TAG: sexual politics
Collective action and political voice for women’s empowerment
On Friday 8 March, millions of people around the world celebrate International Women’s Day, paying tribute to women’s achievements in the ongoing fight for equality. Key to realising this year’s campaign of ‘building a gender-balanced world’ is strengthening women’s participation in politics and their ability to influence the decisions that affect their lives. There is significant rigorous […]
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Sexual Politics in January and February 2019
#Hail International Women’s Day 2019: struggle, endurance, resistance! #Eyes on Brazil From an insider´s point of view, observing Brazilian politics after January 1st is like being caught in liquefier trying to make sense of the wind whirl turning one into pieces. SPW is planning a thorough assessment of the first 100 days of the new administration. For […]
Read moreBrazilian president and the ‘golden shower’
The President and the Golden Shower – New York Times Bolsonaro Tweets Explicit Video To Criticize Brazilian Carnaval – Folha de São Paulo Brazil’s Bolsonaro ridiculed after tweeting explicit carnival video – The Guardian President Bolsonaro shocks Brazil with ‘golden shower’ tweet – Openly Brazil’s Far-Right President Tweeted Golden Shower Video To Push Anti-LGBTQ Views […]
Read moreNSWP launches new global mapping of sex work laws
This map brings together information on laws which affect sex workers through the criminalisation of the sale and purchase of sexual services, and the facilitation, management or organisation of sex work, as well as other laws used to regulate sex work such as mandatory health checks and travel restrictions
Read moreBrazil: setbacks in the wake of 2019’s new administration
SPW has compiled news, articles and assessments on the first two months of Brazilian far-right new administration and its setbacks and worrying moves, in various fronts such as Education, Foreign Affairs, Health, Human Rights and corruption scandals.
Read moreVatican and Pope Francis in early 2019: compilation
Sexual Scandals Sexual abuse summit Pope Francis describes feminism as ‘machismo with a skirt’ – The Irish Times Pope Francis Disappoints Sex Abuse Victims With Vow to End Cover-Ups, but No Concrete Plan – Time The Vatican Sex-Abuse Summit Was Never Going to Undo the Harm – The Nation Analysis: Pope’s Sex Abuse Summit: What […]
Read moreBlunt pink-washing: The Trump administration wants to decriminalize homosexuality worldwide
The Trump administration is launching a global campaign to end the criminalization of homosexuality in dozens of nations where it’s still illegal to be gay. The main target is Iran (read the full article on NBC News). As soon as the announcement was made LGBTTI+ activists, organizations and scholars commented on the proposal and expressed […]
Read moreInternational Campaign’s letter to WHO on medical abortion
Dear Expert Committee on the Selection and Use of Essential Medicines, We were very glad to learn that the WHO Maternal and Perinatal Health & Preventing Unsafe Abortion Team has submitted an application to modify the listing of mifepristone-misoprostol on the Essential Medicines List (EML). On behalf of the International Campaign for Women’s Right to […]
Read moreSIGNS: Gender and the Rise of the Global Right
In this special issue of Signs, the contributors address the complex and powerful relationship between gender and the rise of the global Right. This discussion demonstrates how, in transnational terms, the Right has become a significant player in gender politics.
Read moreUS Supreme Court grants abortion rights in Louisiana: news and analisys
Supreme Court Halts Closure of Abortion Clinics in Louisiana – Center for Reproductive Rights We Can Thank Kavanaugh for Roberts’ Decision to Temporarily Block Louisiana’s Anti-Abortion Law – Rewire Brett Kavanaugh shows true colours in supreme court abortion dissent – The Guardian A so-called victory shows how the Supreme Court will kill ‘Roe v. Wade’ […]
Read moreUS Supreme Court’s ban on transgender people in the Army: news, analysis and unfolding
Supreme Court Allows Challenges to Trump’s Transgender Military Ban to Continue in Lower Courts – National Center for Lesbian Rights Supreme Court Declines Transgender Military Ban Cases; Permits Enforcement of Ban for Now – Lamdba Legal Trump’s Transgender Military Ban and Lessons from a Lifetime of Gender-Policing – New Yorker Britain’s 20 years of open […]
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Call for Papers | Heteroactivism, Homonationalism and National Projects
Call for Papers for a session at the Annual International Conference of the Royal Geographical Society with Institute of British Geographers (RGS-IBG), London 28-30 August 2019. Sponsored by the Space, Sexualities and Queer Research Group. Stefanie C. Boulila (University of Göttingen), Kath Browne (Maynooth University) and Catherine Jean Nash (Brock University), It has long been […]
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