Sri Lanka: Discrimination on Grounds of Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation
Originally by Human Rights Watch, posted on 15/08/2016. Available at: https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/08/15/sri-lanka-challenging-gender-norms-brings-abuse (New York) – Transgender people and others who do not conform to social expectations about

Literature Review of LGBT Youth in Pakistan
NAZ Pakistan is committed to working with youth who identify as sexual and gender minorities. As a first step to establish a baseline, the technical

IACHR’s Report “Violence Against LGBTI Persons in the Americas”
The IACHR just launched the English version of the report “Violence Against LGBTI Persons”. In this Report, the Commission focuses on violence against LGBT persons
The Moral Case for Abortion
This book sets out the ethical arguments for a woman’s right to choose. Drawing on the traditions of sociological thinking and moral philosophy, it maintains that there is a strong moral case for recognizing autonomy in personal decision-making about reproductive intentions. More than this, it argues that to prevent a woman from making her own choice to continue or end her pregnancy is to undermine the essence of her humanity.

Call for Papers: Disability and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Originally posted at the RHM (Reproductive Health Matters)Journal in 2016: The forthcoming issue of RHM, which is produced in partnership with CREA, and co-edited with
Why (chemical) castration will not end gender and sexuality based violence in Indonesia
While the international media were busy highlighting the Stanford rape and Brazil gang-rape cases, another gang-rape, followed by murder, of a 14 year-old girl named Yuyun happened in Indonesia. It was an atrocity as severe, despite the lack of international coverage.
South Africa: Police Abuse of Sex Workers
The Women’s Legal Centre has published their report on Police Abuse of Sex Workers in South Africa. Their report shows that 414 sex workers reported various types of violence perpetrated by police between 2011 and 2015. Of those, 13 were sexually assaulted, 71 were physically assaulted, 152 were verbally assaulted, 192 were harassed, and 254 experienced some other form of abuse.
Rhetoric meets reality: ending HIV and AIDS
Ending AIDS by 2030 is redundant rhetoric. It is meaningless without investment in community participation. Code red for action.

One way to escape the tyranny of gendered languages: emojis
Women, girls and femme-presenting people are more than flamenco dancers and brides. And thanks to a a new update by Apple and a freshly-approved emoji proposal from Google, they may finally
differences’ new issue: Transatlantic Gender Crossings
The most recent issue of differences, “Transatlantic Gender Crossings,” edited by Anne Emmanuelle Berger and Éric Fassin, addresses French and US feminism, gender, and queer





