
The Sexual Politics landscape in August 2015 and early September
SPW has the great pleasure to announce the publication of Working Paper nº 11 Emerging Powers, Sexuality and Human Rights: Fumbling around the elephant. Authored
Struggling for legal abortion in Brazil: The Congress frontline
Image: Barbara Kruger By Sonia Corrêa[1] As previously reported by SPW (here and here), for some time now, growing obstacles have been impairing any movement
Adriana and the “Business of Sex”
José Miguel Olivar Nieto, the author of the drawing Adriana is a social communicator. He has a master degree in Latin American Literature from the

The sexual politics landscape in July 2015
In July the hottest topic to be reported on is, undoubtedly, the global controversy that emerged when Amnesty International made public a draft policy defining

Sex work and human rights: Under the shadows of (de) regulation
Michelle Agnoletti [1] In July 2015 a heated controversy around sex work and human rights erupted globally. A campaign was launched by international organizations that

What the ‘Abortion Drone’ Will (And Won’t) Mean for Reproductive Rights
The Poland “abortion drone” is causing a splash in the media and excited buzz in the reproductive rights community, but it has also become a source of misinformation and anxiety.

International Sex Workers Day
June 3rd marked International Sex Workers Day. In Brazil the date was commemorated in many places. In Belém do Pará it also marked the anniversary

Sexuality around the world: Main debates
_______________________________________________________ Relevant meetings The V Conference of ILGA-LAC was held in Curitiba, Brazil, from January 26th to 30th, 2010. Regional highlights > Read these information
THE HIV POSITIVE POSTER
A new campaign created by Ogilvy Brazil for the NGO Life Support Group (GIV) spread posters throughout São Paulo carrying an actual HIV positive drop

Criminalization of Abortions Among Young Women: Analysis of the Public Safety and Justice Systems in Rio de Janeiro
Read the article Young Women: Analysis of the Public Safety and Justice Systems in Rio de Janeiro, by Carla Gomes and Beatriz Galli.