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.
Nigerian Senate approves HIV Bill
Nigerian Senate has passed the HIV Bill 2013, which stipulates that every person living HIV and AIDS shall be assured of freedom from unlawful termination of his or her employment by reason of his or her status. The decision comes months later after Nigerian state approval of a law that punishes same sex marriage and […]
Read moreSPW in April 2014
SPW in April 2014 Kasha Jacqueline in Brazil On April 24th, 2014, Amnesty International and Sexuality Policy Watch, in Rio, promoted an open debate with Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera, the Ugandan lesbian activist who was visiting Brazil to attend a TedX event in São Paulo. In the debate, which followed the exhibition of the movie God Loves […]
Read moreTennessee Becomes First State to Jail Women for Pregnancy Outcomes
According to Alternet, Tennessee has become the first state in U.S. to pass a law criminalizing women for their pregnancy outcomes. Click here to learn more.
Read moreBrazil’s abortion nightmare: Why one desperate woman lied about rape
Article by Aljazeera highlights the difficult choices Brazilian women are forced to make when trying to end a pregnancy in the country with the largest Roman Catholic population in the world. Here.
Read moreThe Gathering: The Religious Right’s Cash Cow
Learn more about “The Gathering”, a secretive group that provides funding for many evangelical causes at US, including the anti-LGBT movements abroad. Here.
Read moreHomosexuality is not un-African
In an article in Aljazeera America, Silvia Tamale highlights how certain ideas are being used to justifiy laws like the Ugandan one which criminalizes same-sex relations. Read it.
Read moreLouisiana: Repeal ‘Crime Against Nature’ Laws
According to Human Rights Watch, the Louisiana State House of Representatives voted to repeal a law, enacted in 1805, that punishes and undermines LGBT rights. The law has been supported by Christian groups and is unenforceable since the US Supreme Court struck down, in a landmark decision in 2003, laws against sodomy. Click here to […]
Read moreAfrican Transfeminism
S.H.E social, health and empowerment feminist collective of Transgender and Intersex Women of Africa has launched its first newsletter, which brings news about trans activism at the continent. Click here to read it.
Read moreNew GenderIT.org edition highlights “Back and forth in the advancement of women’s rights at CSW58”
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Read moreEgyptian police ‘using rape as a weapon’ against dissident groups
The Guardian brings information on the dissemination of rape as a practice used by Egyptian police against arrested dissidents. Read more.
Read moreIt’s Not Just Uganda: Behind the Christian Right’s Onslaught in Africa
The Nation brings an article about the role of American Christian organizations in triggering anti-LGBT laws. Click here.
Read more47th CPD results and assessments
SPW gathered news, results and assessments from the 47th session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD). Below, some of them released by now. RESURJ Public Statement on CPD 47th Amnesty International’s public statement on CPD 47th Young People Speak up for their Sexual and Reproductive Rights at 47th CPD Statement (In Spanish) by feminist […]
Read morePhilippine court upholds contraceptive law as constitutional
The Philippines Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a family planning law but ruled out provisions to punish health workers who do not inform people about contraceptive options. Read more on Reuters. And click here to read former lawmaker Edcel C. Lagman’s article about the Supreme Court decision.
Read moreIndian Supreme Court Recognizes 3rd Gender
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court of India allowed a transgender people to identify as a third gender and directed the central and state governments to give full legal recognition to them. The decision comes four months later after the same Court has restored the criminalization of homosexuality by nullifying a Superior Court 2009 […]
Read moreForcing a woman to have a caesarean is an assault we won’t tolerate
Read The Guardian’s article about the case of a Brazilian women taken by police to have a cesarean, despite her will to have a vaginal birth. Here.
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