TAG: human rights
Crucial Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity UN resolution: SA’s vote will lead the way – but what will it be?
Three years ago South Africa and Brazil co-sponsored a historic resolution encouraging the UN to discuss discrimination and violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI). Despite South Africa’s leadership on this critical global issue there is, as of yet, no clear indication of how SA will vote on a new SOGI resolution tabled […]
Read moreNew Gender and Social Movements Policy Briefs
BRIDGE – development and gender has launched the guide Supporting social movements to advance women’s rights and gender justice – an approach for donors. Read it here.
Read moreSRI hosts Human Rights Council Event on the ‘Criminalization of sexuality and reproduction’
Alongside the ongoing 26th session of the Council, the Sexual Rights Initiative, in partnership with,Ipas, Amnesty International and UNAIDS, hosted a parallel event examining the interplay of the criminalization of sexuality and reproduction with the international human rights framework. Topics of discussion included the ways criminalization of different aspects of sexuality relates to control over […]
Read moreScott Long: Vultures over Iran: The Human Rights Campaign follows the money
Posted on 24 June 2014 Why is the Human Rights Campaign hanging out with the friends of homophobe Gary Bauer? Some background: HRC, the richest US gay group, has gone international. More and more of the news on its website features hard-to-pronounce foreign places: Brunei, Abuja, Alabama … And now “Iran,” syllabified by most Americans as “Satan.” Yesterday, HRC […]
Read moreHRC resolution on family must not undermine the human rights of individual family members
Amnesty International launched a public statement on the resolution presented by a group of countries at the UN Human Rights Council aimet at “protecting the family”. The statement highlights the dangers implied in the resolution, especially for not recognising the existence of diverse forms of family. Click here to read it.
Read moreHuman Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the Commonwealth: Struggles for Decriminalisation and Change
Corinne Lennox and Matthew Waites, from Institute of Commonwealth Studies (University of London), are the editors of the free online book Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the Commonwealth: Struggles for Decriminalisation and Change, which brings articles on sexual and gender policies and legislations around the Commonwealth nations. Click here to read it.
Read moreLGBTTTI Coalition at the OAS 44th general Assembly
LGBTTTI Coalition celebrates tha approval of the seventh resolution on human rigths, sexual orientation and gender identity and expression at the OAS 44th General Assembly. Click here to read its statement.
Read moreHuman Rights Speaker Series
On May 28th, Sonia Corrêa, SPW co-chair, spoke at the panel on Human Rights at the Global Stage, organized by the City of West Hollywood. Here is the link.
Read moreUganda: Anti-Homosexuality Act’s Heavy Toll
Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have reported a surge in human rights violations at Uganda since the passage of the Anti-Homosexuality Act in 2013. Click here to learn more.
Read moreHealth and Human Rights Resource Guide – Launch of the 5th Edition
The FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University has launched the 5th Edition of the Health and Human Rights Resource Guide. The Resource Guide is free and is available for download here.
Read moreWomen’s Rights in the Dominican Republic Take Center Stage at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Reproductive health and human rights advocates testified today in Washington, D.C. on women’s rights issues, including discrimination, violence and reproductive rights violations in the Dominican Republic. Read more on Center for Reproductive Rights website.
Read moreUNDP: Discussion Paper on Transgender Health & Human Rights
UNDP’s HIV, Health & Development Group has launched a Discussion Paper on Transgender Health & Human Rights, prepared by Jack Byrne, an expert on trans health and human rights issues. The aim of this paper is primarily to inform UNDP’s work and that of other UN agencies and foster greater understanding on the health and […]
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