GATE comment on Malta Gender Identity Legal Reform
In April, 2015 Malta passed the Gender Identity, Gender Expression and Sex Characteristics (GIGESC) Act, which encompasses, in a new and radical combination, legal recognition,
CAL granted observer status at the ACHPR
On April 24th, 2015, the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights granted the Coalition of African Lesbians (CAL) formal observer status. There are many
Sabeen Mahmud — a profile
Originally Published in Dawn, April 25th, 2015. Available at: http://www.dawn.com/news/1178106/sabeen-mahmud-a-profile Maleeha Hamid Siddiqui — Published Apr 25, 2015 06:41am KARACHI: Peace activist and founder of
Reproductive Rights: an unacknowledged casualty of conflict in Sri Lanka
This study analyses the experiences of women living in areas of SriLanka that were affected by armed conflict for more than two decades. It is
Scott Long: Deport me
Originally from A paper bird. Posted on 18 April 2015 So they’re going to deport gay foreigners from Egypt. My phone started ringing a few
Registration: 7th Africa Conference on Sexual Health and Rights
Realizing Demographic Dividend in Africa: the Critical Importance of Adolescents and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights February 8 – 12, 2016 | Accra,
Making Depathologization a matter of law
A comment from GATE on the Maltese Act on Gender Identity, Gender Expression and Sex Characteristics. Available at GATE’s website. In April, 2015 Malta passed
Brazil’s only openly gay MP Jean Wyllys de Matos Santos leads the fight to legalise abortion
Originally published on The Independent Jean Wyllys de Matos Santos does not pick the easy battles, nor does he pick the vote-winning ones.
China: Release on bail of five women’s rights activists an incomplete step
Originally published by Amnesty International. Available at: https://www.amnesty.org/en/articles/news/2015/04/china-release-on-bail-of-five-womens-rights-activists-an-incomplete-step 13 April 2015, 18:28 UTC The Chinese government must drop all charges against each of the five
Marriage and Forced Divorce – A Legal Gender Recognition Issue Brief
SPW recommends Open Society’s report Marriage and Forced Divorce – A Legal Gender Recognition Issue Brief, in which it “explains legal restrictions that affect the recognition of married trans and intersex people and examines case law and addresses key arguments made by those who oppose such recognition”