TAG: feminisms

Sexual politics in June 2022: regressions and threats to abortion and LGBTQIA+ rights

In early July, we issued the Spanish version of our sexual politics bulletin, published in Portuguese and English in early June. More complete and updated, the Spanish version covered very relevant sexual politics events not included in the previous versions. In order to also update our Portuguese and English readers, we have decided to issue […]

Sexual Politics from March to May 2022

>>> Read in PDF First Words Since April 2020, SPW newsletters have been tracking and analyzing sexual politics in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. After two years of health crisis and after brutal and repeated spikes of mortality spread over several regions and countries, the pandemic is finally ebbing thanks to the immunization achieved […]

Sexual Politics in Times of Pandemic – 2021 Retrospective

>>> Download the PDF version here. First Thoughts The last 2020 SPW special hypothesized that during 2021, because of vaccines, Covid-19 would no longer be our main topic, but that did not prove to be the case. The pandemic followed its devastating course with the emergence of new, more aggressive variants, and the loss of […]

Colombia Supreme Court’s decision on abortion: compilation on the February 2022 rulling

Landmark Decision on Colombia Abortion Rights – Human Rights Watch Statements from the Center for Reproductive Rights on the Constitutional Court Decision Decriminalizing Abortion in Colombia – Center for Reproductive Rights Colombia Decriminalizes Abortion – New York Times Colombia legalises abortion in move celebrated as ‘historic victory’ by campaigners – The Guardian Colombia decriminalises abortion […]

Sexual Politics in Times of Pandemic: August-October 2021

Since July, when we published our last Special Edition, as you will see in this issue, a lot has happened in the pandemic and in the field of sexual politics. Once again, the pages that follow are quite dense, but we remind you that the sections are relatively autonomous and can be read separately.

Sexual Politics in Times of Pandemic: January-July 2021

First Words In the last 2020 edition of Sexual Politics in Times of Pandemic Special of 2020, we hypothesized that throughout 2021, with the arrival of vaccines, COVID-19 might no longer be our main topic. However, this has not been the case. Since then, south of the equator, infections have continued running their course and […]

Sexual Politics in Times of Pandemic: May and June 2020

The global scenario of the COVID-19 pandemic has changed since April, but the crisis is still far from over. Only eight countries are listed as having beaten the virus: Iceland, Jordan, New Zealand, South Korea, Taiwan, Uruguay, and Vietnam. Transmission curves appear to be decreasing in the more drastically affected countries of Europe. Meanwhile, the […]

COVID-19 and gender based violence: news and analysis

MAY / JUNE Domestic violence It is ‘all men’, to varying degrees: men’s violence against women is a systemic crisis – The Guardian Can domestic abusers keep themselves accountable when no one is watching? – New Yorker Shadow pandemic: 243 million women have experienced physical or sexual violence – New Statesman The pandemic may be […]

Sexual politics in times of pandemic

March and early April 2020 It has been very challenging to prepare the SPW announcement for March/April 2020 due to the abnormality, risks, and losses caused by the dizzying spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. In this troubled context, we thought that it was not sufficient to compile and organize, in our usual categories, the substantial […]

Bukele: A ‘caudilho’ Dies and A Messiah is Born in El Salvador

SPW begins a series of brief analyses of the Covid-19 crisis in contexts that are generally under-reported by the mainstream press and which are characterized as regressive in relation to gender and abortion policy. The second article in this series is about El Salvador. We thank educator Amaral Arévalo for his collaboration! by Amaral Arévalo* […]

COVID-19 and LGBTQI rights: compilation (March – June)

MAY / JUNE LGBTQ Inequality and Vulnerability in the Pandemic – HRW LGBT: Covid-19 forced me back home where I’m ‘unwanted’ – BBC LGBT Nonprofits struggle and adapt to new realities – bear Asia India The Modi Govt’s Handling of the Trans Rights Bill is Transphobia in Action – The Wire Halt Implementation of the […]

COVID-19, gender, feminism and women’s rights: compilation (April and May update)

Navigating the Heteronormative Household: Rabenmutter, Racism and Covid-19 – Feminist Review ‘Calamitous’: domestic violence set to soar by 20% during global lockdown – The Guardian For Arab women and girls, the crisis is just beginning – Al Jazeera ‘For the lives of our mothers’: Covid-19 sparks fight for maids’ rights in Brazil – The Guardian […]