New Gender and Social Movements Policy Briefs
BRIDGE – development and gender has launched the guide Supporting social movements to advance women’s rights and gender justice – an approach for donors. Read it here.
Read moreEnglish Version of Report Covering 20 Years of Anti-Abortion Law in Poland
The English version of the Federation for Women and Family Planning (Poland) report summarizing 20 years of Poland’s strict anti-abortion law is now available. It covers legal aspects and analysis of implementation of the provisions on abortion access, availability of birth control and sexuality education as well as reproductive rights and relevant cases and processes […]
Read moreSexual and reproductive rights global landscape in July 2014
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 economic formations, or the so called emerging powers, in particular ‘BRICS’ and IBSA. As part of this effort SPW has attended the Civil Society Dialogue […]
Read moreWorking paper, No. 3 – Interrogating ‘Sexualities’ at Beijing+10?, by Angela Collet
SPW Working Paper 3, “Interrogating ‘Sexualities’ at Beijing+10?, written by Angela Collet, is an anlysis on the CSW and Beijing+10 process. Read it here.
Read moreWLUML Launches Bumper-Size Dossier on Sexualities in Muslim Contexts
Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) released its latest publication, Dossier 32-33: Sexualities, Culture and Society in Muslim Contexts, available in paperback hard copy and as a free electronic version on the WLUML website.
Read moreWorking Paper, No. 2 – Bracting Sexuality: Human Rights and Sexual Orientation, by Ignacio Saiz
The SPW report, “Bracting Sexuality: Human Rights and Sexual Orientation”, written by Ignacio Saiz, analyzes the recognition of rights relating to sexual orientation within the United Nations human rights system. Click here to read it.
Read moreScott Long: Vultures over Iran: The Human Rights Campaign follows the money
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Posted on 24 June 2014 Why is the Human Rights Campaign hanging out with the friends of homophobe Gary Bauer? Some background: HRC, the richest US gay group, has gone international. More and more of the news on its website features hard-to-pronounce foreign places: Brunei, Abuja, Alabama … And now “Iran,” syllabified by most Americans as “Satan.” Yesterday, HRC […]
Read moreWorking Paper, No.1 – Global Implications of U.S. Domestic and International Policies on Sexuality, by Françoise Girard
The SPW report, “Global Implications of U.S. Domestic and International Policies on Sexuality”, written by Françoise Girard, was launched at the San Juan high level meeting (2004) organized by ECLAC. Read it here.
Read moreButterflies: a video by Vagner Almeida
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Buttlerflies is an awarwed video directed by Vagner Almeida documenting the lives of young gay men and travesties in the poor outskirts of Rio de Janeiro.
Read moreThe 2006 International AIDS Conference in Toronto – Interview 7
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These short vídeos document activities Sexuality Policy Watch has organized at the 2006 International AIDS Conference in Toronto: a workshop to discuss the preliminar fidings of the global research effort that resulted in SexPolitics: Reports from the Frontlines and a debate on Sexual Rights at the Global Village Esses vídeos documentam atividades realizadas pelo SPW […]
Read moreSexual and reproductive rights global landscape in March and early April 2014
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. The Brazilian government has finally implemented the monetary and symbolic reparations determined by the CEDAW Committee in its judgement of the Alyne da Silva Pimentel […]
Read moreScott Long: Privacy tips for sex subversives: Ways to protect your information and yourself
Privacy tips for sex subversives: Ways to protect your information and yourself Read Scott Long’s article about privacy of human rights activists. Click here.
Read moreScott Long: Uganda, the World Bank, and LGBT rights: Winners and losers
Uganda, the World Bank, and LGBT rights: Winners and losers SPW recommends Scott Long’s article about World Bank delaying a schedule loan to Uganda aimed at improving health care. The delaying was motivated by the approval of the “Anti-Homossexuality Bill”. Scott reflects on the role of the World Bank in the developing world for the […]
Read moreSexual and Reproductive Rights Global Landscape in January and February 2014
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 and crackdown and China. In the same period, however, there have been positive new in relation to abortion rights in Bolivia and Uruguay (in Spanish). […]
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