Emerging Powers, Sexuality and Human Rights: The case of Brazil, India and South Africa
The Coalition of African Lesbians, the Gay and Lesbian Archives and the Centre for Indian Studies of the University of Witwatersrand, in partnership with Sexuality
Swedish Prostitution Law Targets Buyers, but Some Say It Hurts Sellers
Originally from NYT, published on 15/03/2015. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/15/world/swedish-prostitution-law-targets-buyers-but-some-say-it-hurts-sellers.html By DAVID CROUCH MARCH 14, 2015 GOTHENBURG, Sweden — Not far from the Sticky Fingers nightclub, three Romanian
Public Attitudes towards Homosexuality and Gay Rights across Time and Countries
A new study finds that residents in 90% of all surveyed countries have become more accepting of homosexuality over the past 20 years. The study examines
Why I’m Disturbed by Screening for Intersex Traits in Utero
Originally posted on Rewire on 11/03/2015. Available at: http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2015/03/11/im-disturbed-screening-intersex-traits-utero/ by Claudia Astorino March 11, 2015 – 1:20 pm As an avid proponent of reproductive rights,
Take Action on April 12!
In response to An Urgent Calling for Global Action: Protest in Front of Chinese Embassies for Detained Chinese Feminists, we are going to launch a
Statement on the Political Declaration on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women
Organizations of the International Sexual and Reproductive Rights Coalition (ISRRC) launched a statement highlighting that, despite progress achieved toward gender equality and the realization of
Canada’s Flawed Sex Trade Law
Originally published on NYT on 20/01/2015. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/21/opinion/canadas-flawed-sex-trade-law.html By JULIE KAYE JAN. 20, 2015 Photo CreditMark Blinch/The Canadian Press, via Associated Press EDMONTON,
Scott Long: Why I am not Charlie
Originally published on Paper Bird on 09/01/2015. Available at: http://paper-bird.net/2015/01/09/why-i-am-not-charlie/ There is no “but” about what happened at Charlie Hebdo yesterday. Some people published some cartoons, and some
Sexuality politics in 2014: A brief retrospective
April – In a landmark decision, Indian Supreme Court allowed transgender people to identify as a third gender and directed the central and state governments
SPW Activities – December 2014 / January 2015
The SPW partner in the “Emerging Powers, Sexuality and Human Rights Project’, the India researcher and activist akshay khanna participated in two events organized by