moreRatzinger letter on the Church’s sexual abuse scandal: compilation of articles
Full text Pope vs. Pope: How Francis and Benedict’s Simmering Conflict Could Split the Catholic Church – Vanity Fair Pope Francis Under Siege by Bannon, Salvini and even Ratzinger – La Voce di New York This time Benedict XVI oversteps the line – La Croix International Francis and the shadow of Ratzinger, a coexistence that […]
Read moreNew Arab Spring across North Africa: news and analysis
Will second Arab Spring go away first? – National Interest What revolutionaries in the Middle East have learned since the Arab Spring? – Counter Punch Algeria shows the forces of the Arab Spring are still alive – The Washington Post The permanence of Arab uprisings – The Hindu Sudan’s female revolutionaries must beware fate that […]
Read moreGender Identity and Reproductive Autonomy: Deconstructing sex, gender and roles
About the publication The right to found a family is a fundamental right recognized by many international treaties and conventions. This is an evolving right, indicating that it is expanding and changing the meaning of other fundamental rights. In this sense, the development of this right has created the framework for a more democratic and equalitarian […]
Read moreBrunei Penal Code reform adopts sharia law
The Sultan of Brunei: opulence, power and hard-line Islam – The New York Times Will Brunei’s anti-LGBT Sharia law spread across Southeast Asia? – CNN Brunei’s ultra-rich monarch adopts harsh Sharia punishments – The Economist Will Clooney’s Brunei boycott really work? – BBC Brunei Darussalam: Heinous punishments to become law next week – Amnesty International […]
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Feminist resistance against the 2019 WCF
Christian right summit in Verona draws massive protest – The Guardian Women cross borders to confront the far right in Italy – openDemocracy International anti-LGBT, anti-abortion congress opens in Verona – The Local.it Croats Present on Opposing Sides at Family Congress in Verona – Balkan Insight Protestors Sing Against Families | World Family Congress, Verona, […]
Read moreThe seal of an alliance: Trump and Bolsonaro meet
Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro meets with Donald Trump to consolidate their far-right alliance – The Intercept Right-wing movements merge as Bolsonaro visits Trump – Politico Trump praises Brazil’s new President Bolsonaro after he vowed to ‘strengthen democracy’ – CNBC A tale of two Trumps: Jair Bolsonaro goes to Washington – BBC Bolsonaro is betting his presidency […]
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