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.
Groups Sue Government of El Salvador Over Treatment of Beatriz, Criminalization of Abortion
Citizen Group for the Decriminalization of Abortion in El Salvador, the Feminist Collective for Local Development, CEJIL (Center for Justice and International Law) and Ipas Central America filed suit against El Salvador State on the case of Beatriz, a young woman who, despite carrying an anencephalic fetus, had to fight in justice to make the […]
Read moreLATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN CELEBRATES THE CREATION OF IACHR LGBTI RIGHTS RAPPORTEUR TO ENSURE THE RIGHTS OF LGBTI PERSONS IN THE AMERICAS
LGBTTTI Coalition of Organizations working within the framework of the OAS expressed support and appreciation regarding the creation by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) of a Rapporteur on the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI). Click here to read the statement.
Read morePublic statement by the third international intersex forum
Between 29 November and 1 December 2013, the Third International Intersex Forum, supported by ILGA and ILGA-Europe, took place in Valletta, Malta. This event brought together 34 activists representing 30 intersex organisations from all continents. Click here to read the statement that presents several demands.
Read moreTwo Women, Different Outcomes: How U.S. Foreign Assistance Policy Harms Women
Read article “Two Women, Different Outcomes: How U.S. Foreign Assistance Policy Harms Women”, by Elizabeth Maguire in “RH Reality Check”, in which the author tells the impacts of United States policy on women sexual and reprodutive rights. Click here.
Read moreFrance’s compromising position: Why a new law to criminalise punters rather than prostitutes is inflaming French passions
France’s Parliament approved a law that punishes clients who buy sexual services from prostitutes. SPW is following the debate. The case has turned a big issue among French society, according to “The Independent”. Read here. “Libération” is also following the case with a blog created specifically to discuss it. Here (In French). Click here to […]
Read moreNew York Times brings an article about the increasing of American gay men who reported having unprotected sex to federal health investigators
New York Times brings an article about the increasing of American gay men who reported having unprotected sex to federal health investigators . The article remarks that it makes harder to fight the AIDS epidemic. Click here to read it.
Read more“Evaluated” To Be Yourself: Ukraine’s Flawed Gender Recognition Procedure
With great pleasure SPW brings attention to the Hunffington post article by Anna Kirey, who has participated in our Buenos Aires training on Sexuality Research and political change. Click here to read it.
Read moreThe condom conundrum: how to persuade Africa’s prostitutes to practice safe sex
Article published on “The Indenpend”, signed by Jeremy Laurance, presents the elaborate strategies adopted to persuade sex workers to practise safe sex through African countries. Click here.
Read moreI was a victim of revenge porn. I don’t want anyone else to face this
In article on The Guardian, Annmarie Chiarini tells how her ex-boyfriend put nude photos of her on the web and how she reacted. The case brings a good discussion after a Brazilian teenager committed suicide (In Portuguese) after a video where she appeared having sex was leaked. Click here to read tha article.
Read moreSTATEMENT ON THE ARREST AND DETENTION OF MR. SAMUEL K. GANAFA AND FOUR OTHERS
Uganda Police arrested last week, without a warrant, Mr. Samuel K Ganafa, The Executive Director of Spectrum Uganda Initiatives and Board Chairperson of Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG). Then, he was subjected to an HIV test without a court order or his consent. The case demonstrates the series of documented arrests targeted against the Lesbian Gay Bisexual […]
Read moreRussian Government Spies On LGBT Activists To Portray Them As Part Of Western “Homosexualist Invasion”
Read article from Buzzfeed about Russia government tactics against LGBT activism. Officials acuse human rights activists of being part of part “Western ‘Homosexualist Invasion’”. Click here.
Read moreEcuador “Cure” Clinic Raided: 17 Rescued, Torture Claims Emerge
Equador faces a double pattern in adressing reproductive and sexual rights: while Presidente Rafael Corrêa makes pression against abortion legalization, his Public Health Ministry leads an police raid against an illegal “reabilitation” centre aimed at offering treatments for drug addiction, alcohol and homosexuality. Click here to read more about it.
Read moreBefore Global Games, Rio Is Fighting to Dim Red Light
In article, New York Times discusses aspects of Rio de Janeiro policy on the organization of Olympic Games: brothles are being captured by an atmosphere of moral panic. Read more.
Read moreReport on the Human Rights Situation of Afro-Brazilian Trans Women
A report on the Situation of Afro-Brazilian Trans Women was presented during a thematic hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights last week in Washington D.C. It was done in collaboration with our partner organization Rede de Negros e Negras LGBT of Brazil and some Trans organizations from Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. […]
Read moreSupreme Court reserves decision on the recognition of gender identity of transgender persons in India
In a case that has the potential to break the binary gender norms of male and female in law and administrative practices in India, the Supreme Court on 29th October, 2013 reserved its judgment on the question of recognition of identity of transgender persons in India. The initiative followed a petition demanding equal rights and […]
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