TAG: sexual politics

US Supreme Court Succession: what’s at stake and comes next after RBG?

Majority says winner of presidential election should nominate next Supreme Court justice, Post-ABC poll finds – Washington Post Trump’s Selection of Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court Is Part of a Larger Antidemocratic Project – The New Yorker There Should Be No Doubt Why Trump Nominated Amy Coney Barrett – New Yorker Barrett Clerked […]

Amnesty International’s Updated Abortion Policy: FAQs

We have updated our position to align with evolving international human rights law and standards, to make it as inclusive as possible, and to ensure it addresses the full range of barriers that impede access to safe abortion and the full range of human rights violations due to criminalization of abortion.

Sexual politics in times of pandemic

March and early April 2020 It has been very challenging to prepare the SPW announcement for March/April 2020 due to the abnormality, risks, and losses caused by the dizzying spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. In this troubled context, we thought that it was not sufficient to compile and organize, in our usual categories, the substantial […]

COVID-19 and Biopolitics: Compilation I (March-June 2020)

The Agamben Debates Giorgio Agamben: Contagion – Enough 14 Philosophy and Pandemic in the Postdigital Era: Foucault, Agamben, Žižek – Post Digital Science and Education The Biopolitics of Immunity in Times of COVID-19: An Interview with Roberto Esposito – Antipode Online Giorgio Agamben: The Plague was Already Present – Critical Legal Thinking Understanding the Coronavirus […]

India and coronavirus: news and analysis (March – June)

Delhi Progrom Victims Getting No Treatment Due to COVID-19 – National Herald FIR against Scroll’s Supriya Sharma for story on Varanasi woman’s lockdown ‘misery’ – The Print The World’s Biggest Lockdown – ABC ‘My angel’: man who became face of India’s stranded helped home by stranger – The Guardian How Modi turned Covid-19 into a […]

COVID-19 and sex work: compilation (March – June)

March – April The fragile existence of sex workers during the pandemic – New Yorker Can the world’s oldest profession survive the age of social distancing? – CNN Sex workers abandoned as Covid-19 crackdowns undo Africa’s HIV efforts – Mail & Guardian COVID-19 shines a red light on sex workers’ lack of protection in Europe […]

COVID-19: Conservative religious actors

MAY / JUNE Contesting science and misinformation Ofcom: Christian TV network aired Covid-19 conspiracies – The Guardian Nigerian pastor spread covid-19 conspiracies and disinformation – Global Voices Two-thirds of US believers see Covid-19 as message from God, poll finds – The Guardian Tensions over closing cults Donald Trump orders governors to allow places of worship […]

COVID-19 and LGBTQI rights: compilation (March – June)

MAY / JUNE LGBTQ Inequality and Vulnerability in the Pandemic – HRW LGBT: Covid-19 forced me back home where I’m ‘unwanted’ – BBC LGBT Nonprofits struggle and adapt to new realities – bear Asia India The Modi Govt’s Handling of the Trans Rights Bill is Transphobia in Action – The Wire Halt Implementation of the […]

COVID-19 and human rights: compilation (April and May uptade)

Politics in the Time of Corona: Anti-Asian Racism: A Feature of the COVID-19 Pandemic (Hosted by Jadaliyya Co-Editors Noura Erakat and Bassam Haddad) – Jadaliyya Complaints of racism mar China’s coronavirus response – Al Jazeera COVID-19 updates – IDS Respect Rights in COVID-19 Response – Human Rights Watch Governments Should Respect Rights in COVID-19 Surveillance […]

COVID-19, gender, feminism and women’s rights: compilation (April and May update)

Navigating the Heteronormative Household: Rabenmutter, Racism and Covid-19 – Feminist Review ‘Calamitous’: domestic violence set to soar by 20% during global lockdown – The Guardian For Arab women and girls, the crisis is just beginning – Al Jazeera ‘For the lives of our mothers’: Covid-19 sparks fight for maids’ rights in Brazil – The Guardian […]

COVID-19 and HIV/AIDS: compilation (April and May update)

HIV/Aids What Lessons Does the AIDS Crisis Offer for the Coronavirus Pandemic? – Masha Gessen – The New Yorker Larry Kramer had the courage to act on his fear – The New Yorker No medicine, no food: Coronavirus restrictions amplify health risks to LGBT+ people with HIVhe life-saving treatment they need – Openly News SARS-CoV-2 […]

COVID-19, media and (dis)information: compilation

MAY / JUNE English Information warfare: COVID-19’s other battleground in the Middle East – Global Voices Nearly half of all tweets on coronavirus likely came from a bot, study says – Truth Out Despite Battling COVID Misinformation, Community Radio News Still Seen as ‘Security Threat’ – The Wire Portuguese Pressão de militares após recordes de […]