TAG: human rights

The Non-Essential Transphobia of Pandemic Disaster Politics
by Dr. Jacob Breslow You might think that in this particular moment, when there are so many lives to grieve, and when hundreds of millions of people globally are desperate for vital medical and financial support, that it is not an appropriate time to “politicize” allegedly “non-essential” issues like transgender rights and transfeminism. This sentiment, […]
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Coronavirus in Korea: LGBTQI people as vectors
Covid-19 Backlash Targets LGBT People in South Korea – HRW Authorities warn against homophobia hindering virus containment efforts – The Korea Herald ‘No one wants to be tested:’ Social stigmas are crippling coronavirus containmen – Fortune South Korea LGBT stigma complicates coronavirus testing as new cases rise – South China Morning Post New wave of […]
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Southeast Asia and coronavirus: news and analysis
Indonesia Indonesia’s Intelligence Service is Coming Out to Counter COVID-19 – The Diplomat Myanmar In Myanmar, the Coronavirus Gives Nationalists an Opening – Foreign Policy Myanmar: Armed conflict puts brakes on COVID-19 response – DW Myanmar’s generals take center stage in coronavirus battle – Asian Review Myanmar patients launch campaign to fight COVID-19 stigma – […]
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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 […]
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COVID-19, refugees and migrants: compilation (March – June)
MAY / JUNE English Laid Off and Locked Up: Virus Traps Domestic Workers in Arab States – NY Times A FAMILY SEPARATED BETWEEN EL SALVADOR AND THE U.S., FIRST BLOCKED BY TRUMP AND THEN CORONAVIRUS – The Intercept Racism, Migratism, Covid, by Alyosxa Tudor – Feminist Review Homesickness, by Jacob Breslow – Feminist Review PM […]
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ABIA statement: democracy in Brazil and COVID-19 health policy
The Brazilian Interdisciplinary AIDS Association (ABIA) expresses deep concern regarding President Jair Bolsonaro’s latest changes in the Ministry of Health and regarding his active support for a demonstration in favor of a military coup d’état that was held on Sunday (April 19th) before the Army headquarters in Brasilia. As usual, after being criticized, Bolsonaro tried […]
Read moreCOVID-19 in South Africa: news and analysis
MAY / JUNE Global report: South Africa records biggest jump in Covid-19 cases since pandemic hit – The Guardian African countries are struggling to keep track of COVID-19 – The Economist What African Nations Are Teaching the West About Fighting the Coronavirus – New Yorker MARCH / APRIL “We are still waiting” – protesting under […]
Read moreCOVID-19 in Gaza/Palestine: news and analisys (April and May update)
Gaza/Palestine Domestic Violence in COVID-19 Lockdown: Palestinian Women Are Dying at an Alarming Rate – Egyptian Streets COVID-19 in Palestine: Living between hope and fear – Global Voices Politics in the Time of Corona: Gaza (Hosted by Jadaliyya Co-Editors Noura Erakat and Bassam Haddad) – Jadaliyya Politics in the Time of Corona: Punishment in Palestine (Hosted […]
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COVID-19 and Biopolitics: Compilation I (March-June 2020)
The Agamben Debates Giorgio Agamben: Contagion – Enough 14 Philosophy and Pandemic in the Postdigital Era: Foucault, Agamben, Žižek – Post Digital Science and Education The Biopolitics of Immunity in Times of COVID-19: An Interview with Roberto Esposito – Antipode Online Giorgio Agamben: The Plague was Already Present – Critical Legal Thinking Understanding the Coronavirus […]
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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* […]
Read moreCoronavirus in Kashmir: news and analisys (April and May update)
Use of UAPA Against Journalists is Last Nail in Coffin for Press Freedom in Kashmir – The Wire ‘Third World Region of a Third World Country’: How Kashmir Struggles With the Coronavirus – The Wire Is Covid-19 Overshadowing Regular Treatment in Kashmir? – Mena FN Kashmir Tensions on the Rise as Residents Face New Lockdown […]
Read moreIndia and coronavirus: news and analysis (March – June)
Delhi Progrom Victims Getting No Treatment Due to COVID-19 – National Herald FIR against Scroll’s Supriya Sharma for story on Varanasi woman’s lockdown ‘misery’ – The Print The World’s Biggest Lockdown – ABC ‘My angel’: man who became face of India’s stranded helped home by stranger – The Guardian How Modi turned Covid-19 into a […]
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