New Publication: The Role of Global-Level Advocacy in Addressing HIV among Key Population
The report The Role of Global-Level Advocacy in Addressing HIV among Key Population, published by Global Network of People living with HIV, examines the role
SPW Activities – October 2014
The SPW co-chair, Richard Parker, attended on 15 October, in Vietnam, the “Workshop on prevention approaches for MSM and HIV: global perspectives and Vietnam”, which
“Rugged vaginas” and “vulnerable rectums”: the sexual identity, epidemiology, and law of the global hiv epidemic
SPW recommends Aziza Ahmed’s article – published on Columbia Journal of Gender and law – “Rugged vaginas” and “vulnerable rectums”: the sexual identity, epidemiology, and
UN Human Rights Council Votes To Support LGBT Rights
By Suzanne Trimel* The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) today applauded the United Nations’ top human rights body for approving a resolution
A Call to Action: Faith for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Reproductive Rights Post 2015
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 19 2014 (IPS) – On the eve of a major U.N. special session on population and development, a delegation of religious leaders
Crucial Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity UN resolution: SA’s vote will lead the way – but what will it be?
By Marianne Thamm Three years ago South Africa and Brazil co-sponsored a historic resolution encouraging the UN to discuss discrimination and violence based on sexual
AIDS Prevention missing in the 2014 Brazil World Cup – ABIA expresses its views on the findings of the World Cup study released by the Observatory of Prostitution
The Brazilian Interdisciplinary Association for Aids (ABIA) expresses its concern about the results of the survey – released in partnership with the Observatory of prostitution
Brazilian World Cup impact on prostitution and sex trade
The Observatory of Prostitution has published a report revealing the impacts on prostitution and sex trade arising from Brazilian World Cup during June and July.
Sexual and reproductive rights global landscape in August 2014
In August, the Sexuality Policy Watch (SPW) published the outcomes from the three Regional Dialogues organized in Asia (2009), Latin America (2009) and Africa (2010)
The Evidence Is In: Decriminalizing Sex Work Is Critical to Public Health
By Anna Forbes and Sarah Elspeth Patterson August 13, 2014 – 3:54 pm During the 2014 International AIDS conference, The Lancet medical journal released a