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.
The Anti-Choice Movement Is a Denialist Movement
Read Reality Check article that discusses a report from United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) about abortion. For the author of the article, “the debate over abortion is now less about values and now a struggle between denialism and the facts”. Click here to read it.
Read moreConstitutional court issues decision on abortion restrictions in Bolivia
In a ruling that marks a significant step forward for women’s rights in the region, Bolivia’s highest court, the Plurinational Constitutional Court, issued a decision ending the requirement for judicial authorization for women seeking legal abortion in Bolivia. Click here to learn more.
Read moreWorld Cup 2014: is Brazil’s sex industry crackdown a threat to human rights?
Read The Guardian’s article about Brazilian authorities attempts to sanitise the country’s image by repressing sex-related businesses. Click here.
Read moreA new landmark for ICPD
The ICPD Beyond 2014 Global Report is the culmination of a landmark UN review of progress, gaps, challenges and emerging issues in relation to the ICPD Programme of Action. It gathers data from 176 member states, alongside inputs from civil society and comprehensive academic research. Click here to read it.
Read moreNigeria Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act: Global Day of Action
Nigerian LGBT community is organizing a Global Day of Action on the 7th of March 2014 to protest against law that criminalizes same-sex people relationships. Click here to learn more. And click here to sign the petition.
Read moreAdvances and setbacks in sexual and reproductive right’s landscape in 2013
During the year of 2013, sexual and reproductive rights were threatened by state decisions in various places around the world. At the year’s end, three major legal regressions were registered in the sexuality and human rights landscape. On December 11th, the Indian Supreme Court restored the criminalization of homosexuality by nullifying a Superior Court 2009 […]
Read moreAchievements in 2013 in Latin America and Caribbean
The LGBTTTI Coalition Working at the OAS highlighted the advances achieved in 2013, such as the approval of the Inter-American Conventions Against Racism and Against All Forms of Discrimination and Intolerance – including sexual orientation and gender identit – and the creation of a thematic Rapporteur on the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and […]
Read moreTrans law in the Netherlands passed. Now what?
Read J. Vreer Verkerke’s critical article about the new dutch law on transgender people. Here.
Read moreNigeria and Uganda adopt harsh anti-LGBT laws
In december, Nigeria’s Senate approved a law that criminalizes displays of affection, people in same-sex marriage (including tourists) and even those who argue in favor of LGBT’s human rights. Algo in december, the Parliament of Uganda expanded the criminalisation of LGBT people, by approving the ‘Anti-homosexuality bill’. Click here to learn more. Sexual Minorities Uganda […]
Read moreCanada’s Anti-Prostitution Laws Struck Down By Supreme Court
Canada’s highest court struck down the country’s prostitution laws that punish keeping a brothel, living on the avails of prostitution and street soliciting. According to the decision, the Parliament has now one year to set a new legislation. Click here to learn more.
Read moreDoes Pope Francis Have a Woman Problem?
Read article “Does Pope Francis Have a Woman Problem?”, from the Daily Beast, which points that pope Francis is undoubtedly forward-thinking—except for when it comes to women ascending in the church hierarchy. Click here.
Read moreDecoding India’s Proposed Online Porn Ban – I
Read “Decoding India’s Proposed Online Porn Ban – I”, that reportes the day-long “Connect Your Rights!” meeting held in Mumbai in November 2013. The meeting explored topics such as tools to combat violence against women, pornography, sexuality, and freedoms and risks in the online world. Here.
Read moreIndia Supreme Court restores criminalization of same sex sexual relations. Learn more about the repercussion
India Supreme Court has decided to re-criminalises same sex sexual activities between consenting adults, bringing the legacy of the British Empire back to life with its infamous section 377. In face of the repercussion around the world, SPW is gathering news and statements on the issue. Akshay Khanna’s article “Right to Sexuality” DNAIndia: “What the […]
Read moreCHANGE Takes Time
CHANGE Presidente Serra Sippel, in article, says that “the long, hard struggle to alter US policy on HIV/AIDS assistance shows that advocacy can deliver a real payoff”. Click here to read it.
Read moreKilling Them Softly: Pope Francis Condemns Income Inequality, Sanctions Gender Inequality
Reality Check brings Adele M. Stan’s article about how Pope Francis “when it comes to inequality of the sexes, enthusiastically embraces Rome’s status quo, using his great treatise on his dream of a kinder, gentler church to sanction the exclusion of women not just from leadership, but from performing the most holy of its rites: […]
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