On June 18th, the Vatican launched the encyclical “Laudato Si – On Care for Our Common Home”. The encyclical is the first one to have been solely written by Pope [...]Read more
In early May, SPW re-launched its website. Its new architecture allows an easier access to our products, publications and other contents. In particular, we call your attention to new SPW [...]Read more
Women’s, feminists and other civil society NGOs from Latin America and the Caribbean launched astatementcriticizing the Political Declaration approved by Members States Monday 9 march in United Nations, in the [...]Read more
No major event has been registered by our radars at the sexual and reproductive rights global landscape in February. But we would like to recommend a series of inspiring books, [...]Read more
In January, reproductive rights have invaded the front pages and screens under the impact of Pope Francis’ statementurging the faithful not to reproduce as “rabbits”. This speech act inevitably provoked [...]Read more
April – In a landmark decision, Indian Supreme Court allowed transgender people to identify as a third gender and directed the central and state governments to give full legal recognition [...]Read more
Among the main events in November, we highlight the Men Engage Symposium, held in Delhi, in which SPW was present with the participation of our members, Gloria Careaga, and our [...]Read more
In October the 10th anniversary of SUR Journal – International Journal on Human Right was marked by the publication of its 20th issue that comprises 55 articles examining the challenges [...]Read more
One main highlight of the period concerns the politics of abortion in Brazil. Despite the tragic deaths of two women caused by illegal and unsafe abortions and its prominence in [...]Read more
In August, the Sexuality Policy Watch (SPW) published the outcomes from the three Regional Dialogues organized in Asia (2009), Latin America (2009) and Africa (2010) and the inter-regional meeting (2011) [...]Read more
In 2013, Sexuality Policy Watch began a new line of work aimed at critically examining how sexuality, gender and human rights can be located in relation to novel geopolitical and [...]Read more
Sexual and reproductive rights global landscape in March and early April 2014 During March and early April, Brazil was under the spotlight in terms of women’s reproductive health and rights. [...]Read more
Dear friends, Around the World During January and February 2014, SPW has watched the development of anti-homosexuality bills in Nigeria and Uganda, as well as of anti-prostitution cleansing in Brazil [...]Read more
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 [...]Read more
November was marked by two relevant facts in the sexual and reproductive rights landscape: the financing of Human Rights Campaign to promote LGBT rights and same sex y marriage around [...]Read more
