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.

Jan 16, 2019

A meeting between Rosana Paulino and Belkis Ayón

In November 2015, on the trail of the “feminist occupations”, we published for the first time the work of the black painter Rosana Paulino, whose central themes of interest are the feminine body, blackness and racism, and the ancestral memory and marks of slavery. We came to publish her again at the occasion of the […]

Jan 14, 2019

ABIA concerned after Director of Department of HIV/AIDS and STIs exonerated

On January 10, Ministry of Health’s AIDS and STIs Federal Agency Director Adele Benzaken was exonerated from office, under Bolsonaro’s administration since the 1st. Dr. Benzaken replaced Fábio Mesquita in 2016 when he filed his resignation after the coup on former President Dilma Rousseff. Adele’s exoneration was not welcomed by CSOs and grassroots who feel […]

Dec 17, 2018

#MeToo hits hard in Brazil: the case of João de Deus

More than 200 women accuse Brazil ‘spiritual healer’ of sex abuse – MSN Famed Brazilian medium accused of sex abuse surrenders – Channel News Asia Brazilian faith healer accused of sexually assaulting 300 women turns himself in – The Telegraph More than 200 women accuse famous Brazilian spiritual healer of sexual abuse – The Guardian […]

Dec 4, 2018

Conference Report | 3rd Abortion & Reproductive Justice Conference

3rd Abortion & Reproductive Justice Conference: The Unfinished Revolution | Decriminalisation of Abortion, Medical Abortion and Advocacy for Change At Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa, 9-12 July 2018 Read the full report Produced by Marge Berer with Christina Boateng and Pauline Diaz This is an informal report of a set of three workshops, facilitated […]

Dec 3, 2018

State of South Africa’s Fathers 2018

A report produced by Sonke Gender Justice and South Africa’s Human Sciences Research Council. Download here. “We need to unpack the term of ‘absent father’ a bit more, because what StatsSA looks at is who is in the home and who is not in the home. We know a number of factors impact on how […]

Nov 29, 2018

Taiwan referendum on same-sex marriage: a compilation

Thousands march in Taiwan gay pride parade for referendum vote – Al Jazeera Anti-gay marriage groups win Taiwan referendum battle – Yahoo Same-sex marriage advocates lose Taiwan referendums – Al Jazeera Multimedia Taiwan’s government could be the first to legalize sam-sex marriage – TicToc Bloomberg

Nov 23, 2018

Feminist Alert! Nicaragua’s activists are once again victims

As SPW has been reporting monthly on how the Nicaraguan crisis develops, we report another sad event that targets feminist activists on 23 November. Activities organized by the Colectivo de Mujeres and Radio Vos in Matagalpa (Nicaragua) started under the siege, harassed by the Sandinista and anti-riot police. The military operation targeted the carnival “We […]

Nov 22, 2018

Honduras discriminates against women and LGBTI as part of a transnational religious effort

On 14 November 2018, the Human Rights Council Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice issued a statement sharing the preliminary findings of the Independent Experts official visit to the country. In their conclusion, they found that, although Honduras has ratified several Human and Women’s Rights treaties, the country […]

Nov 9, 2018

Brazilian 2018 presidential elections in figures

This fact sheet present figures of the results of the second round of the 2018 Brazilian presidential elections. The data comes from different sources: Items 1, 2, and 10 come from the TSE (Electoral Justice) database. Data and maps presented in Items 4, 5 and 6 (cities, income, race, religion) combine data from the Electoral […]

Nov 9, 2018

Brazil: Education and gender under attack

A specter of Dictatorship in Brazil – NACLA Brazil’s election of far-right Bolsonaro leaves researchers reeling – Chemistry World Bolsonaro poses a serious threat to higher education – University World News Universities All Over Brazil Suffer Police Raids And Electoral Justice Operations – Folha de São Paulo Brazilian authorities are violating constitutional norms and jeopardizing […]

Nov 5, 2018

Bodies and words performing in somber times

In a time of mourning, processing and making our best to re-exist in the glooming post-electoral atmosphere in Brazil, SPW brings back to our screens three artists who used their work, bodies and words to open spaces, albeit narrow, during the somber days of the military dictatorship (from 1964 to 1985). This was when “art […]

Nov 5, 2018

Hungary ban on Gender Studies: a compilation of protest letters

Statement of the German Sociological Association We are not an empty line – Statement from the University of Gothenburg faculty Statement from ELTE CEU Reiterates Opposition to Removal of Gender Studies Programs in Hungary – Center European University NEWS: Abolition of Gender Studies in Hungary! – ZtG Blog Brazilian Anthropology Association (ABA) The representatives of […]

Nov 2, 2018

In Argentina, gender marker was erased for the first time

We share GATE’s Mauro Cabral personal note on this historic achievement: “Today, for the first time since the gender identity law in Argentina was passed in 2012, a Civil Registration Office allowed a person to delete their gender marker in their legal documents. This landmark decision was achieved by the extraordinary work developed by Dr. […]

Oct 3, 2018

Changing the world with posters from ’68

The exhibition at MIMA Museum entitled “May ’68 and protest movements in posters” recollects legendary posters used as protesting political vehicles from the sixties. The images, large, colorful, strong show the power they still have, before social media allowed sharing images so freely. The elements are printed or drawn in paper. For its inexpensiveness, posters […]