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.
Joint Statement to the Open Working Group on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Read the joint statement delivered at the 13th session of the Open Working Group on the Sustainable Development Goals on behalf of 58 countries, focusing on SRHR in the health, education and gender equality goals. Click here.
Read moreABIA looks cautiously at the WHO recommendation regarding the use of antiretroviral medicines among men who have sex with men
The Brazilian Interdisciplinary AIDS Association cautiously receives the new World Health Organization (WHO) guideline recommending that men who have sex with men (MSM) consider using antiretroviral medications as a way to prevent HIV infection. While the note is relevant for expanding prevention technologies and techniques, a deeper analysis shows that there are factors that […]
Read moreObama’s Evangelical Gravy Train
The Nation‘s article underlines the gaps between Obama’s administration promises to cut funding to discredited HIV and pregnancy prevention programs in Uganda and the ongoing financing of anti-gay, anti-choice conservative religious groups. Read it.
Read moreSexual and reproductive rights issued in the last days at global, Latin American and Brazilian scene
At the International Conference on Human Rights (7 to 10 July 2013), the main outcome was the final report, which represents a unique platform to address human rights commitments and to identify opportunities to strengthen the operational links between human rights and implementation of the Programme of Action, with a particular emphasis on sexual and […]
Read moreInterview With Darkmatter—Janani Balasubramanian and Alok Vaid-Menon
Read interteview Janani Balasubramanian and Alok Vaid-Menon about South Asian-American queer activism. Here.
Read moreU.S. Supreme Court Lets Private Companies Deny Birth Control Coverage to Employees
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling allowing private companies to deny their employees insurance coverage for birth control under the Affordable Care Act’s preventive health provisions designed to greatly expand affordable health care services for all women in the U.S. The decision prompted strong reactions from human rights organizations underlining that it violates women’s […]
Read moreHRC resolution on family must not undermine the human rights of individual family members
Amnesty International launched a public statement on the resolution presented by a group of countries at the UN Human Rights Council aimet at “protecting the family”. The statement highlights the dangers implied in the resolution, especially for not recognising the existence of diverse forms of family. Click here to read it.
Read moreEgypt Has a Sexual Violence Problem
Read New York Times article about a fierce battle raging in Egypt beyond that one between Islamists and military rulers: the battle “between the patriarchy — established and upheld by the state, the street and at home — and women, who will no longer accept this status quo”. Click here.
Read moreSexual and reproductive rights in May and early June
Brazil In May and early June the Brazilian sexual politics scenario has winessed setbacks and authoritarian measures, particularly with regard to women’s rights. At the end of May, the Minister of Health published an ordinance aimed at regulating the access to and reibursement of abortion procedures provided by the the public health systems in the […]
Read moreHomicide and Gender
The Cranky Sociologists website publishes an article arguing, according to a global map of gender murders, that homicides are gendered social fact. Here.
Read moreDenmark becomes the first European country to allow legal change of gender without clinical diagnosis
Danish parliamentarians passed a law which makes it the first European country where a requirement for ‘Gender Identity Disorder’ diagnosis or any psychological assessment/opinion is not necessary for a person to legally obtain their preferred gender. Learn more.
Read moreMaking Naughty in the New India
New York Times brings an article on how new Indian government can adress the Section 377, upheld by the Supreme Court in december and which outlaws all intercourse other than peno-vaginal sex. Read here.
Read moreLGBTTTI Coalition at the OAS 44th general Assembly
LGBTTTI Coalition celebrates tha approval of the seventh resolution on human rigths, sexual orientation and gender identity and expression at the OAS 44th General Assembly. Click here to read its statement.
Read moreSex Crimes That Shouldn’t Be
In an article published by New York Times, Laurie Shrage writes about discrimination against people living with HIV. Read it.
Read moreAfrica Has Its First Black, Out Gay Member Of Parliament
Take a look at BuzzFeed‘s article about Zakhele Mbhele, the Africa’s first out gay black MP to join South Africa’s parliament.
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