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.
Tanzanian Joint Press Statement: The Right to Freedom of Association Under Threat
The right to freedom of association under threat: 20 arrested in Tanzania for alleged homosexuality 20 September 2017 The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, and Pan Africa International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex Association (Pan Africa ILGA) strongly condemn the recent arrest of parents and NGO […]
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Zika: From the Brazilian Backlands to Global Threat, Debora Diniz
Zika has disappeared from the headlines. Soon after the World Health Organization’s decision to declare the end of the global public health emergency in November 2016, Brazil made its own declaration about the national public health emergency in May 2017. It is easy to now say that the virus is at most spreading at a slow, […]
Read moreUN Cultural Rights Report: fundamentalism, extremism and the cultural rights of women
The new report for the UN General Assembly on fundamentalism, extremism and the cultural rights of women by the Special Rapporteur Karima Bennoune is now out in all language versions. The report is to be presented to the GA on Wednesday October 25 from 10AM-1 PM at the UN in New York. Anyone with a UN badge can attend though civil society cannot […]
Read moreCall for papers – Brazilian Journalism Research: Journalism and Gender Studies
Call for Papers for the V. 14, n. 1, April-July 2018 Journalism and Gender Studies Editors: Cláudia Lago (School of Communications and Arts, University of São Paulo – SBPJor) Ana Carolina Temer (Postgraduate Program in Communication, Information and Communication Department, Federal University of Goiás – Alaic); Marli dos Santos (Postgraduate Program in Social Communication, São […]
Read moreInformation Sheet: Children born with intersex variations
This information sheet has been prepared for parents and families of children born with intersex variations. The tendency to categorize all people as either ‘female’ or ‘male’ means that people with intersex variations may face social stigma and discrimination, often due to a lack of awareness about such variations. This can be made worse when […]
Read moreAPS Tools for communicating about marriage equality and related issues
This information sheet provides some helpful tips for people wanting to communicate in constructive ways about marriage equality and related issues like gender diversity, sexual orientation, homophobia, equality and justice. The more that people are engaging with others in respectful ways, the greater the chance that we can create peaceful and inclusive communities to everyone’s […]
Read moreReport LGBT in Britain: Hate Crime and Discrimination
Stonewall’s new report LGBT in Britain: Hate Crime and Discrimination is out now and reveals high levels of hate crime and discrimination in the UK: The report reveals high levels of hate crime and discrimination in the UK: Experience of hate crime by lesbian, gay and bi people in Britain has gone up by […]
Read moreAdvancing the Human Rights and Inclusion of LGBT People: A Handbook for Parliamentarians
The Chinese version of the Advancing the Human Rights and Inclusion of LGBT People: A Handbook for Parliamentarians has been jointly produced by the United Nations Development Programme and Parliamentarians for Global Action and it has been recently released. The translation and edition to the Chinese version were produced by UNDP China. This handbook will serve as […]
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Sexual Politics in August 2017
Two outstandingly positive news are to be reported in sexual politics worldwide in August 2017. In India, the Supreme Court issued a groundbreaking decision on the right to privacy. In Chile, the Constitutional Court approved a new abortion law that leaves behind the draconian prohibition of pregnancy termination established during the Pinochet dictatorship in the […]
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Stray Bullet: Grasping the void
Anna Kahn is a Brazilian photographer who lives in Rio. In 2007, she made public the series Stray Bullet in which she documents the phantom inscription of violence in the urban landscape. Kahn described this exercise in the following terms: “A terrifying situation whose cruelest expression is the stray bullet. The unpredictable fate of people […]
Read moreABIA’s note on the withdrawal of Law Provision 198 that would criminalize HIV transmission
According to ABIA, the withdrawal of Law Provision 198 that would legally define the transmission of HIV as a heinous crime, is a victory for the AIDS social movement in Brazil On Thursday (August 31st) the processing of Law Draft Provision 198/2015 – that aimed at “defining as a heinous crime the transmission of HIV” […]
Read morePart of our Everyday Work: NHRI Guidelines for Mainstreaming SOGISC Work
NHRI Guidelines for Mainstreaming Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Sex Characteristics Work: APF resource sets out the practical steps NHRIs can take to ensure there is a consistent focus on the rights of LGBTI people in their everyday work. Download the pfd here. Source: Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions
Read moreWhat is the latest news on the abortion rights front in Brazil?
Carla Batista and Sonia Corrêa* In November 2016, the first bench of the Brazilian Supreme Court, in a judgment of a habeas corpus of health professionals condemned in a criminal abortion case in Rio de Janeiro, accompanied the opinion delivered by Minister Luís Roberto Barroso that up until the 12th week of pregnancy abortion should […]
Read moreAustralian marriage equality survey 2017: a compilation
Inquiry into the Commonwealth Government’s Exposure Draft of the Marriage Amendment (Same-Sex Marriage) Bill – Australian Human Rights Comission Marriage Equality around the world – Australian Human Rights Comission Fact check: Is the same-sex marriage survey a completely novel idea that is not actually a plebiscite? – Australian Broadcasting Corporation Explainer: Marriage Equality Postal Plebiscite […]
Read moreChile: major step for women’s right to abortion
In Chile, the processing of a bill aimed at legalizing abortion in three cases — when the woman’s life is at risk, when the fetus is non-viable and when a pregnancy results from rape — was halted when the Lower House has not reached the number of votes required to ratify the text and the […]
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