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.
Analysing the intersection between health emergencies and abortion during Zika in Brazil, El Salvador and Colombia
Journal Social Science & Medicine Volume 270, February 2021 by Clare Wenhama, Camila Abagarob, Amaral Arévaloc, Ernestina Coasta, Sonia Corrêad, Katherine Cuéllare, Tiziana Leonea, Sandra Valongueirob Abstract The Zika outbreak of 2015-7 is a lens to analyse the positioning of abortion within in global health security. The sequelae of the virus almost exclusively affected newborn […]
Read moreCfP | A World in Revolution: Feminist Politics in Times of Social Uprisings
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Read moreAmerican 2020 elections: compilation of analysis
The 2020 US presidential election in data: how Joe Biden won – New Statesman How Homegrown Disinformation Could Disrupt This U.S. Election – NY Times Taking Page From Authoritarians, Trump Turns Power of State Against Political Rivals – NY Times For Trump, a Pattern of Denial, From the Virus to Russia to Climate Change – […]
Read moreAmbiguities and Riddles of Pope Francis Sexual Politics: Retrospective of the past eight years
2013 SPW Newsletter N.13 – July, 2013 – SPW 2014 Vatican Document: Gays Have ‘Gifts and Qualities to Offer’ Church – NBC News Catholic bishops veto gay-friendly statements leaving Pope Francis the loser – The Guardian Pope Francis compares child sex abuse to human sacrifice – BBC 2015 The challenges of a “progressive” Pope – […]
Read moreLéon Ferrari and the implacable contestation to religion
In his artistic practice, Léon Ferrai makes use of different languages, such as sculpture, drawing, writing, collage, assemblage, installation and video. This heterogeneous set of practices constitute a quest for new aesthetic languages, but also a constant interrogation of power fluxes and normalizing devices that dictate the values of religion, art, the state and justice […]
Read moreCOVID-19 and BLM
COVID-19 encounters Black Lives Matter In June, however, another wave of protests swept over the global political landscape, also targetting State repression but carrying an entirely distinctive meaning. We are talking here, of course, about the Black Lives Matter uprising against racist police violence in the United States, which must be squarely situated in the wider maze […]
Read moreA Historical Fight for Abortion in Argentina
Argentinian MP Ofelia Fernandez: ‘Being a feminist means being on the side of history’ – France 24 Argentina moves closer to historic abortion legalization – The Guardian Green Handkerchiefs Wave In A Changing Argentina – Oxford Student Can Argentina’s Feminists Change Government? – American Quarterly
Read morePoland feminists resist attack on abortion: compilation of news
In the Battle Over Abortion, Polish Feminists with Disabilities Are Claiming Their Rights – Ms. Magazine “They’re uncompromising”: How the young transformed Poland’s abortion protests – openDemocracy Barbara Kruger’s ‘Your Body is a Battleground’ poster appears in Poland as protests flare up over abortion ban – The Art Newspaper Marta Lempart on leading Poland’s abortion […]
Read moreThe Guriri Girl Case: compilation of news
A 10-Year-Old Girl’s Ordeal to Have a Legal Abortion in Brazil – HRW Brazil 10-year-old rape victim name anti-abortion activist put online make pipo vex – BBC Minister Damares Alves Tried Prevent Abortion of A 10-year-old Child – FSP Bolsonaro embroiled in abortion row over 10-year-old rape victim – Irish Times
Read moreAttack on Comprehensive Sex Ed in Zambia
EFZ CALLS FOR THE IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWAL OF THE COMPREHENSIVE SEXUALITY EDUCATION FROM THE ZAMBIAN EDUCATION CURRICULUM – Phoeniz FM News American Christian right group hosts anti-LGBT training for African politicians – Daily Maverick Protect Trans Kids: Bar Dr Sybrand de Vaal from psychiatric practice – Change.Org
Read moreGeneva Consensus Declaration: compilation of news
Paul B. Preciado: The Hot War – e-flux Pompeo’s Legacy Of Partisanship And Wading Into Political Waters – NPR Brazil Joins Egypt, Indonesia, Uganda, Hungary and the USA in A Declaration against Abortion – FSP U.S. signs international declaration challenging right to abortion and upholding ‘role of the family’ – Washington Post Kenyan Charities Urge […]
Read moreQAnon and pedophilia: compilation of analysis
Pedophilia – more of the same? – SPW Monsters Under The Bed – SPW How Covid-19 myths are merging with the QAnon conspiracy theory – BBC QAnon in Europe: How the COVID pandemic helped promote a dangerous conspiracy theory – EuroNews No One is Immune: The Spread of Q-anon Through Social Media and the Pandemic […]
Read moreCOVID-19 and contradictory contestations: anti-lockdown protests
Berlin protests against coronavirus rules divide German leaders – The Guardian Neonazistas, conspiracionistas e antivacinas marcham an Alemanha pelo fim do isolamento – El País Trauma do lockdown fará surgir nova geração de liberais, diz economista americano – Folha de São Paulo Germany’s protests against coronavirus restrictions are becoming increasingly radical – Washington Post The […]
Read more“Shecession”: COVID-19 and gender inequality
From insight to action: gender equality in the wake of covid-19 – UN Women Recession With a Difference: Women Face Special Burden – NY Times Clare Wenham et al. Women are most affected by pandemics — lessons from past outbreaks – Nature Sophie Cousins. COVID-19 has “devastating” effect on women and girls – The Lancet
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