In the article "Abortion and Human Rights in Brazil - Part 2" SPW’s Co-chair Sonia Corrêa analizes that the debate on abortion has continued to interweave with the complex political [...]Read more
By Aziza Ahmed* The International AIDS Conference in 2010 held one of the first plenary sessions dedicated to abortion and HIV. The plenary focused on the needs of HIV positive [...]Read more
Carlos Figari* and Mario Pecheny** In July 15th, 2010, at 4 am, the Argentine Senate voted for the reform of civil marriage. The project had been previously discussed and approved [...]Read more
Read the article "Homophobia, Africa and Evangelical Neocolonialism" on the Uganda’s anti-homophobia Bill, written by Rosalind P. Petchesky, Member of the SPW's Steering Committee and Distinguished Professor of Political Science [...]Read more
Read the article "Back to the Future? Beijing +15 and the UN Commission on the Status of Women Only Partly Delivers on SRRH", by Cynthia Rothschild, a sexual rights and [...]Read more
Read the article "Abortion and Human Rights: the current Brazilian controversy", by Sonia Corrêa, on the important setbacks in regard to abortion that Brazil has been experiencing in recent years.Read more
In the article "Draconian laws against homosexuality in Africa", Cesnabmihilo Aken’ova discusses on the state homophobia that has swept over the African continent. She analyses the draconian laws against homosexuality [...]Read more
Argentina uncategorized: Debates about human trafficking, prostitution and sex work In this article, Carolina Justo von Lurzer and Santiago Morcillo present the main points debateted during a meeting organized by [...]Read more
Internet Regulation and Sexual Politics in Brazil The issue 55(2) of Development – Citzenship for Change assesses the potential and unpacks the myths around new modalities of mobilization including social [...]Read more
Letter from the US: Nature and Bono conspire against sound HIV/AIDS policy By Melissa Ditmore* Brazil has been an inspiration for me, as an activist focused on sex workers’ rights, [...]Read more
Since March 15th, 2006, when the resolution creating the Human Rights Council was adopted by the UN General Assembly, the Council have met in four sessions. The 5th session of [...]Read more
