Olympics 2016: a preliminary overview over sex work
The Prostitution Policy Watch is preparing a report on the effects of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games on sex work in the city. The survey
Female Sexuality at the Rio Olympics: many paradoxes
by Laura Molinari Alonso and Jimena de Garay The 2016 Olympics have been portrayed as the women’s Games. In fact, 2016 has seen the highest
Where were the trans bodies in the Rio Games?
by Leonardo Peçanha The Rio Olympic Games were a landmark in regard to gay and lesbian athletes openly disclosing their sexual orientation. This visibility and
The ‘sexual games’ are over: what’s next?
Since August 5th, as in an extended Carnival, ordinary life in Brazil, particularly in Rio, was suspended. At their end the Olympic Games 2016 have
After the games: another abortion death
As soon as the Olympics were over, Rio — the city that projected the global image of a new Mount Olympus of fit and sensual
Sexual politics in July 2016
Between July 12th and 15th, right before the Durban International AIDS Conference, SPW organized a seminar in Umhlanga, the Northern District of the City.
The problem is ‘criminal law’
by Sonia Corrêa “The discourses that legitimize punitive power, as established in the middle Ages, are in full force. This is when criminology was born
Sexual politics in June 2016
The proposal launched in May by the LAC 5 countries for the creation of a Special Mandate on Human Rights and Sexual Orientation and Gender