Struggling for legal abortion in Brazil: The Congress frontline
Image: Barbara Kruger By Sonia Corrêa[1] As previously reported by SPW (here and here) , for some time now, growing obstacles have been impairing
The UN Security Council debates gays and ISIS: Why this is a bad idea
Originally published no Paper Bird on 23/08/2015. Available at: http://paper-bird.net/2015/08/23/the-un-security-council-terrible-idea/ By Scott Long I. Questions On August 18, the Islamic State (also known as ISIS

Loss and gain in recent UN debates on ‘the family’
Written by Fábio Grotz (in collaboration with Sonia Corrêa) Since the heyday of preparation for the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD, Cairo, 1994),

New issue of African Journal of History and Culture
The issue nº 8 brings articles on religion and development. Click here to access it.
Scott Long: Gay hanging in Iran: Atrocities and impersonations
Everybody on earth knows that last week a deal on Iran’s nuclear program was announced. Everybody also knows that this apparent step toward peace launched a new stage in an old war: of propaganda.

Colonizing African Values: How the U.S. Christian Right is Transforming Sexual Politics in Africa
Uganda’s infamous 2009 Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which would institute the death penalty for a new and surreal category of offenses dubbed “aggravated homosexuality,” captured international headlines

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights in Iran – Analysis from Religious, Social, Legal and Cultural Perspectives
The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) has released a collection of eight articles that offer innovative and provocative approaches to advance acceptance
Gay hanging in Iran: Atrocities and impersonations
Originally published on Paper Bird on 20/07/2015. Available at: http://paper-bird.net/2015/07/20/gay-hanging-in-iran/ I. Everybody on earth knows that last week a deal on Iran’s nuclear program was announced.

UN Human Rights Council adopts text on the protection of the family
In early July, UN Human Rights Council adopted the resolution concerning the protection of the family, whose text points that the family is the natural and

The challenges of a “progressive” Pope
by Juan Marco Vaggione Since his inauguration as the new pontiff, Bergoglio has generated new complexities for those of us who think that it is