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.
Anatomy of the War on Women
Read RH Reality Check’s article “Anatomy of the War on Women: How the Koch Brothers Are Funding the Anti-Choice Agenda”, where the author criticizes that “while one sector of the American conservative establishment funds LGBT rights and marriage equality worldwide, the other sector propels a war against the right of women to decide”. Here.
Read moreGlobal and regional issues highlighted by SPW on October
In October 2013 our main themes were the following: On October 10, activist Gabriela Leite, who devoted her life to fight for the rights of prostitutes, has left us. The death of Gabriela has reverberated in Brazil and worldwide because her life trajectory and historical leadership but also because how the claims she has raised […]
Read moreDossier Gabriela Leite
The death of Gabriela Leite, on October 10, meant a great loss for the struggle for the rights of prostitutes, and sexual rights brodaly speaking, in Brazil. Throughout her life Gabriela embodied the struggle for freedom, non discrimination and the right to pleasure and happinness. As a tribute to Gabriela, SPW gathered articles and notes […]
Read moreThe limits of German law allowing a “new third-gender”
Read New Statesman’s article about a German law that lets a birth certificate to be left blank in cases where the child is neither obviously male nor female. “it will take far more than a bureaucratic fix to remove the stigma of “abnormalit”, says the author. Click here. Here an article from Advocate.com that reminds […]
Read morePutin’s homophobic nationalism
Read Zillah Eisenstein’s article about Putin’s homophobic nationalism. The author says that “right-wing rhetoric, demonising homosexuals and feminists is an attempt to stimulate his waning popularity”. Here.
Read moreSex worker rights groups question ethics of Equality Now funded project
Anti-sex work group, Equality Now, recently launched an attack on the UN over recommendations to decriminalise sex work in two reports on HIV and Sex Work. Following relentless campaigning by Equality Now to undo the work that the UN has done in the area of HIV and key populations, UN Women released a statement supporting […]
Read moreLegalizing Prostitution: New Zealand’s Example
Learn more about the effects brought by the decriminalization of prostitution in New Zeland. Here.
Read moreUN special envoy for HIV/AIDS pleads for removal of discriminatory laws in Trinidad and Tobago
The United Nations Secretary-General’s envoy for HIV and AIDS in the Caribbean, Dr Edward Greene, has pleaded for the removal of discriminatory immigration laws in Trinidad and Tobago that prohibit the entry of homosexuals. Read more on Caribbean News Now.
Read moreRights of Fetus Versus Mother
Article on NY Times describes the case of a american young woman, taked in handcuffs to a cell because of the allegation that she, once an addiction, could endanger her unborn child affer her refusion to star on anti-addiction treatment. Click here.
Read moreLegalizing Prostitution: New Zealand’s Example
“It has been ten years since New Zealand parliamentarians, after considerable debate and encouragement from sex workers, mainstream women’s organizations, and public health advocates, voted for changes to the laws governing prostitution. The Prostitution Reform Act 2003 (PRA) heralded a significant turnaround in approach, repealing laws that had been used to criminalize sex workers and created […]
Read moreThe devasting effects of the patologization of trans identities
The Global Action for Trans Equality (GATE) published a statement on the October 19 reaffirming the devasting effects of the patologization of trans identities. Click here to read it.
Read moreWhy have young people in Japan stopped having sex?
Read article from “The Guardian” about the situation in Japan, where the number of young people who doesn’t show interest for sex is growing. Click here.
Read moreHRW asks the Holy See to condemn violence and discrimination gainst LGBT People
Human Rights Watch send a letter to Pope Francis asking that Catholic Church to “condemn violence and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people”. Learn more.
Read moreTurkey’s landscape on the LGBTI issue
Check articles (in english) about the LGBTI issue in araon All Translation website. It’s an opportunity to learn more and get a sense of what is going on politically in the country. Click here.
Read moreUN Women: “Sex work is not trafficking”
UN Women has supported sex workers in response to Equality Now’s anti-sex worker campaign. The statement recognize the rights of sex workers by striving to ensure safety in and through the workplace, so that they can be free from exploitation, violence and coercion. Click here to learn more.
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