Ecuador’s Left punishes women rights
by By Manuela L. Picq* A debate on abortion suspended the voting on the new penal code in the Ecuadorian Congress this week. Congresswoman Soledad Buendía,
AWID Forum: Deadline is now on July 3rd, 2015
The deadline for applying to the 2016 AWID forum has been postponned to July 3rd, 2015. To submit a proposal to organise a session click
Reproductive Rights: an unacknowledged casualty of conflict in Sri Lanka
This study analyses the experiences of women living in areas of SriLanka that were affected by armed conflict for more than two decades. It is
Registration: 7th Africa Conference on Sexual Health and Rights
Realizing Demographic Dividend in Africa: the Critical Importance of Adolescents and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights February 8 – 12, 2016 | Accra,
Brazil’s only openly gay MP Jean Wyllys de Matos Santos leads the fight to legalise abortion
Originally published on The Independent Jean Wyllys de Matos Santos does not pick the easy battles, nor does he pick the vote-winning ones.
E-book SexPolitics: Reports from the Front Lines
SPW is very pleased to announce that SexPolitics: Reports from the Frontlines launched last year is now available in Spanish – Políticas sobre Sexualidad: Reportes desde las líneas del frente. This e-book is the result from a global research project initiated in 2004 to examine the dynamics of sexual politics in eight countries – Brazil, Egypt, India, Peru, Polonia, South Africa, Turkey and Vietnam – and two global institutions: the United Nations and the World Bank.
Terror attack at “Vessel” screening in Sweden
Originally published on Real Screen ok 09/12/2014. Available at: http://realscreen.com/2014/12/09/terror-attack-at-vessel-screening-in-sweden/#ixzz3Wf3Xvm5h Three masked men stormed a screening of SXSW-winning abortion documentary Vessel (pictured) in Sweden on
CREA’s Sexuality, Gender, and Rights Institute: Exploring Theory and Practice – 20 – 28 June, 2015 Istanbul, Turkey
Applications are due on or before 30 April 2015. Applications will be evaluated and participants will be
Conscientious Objection and Abortion: A Global Perspective on the Colombian Experience
SPW recommends Georgetown Law School’s O’Neill Institute study (co-authored by Women’s Link) Conscientious Objection and Abortion: A Global Perspective on the Colombian Experience. Click here