Mapping & appraisal of HIV prevention and care interventions for men who have sex with men (MSM) in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe
This report, by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, summarises the rationale, methods and findings of an in-depth appraisal of targeted HIV prevention and care interventions for men who have sex with men. The appraisal was commissioned in support of a four-country initiative called the Sexual Health and Rights Programme (SHARP), coordinated by the Alliance, which […]
Read moreTelling women to avoid pregnancy is not a solution for HIV and the Zika virus
To the development community on International Day of Action for Women’s Health: don’t curtail our rights by legitimising conservative religious ideologies.
Read moreAmnesty International publishes policy and research on protection of sex workers’ rights
Amnesty International has published its policy on protecting sex workers from human rights violations and abuses, along with four research reports on these issues in Papua New Guinea, Hong Kong, Norway and Argentina.
Read moreA call for critical reflection on queer/LGBTIA+ activism in Africa
This essay looks at the complex relationship between the personal and the political in queer/LGBTIA+ organizing in Africa. It considers how current modes of organizing impact the connection between professional activism and grassroots participation and explores some of the consequences of these two intersecting factors for activist praxis.
Read moreDAWN Regional Advocacy Tools on SRHR for Cairo@20
DAWN is happy to make available these Regional Advocacy Tools on sexual and reproductive health and rights that have been part of our contribution to feminist mobilization for the 20th year review of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). We engaged in this important review process at regional and global levels, through analysis and advocacy, and working with partners and colleagues in civil society and governments.
Read moreThe psycho-medical case against a gender incongruence of childhood diagnosis
Jack Drescher and colleagues (March, 2016)1 highlight two controversies surrounding gender incongruent children below puberty. One controversy concerns how one helps these children.
Read moreSex Worker Zine Project
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The Sex Worker Zine Project features work that was produced by 24 men, women and transgender participants who live and sell sex in the Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces of South Africa. The project involved collaboration with the Sisonke Sex Worker Movement and the MoVE Project.
Read moreFeminism Without Transphobia
Feminism and trans activism don’t have to be mutually exclusive, argue the contributors to “Trans/Feminisms,” the most recent issue of TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly.
Read moreA Community Guide to the Global Fund’s SOGI Strategy
The Community Guide to the Global Fund’s Sexual Orientation and Gender Identities (SOGI) Strategy has important human rights components that are essential for an effective response to HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria, at all levels.
Read moreWhere are we heading? A Bangladeshi feminist’s reflections: Khushi Kabir
Very soon after Professor Rezaul Karim Siddque of Rajshahi Univeristy was hacked to death in the morning of April 23, 2016, I wrote my feelings, my frustrations, my concerns and my fears. From all the information we received, Professor Karim appeared to be a quiet man, a man who was of a peaceful nature, a lover of music and a committed teacher.
Read moreSexual Politics in April 2016
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A new wave of deadly attacks against human rights and secular activists is at play in Bangladesh. In final April, two LGBT activists were hacked to death, fueling outrage and protest around the world. Weeks before, some protesters were detained during the celebration the Bengali New Year. In the context of this crisis we bring […]
Read moreAbortion in Argentina: women twice betrayed
Belén’s troubling abortion case in Tucumán, Argentina, demonstrates how institutions meant to care for and protect us instead regularly violate our rights—including the right to health, confidentiality, and due process.
Read moreAs the Brazilian crisis unfolds, the abortion frontlines keep burning
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Since our reports of early 2015, SPW has always linked developments in the abortion debate to the on-going Brazilian political and economic crisis. On April 17th, 2016, this crisis reached an initial point of culmination when the House of Representatives voted for and approved the admissibility of the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff.
Read more“Underage” sexuality: the tragic effect of draconian criminal laws
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As underlined by Michel Foucault in his writings, in modern times, children and adolescent sexualities have been under close and systematic surveillance. While in the 19th and early 20th century the masturbating child was the main figure of these disciplinary norms and practices, from the mid 20th century these concerns, not to say panics, have […]
Read moreScotland: Shifting abortion care from a hospital to a community sexual and reproductive health care setting
Community sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services are well placed to deliver abortion assessment services and early medical abortion (EMA), but comparative data on safety and acceptability from both settings are important for future service planning.
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