Ecuador “Cure” Clinic Raided: 17 Rescued, Torture Claims Emerge
Equador faces a double pattern in adressing reproductive and sexual rights: while Presidente Rafael Corrêa makes pression against abortion legalization, his Public Health Ministry leads
Before Global Games, Rio Is Fighting to Dim Red Light
In article, New York Times discusses aspects of Rio de Janeiro policy on the organization of Olympic Games: brothles are being captured by an atmosphere
Report on the Human Rights Situation of Afro-Brazilian Trans Women
A report on the Situation of Afro-Brazilian Trans Women was presented during a thematic hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights last week in
Supreme Court reserves decision on the recognition of gender identity of transgender persons in India
In a case that has the potential to break the binary gender norms of male and female in law and administrative practices in India, the
Anatomy of the War on Women
Read RH Reality Check’s article “Anatomy of the War on Women: How the Koch Brothers Are Funding the Anti-Choice Agenda”, where the author criticizes that
Dossier Gabriela Leite
The death of Gabriela Leite, on October 10, meant a great loss for the struggle for the rights of prostitutes, and sexual rights brodaly speaking,
The limits of German law allowing a “new third-gender”
Read New Statesman’s article about a German law that lets a birth certificate to be left blank in cases where the child is neither male
Putin’s homophobic nationalism
Read Zillah Eisenstein’s article about Putin’s homophobic nationalism. The author says that “right-wing rhetoric, demonizing homosexuals and feminists is an attempt to stimulate his waning
LGBTI persons in detention: addressing prejudices, discrimination and abuses
SPW recommends the document “LGBTI persons deprived of their liberty: a framework for preventive monitoring” because it considers very relevant that the Association for Prevention
Sex worker rights groups question ethics of Equality Now funded project
Anti-sex work group, Equality Now, recently launched an attack on the UN over recommendations to decriminalise sex work in two reports on HIV and Sex