TAG: sexual rights
Final report – African Regional Dialogue
Find here the compilation of the African Regional Dialogue that combines the final report with the Synthesis by Dr. Oka Obono, Sociology Department University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. > Read more
Read more2010 – African Dialogue – note, participants and pictures
Here you can find a brief note on the African Dialogue, and the list of participants. See also some pictures of the meeting. > Read more
Read moreAfrican Dialogue
Lagos – Nigeria – October, 2010 Originally planned for early 2010, the African Regional Dialogue on Sexuality and Geopolitics took place from October 4th to 6th, 2010 in Lagos, Nigeria. The regional task force – Adenike Esiet (Action Health Nigeria), Codou Bop (GREFFELS, Senegal), Dorothy Aken’Ova (INCRESE, Nigeria) and Sylvia Tamale (Law School, Makerere University […]
Read moreCouncil of Europe to advance human rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons
Read moreCivil Society in Central America, Mexico and the Spanish-Speaking Carribean Meet with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health
Read moreReport based on a panel held at the 54th UN Commission on the Status of Women
During the 54th UN Commission on the Status of Women, held in New York, in March, 2010, Ipas, IPPF and the Government of The Netherlands co-sponsored a panel entitled: Unwanted pregnancy, abortion and young women: Are we achieving the mandates of the Bejing Platform for Action?. Read the report on this panel.
Read moreThe 54th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) from March 1-12, 2010 (Beijing+15)
From 1-12 March 2010, the Commission on the Status of Women undertook a fifteen-year review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcomes of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly. Member States, representatives of non-governmental organizations and of UN entities participated in the session. A series of […]
Read moreGenital mutilation
2.7 Genital mutilation Since 2003, February 6th has been recognized as the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation. Surveying the Web in 2010, it is amazing to find that the day has not had much visibility this year. It is quite significant, however, that a new law prohibiting the practice has been […]
Read moreSexuality and religion
2.5 Sexuality and religion Vatican: Read the article The Great Catholic Cover-up, by Christopher Hitchens, a columnist for Vanity Fair and the Roger S. Mertz media fellow at the Hoover Institution, on the most recent revelations about the steady complicity of the Vatican in the ongoing scandal of child rape. Read more on “Pedophilia, Ratzinger […]
Read moreLaws, policies and politics
2.4 Laws, policies and politics Australia: Australia recognises ‘non-specified’ gender. Read more. USA: A restriction on abortion coverage was added to the health care bill on November 7, 2009. The provision would block the use of federal subsidies for insurance that covers elective abortions. The Obama White House is refusing to weigh in on an […]
Read moreGlobal and regional relevant events
2.3 Global and regional relevant events > The Panel Discussion on Opposing grave Human Rights Violations on the basis of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity took place in New York, USA on December 10, 2009. Read more. > See an overview of transgender rights, presented at the founding meeting of the Asia and Pacific Transgender […]
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