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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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. […]
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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 […]
Read moreGlobal action for abortion rights in 2018: a day in pictures
Articles Escalating global effort for safe legal abortion – HRW Joint Letter read at the 39th Session of the Human Rights Council – AWID How To Write (And Not Write) About Abortion – Youth Ki Awaaz Southern Africa Development Community NGOs Call for Safe & Legal Abortion – allAfrica “I’ve seen with my own eyes, safe […]
Read more#MeToo reaches US Supreme Court
Kavanaugh and #MeToo – The Economist McConnell and Grassley Have Prevented Proper Scrutiny of Kavanaugh. That Has to End, Now. – The Nation Grassley Knows Exactly What He Was Doing 35 Years Ago—Scheming to Ban Abortion – The Nation How #MeToo has changed the D.C. power structure — so far – Washington Post Don’t Forget […]
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QueerMuseum: In Defense of Difference
Curator Gaudêncio Fidelis on Queermuseum, his exhibition that was closed down because of pressure from the far-right. INTERVIEW SERIES: ON CENSORSHIP A visual art exhibition became the focal point of political polarization in Brazil last fall. The exhibition, called Queermuseu: Cartografias da diferença na arte brasileira (Queermuseum: Cartographies of Difference in Brazilian Art), opened at Santander Cultural in Porto […]
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Festival ‘For Women’s Lives’ gathered feminists across the country
by Angela Freitas Feminists, networks and organizations engaged in the struggle for the right to abortion in Brazil had two months to prepare a mobilization and communication strategy around the Supreme Court public hearing on ADPF 442 on August 3 and 6. This way, the campaign #NeitherKilledNorJailed was thought of, to resound on social media […]
Read moreADPF 442 Public Hearing expositors
Friday, 3 August 2018 Morning session, from 8:20 am to 1:30 pm 08:30 am Ministry of Health Dra. Maria de Fátima Marinho de Souza Dra. Mônica Almeida Neri 08:50 am Brazilian Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics Associations – FEBRASGO Dr. Rosires Pereira de Andrade 09:10 am: National Academy of Medicine Dr. José Gomes Temporão e […]
Read moreA new chapter in the Catholic Church sexual abuse scandal: a compilation
After the Pennsylvania Report release Faithful Catholics Respond After Abuse Scandals: Commitments to Change and Belief in Pope Francis – The New York Times Why Changes in Reporting Won’t Fix the Catholic Church’s Sexual Abuse Problem – Rewire Visit to Ireland Pope to Visit Ireland, Where Scars of Sex Abuse Are ‘Worse Than the I.R.A.’ – […]
Read more#MeToo and the Ronell case: opinions and analysis
I Worked With Avital Ronell. I Believe Her Accuser. – The Chronicle of Higher Education Another professor backs off earlier defense of feminist prof who sexually harassed student – The College Fix Avital Ronell and the End of the Academic Star – The Chronicle of Higher Education Dialing: Back: Darkness – Theory Illuminati What Are We […]
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Abortion finally legalized in Algeria
On August 14, after much debate, controversy and anti-Islamic accusations by the conservative sectors of Algerian society, the 2018 Health Act finally came into force and promulgated three permissive cases for abortions: 1) when the physiological, psychological and/or mental balance of the woman is at serious risk. The text is not explicit as to the […]
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International Campaign – Argentina: no turning back
PRESS RELEASE 9 August 2018 – Argentina: no turning back by International Campaign for Women’s Right to Safe Abortion Argentina’s Senate voted last night – after a 15-hour “debate”, during which the room was mostly empty of Senators – to reject a bill on abortion passed by the House of Deputies in June. The tone […]
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Homoeroticism of the common man
Last year, in London, I have seen, a superb retrospective of Bhupen Khakar the Indian painter who died in 2003. I was fascinated. Khakar was a modest art professor who lived in Baroda who spent his time giving classes, visiting friends, walking aroud the city, feeding a gigantic alligator kept captive by one of his […]
Read moreSolidarity statement in support of Professor Maria Clara Dias
We, the undersigned, members of the academic community and civil society organizations, denounce the persecution suffered by advocates of the LGBTI+ community and demonstrate our support for Professor Maria Clara Dias, at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, who has been victimized by terrifyingly offensive and untruthful accusations. The attacks are directed at […]
Read moreIndian Supreme Court on Section 377
Supreme Court judgement – Supreme Court of India Supreme Court Refuses to Delay Section 377 Hearing – The Wire Indian Supreme Court Considers Decriminalizing Homosexuality – The New York Times Indian supreme court starts hearing on decriminalising gay sex – The Guardian SC on verge of decriminalising gay sex, govt leaves it to ‘wisdom of […]
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2018 Pride Day in Iran
July 27 is Pride Day in Iran. It’s been the 9th following year that the 4th Friday of July (1st Fri of Mordad in Persian calendar) is named & celebrated as Iran Pride Day. Although being queer is officially illegal & same-sex sexual conduct could be punished by death in Iran, LGBTIQs inside the country […]
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