TAG: human rights
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.
Read moreRhetoric 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.
Read morePhilippines: full implementation of the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act
Philippines President Duterte has announced the full implementation of the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012 (RH Law) so that couples, especially the poor, will have freedom of informed choice on the number and spacing of children. The RH Law guarantees universal access to methods of contraception, fertility control, sexual education and maternal […]
Read moreAbortion politics in Poland: “Save the Women” legal initiative tabled in Polish Parliament
The “Save the Women” Civic Committee has tabled a draft law in the Sejm, lower house of the Polish parliament, liberalizing the anti-abortion legislation in force in Poland since 1993. The draft law allows abortion on request until the 12th week of pregnancy, and improves access to contraception and sexuality education, After that abortion would be permissible along the same rules as those in effect today.
Read moreLetter: trans candidates for UN Independent Expert on SOGI rights
Trans organisations signing this letter, and the activist networks they represent, celebrate the Resolution [on Protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity] passed on 30 June 2016 at the UN Human Rights Council.[1] We consider the appointment of an Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on Sexual […]
Read moreIntersex Genital Mutilations: UN Women’s Rights Committee Reprimands France
France is the 1st ever country to be reprimanded for IGM by 3 different UN treaty bodies, having previously been reprimanded by the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in February 2016, and by the Committee against Torture (CAT) in May.
Read moreWhy Transgender People In Japan Prefer To Be Told They Have A “Disorder”
There’s a global push to remove “gender identity disorder” from the list of mental illnesses. But many transgender people in Japan aren’t on board with the idea. J. Lester Feder reports from Osaka.
Read moreNews and statement on Ugandan crackdown on LGBT people
Pride Uganda raided by police as LGBT activists arrested – Pink News Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya (GALCK) Statement on State-Sanctioned Disruptions of Pride Celebrations in Uganda Uganda: Police Attack LGBTI Pride Event – Human Rights Watch TGEU condemns violent crackdown on Ugandan LGBTI pride – TGEU
Read moreGALCK Statement on State-Sanctioned Disruptions of Pride Celebrations in Uganda
The Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya (GALCK) is the national umbrella body for SOGIE organizations representing various lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex voices from across Kenya. Together we envision a safe and enabling environment for SOGIE organizations and individuals in Kenya. The Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya condemns in the strongest terms […]
Read morePride Uganda raided by police as LGBT activists arrested
A Pride event in Uganda has been broken up by police as at least two LGBT+ activists are arrested. Pride Uganda tweeted that the small gathering in Kampala had been raided by police, as prominent LGBT+ activist Frank Mugisha also tweeted that he had been arrested.
Read moreWomen are being silenced in Turkey’s crackdown
From the start of the coup attempt by military officials on Friday through to the government’s crackdown in response, women’s voices have been almost entirely absent. Images of protesters on the streets are mostly men. The military leadership is entirely male. The government is 85 percent men, with only one female minister. Currently, 43 cities don’t have […]
Read moreReport: The Growing Movement Advancing the Human Rights of Intersex People
The Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice has launched the report We Are Real: The Growing Movement Advancing the Human Rights of Intersex People. Available in English, Spanish, Russian, and forthcoming in Chinese, We Are Real seeks to share and promote relevant knowledge and understanding of intersex issues and activism to people across the world––particularly funders and other actors […]
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