Three Cards and a Joker: Bolsonaro and the Marielle Case
By Isabela Kalil The Context On October 29, 2019, Jornal Nacional (the main Brazilian television newspaper, broadcast by Rede Globo) reported that the name of
The Lancet HIV highlights threats the Brazilian response to the epidemic faces
Due to a historically progressive human-rights based approach to HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention, Brazil has globally been deemed an important standard-bearer of the HIV/AIDS response
Sexual politics in September 2019
September 28 – “Abortion is a Health Issue” was the theme of this year’s International Safe Abortion Day, widely celebrated around the world (see compilation).
Interview with Judith Butler: Knowledge against fear
Why there is no such concept as a “gender ideology”? And whose interests does it serve to? There is no ideology of gender, for that
2nd Ministerial Meeting for Religious Freedom
Historic Second Annual Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom – US Department of State Pence Praises Alliance Defending Freedom for Being with Trump ‘Every Step of
Antigender politics from May to August 2019
We start this announcement recalling that, before May 2019, two major antigender events have taken place that are worth revisiting because of their potential subsequent
Gender (once again) under attack in Brazil
On Tuesday, September 3rd, JMB has Twitted that he mandated the Minister of Education to draft bill to prohibit the diffusion of “gender ideology” in
Damares in Wonderland
Report from Brazil to the United Nations describes a country that does not exist 213 pages. This is the extent of the report published this
Trump’s antigender stance for religious exemptions in July and August 2019
On May 30, the US State Department announced the creation of the “Inalienable Rights Commission” to advise Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The body, chaired
Mapping of bills against “gender ideology” in Brazil’s Parliament
At present, 15 bills related to “gender ideology” are being processed in the Parliament. Eight of them were presented in the first half of 2019,