DEMOCRACIES IN DISPUTE: Explore the series and access the materials
In 2024, more than 64 countries will have elections at different levels*. These disputes are both electoral and about the meaning of democracies. They will
Sexual politics from January to June 2024 (Part 2)
>> Read in PDF << Part 2 – Continuing anti-gender offensives Gender politics: good news Inevitably, the political situation described in part 1 of this
Sexual politics from January to June 2024 (Part 1)
>> Read in PDF << Part 1 – Democracies in dispute Introduction As we have pointed out in previous editions, in recent years sexual politics
Brazil is accused at the UN of violations of the right to legal abortion
Originally from Jamil Chade,UOL columnist in Geneva. Translation to English by Giulia de Vito ______________________ Civil society organisations have appealed to the United Nations, asking international
Sexual Politics from July to November 2023
>> Download and read in PDF << First Words This edition of the SPW newsletter covers the main events in sexual politics since July, roughly
Sonia Corrêa interview at SDGSummit2030: September 2023
Feminist Voices at #SDGSummit2030 on “Speak out against anti-gender and anti-rights narratives and actions to achieve the 2030 Agenda” with Sonia Correa, Co-Coordinator, Sexuality Policy Watch (SPW),
Rita and Tina as Parts of Me
By Sonia Corrêa I took many meanders before writing this brief note about the enchantment – as the Brazilian writer Guimarães Rosa described death –
Sexual Politics from February to July 2023
>>> Read/download in PDF <<< Opening Words This newsletter describes and seeks to contextualize the developments in sexual politics since February 2023. In times of
Anti-trans attacks in sports: a necessary update
By Nana Soares. In July 2022, we published an article echoing and contextualising the guidelines then adopted by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) regarding the participation of trans women in their competitions. As we highlight in the article, gender policing in sports is not a new debate, but it is one that has intensified and taken on new forms in recent years.

Convergences/fractures at play at the intersection of anti-gender politics,racism & coloniality
On 11-12/04/2023, the seminar “Mapping and resisting the ghost of ‘gender’ in Latin America: geographies of anti-gender movements” took place in Rio de Janeiro, organised