With Sex Workers Too, Rape Is Still Rape
In the last several months, there have been a number of rape allegations involving sex workers in the news. Most recently, a number of sex workers accused porn star James Deen of rape. Several websites have since dropped Deen, including Kink.com. Also, Jonathan “War Machine” Koppenhaver is facing 34 counts of rape, kidnapping, and attempted murder (among others) against his ex-girlfriend and porn star Christy Mack, which reportedly left her with 18 broken bones and a ruptured liver, and her friend, Corey Thomas.
2015 Sexual Politics Round- Up
As the year heads toward its end, SPW recollects main trends and facts in sexual politics worldwide. January Pope Francis drew global attention after urging
Campaigning for the right to safe abortion – Highlights from 2015
International Campaign for Women’s Right to Safe Abortion’s roundup from 2015.
Reports from Exploring the Continuum between Sexuality and Sexual Violence
Partners for Law in Development have compiled the rich, vibrant discussions from the Roundtable on Exploring the Continuum between Sexuality and Sexual Violence on April
Reflections On The Limitations Of The Call For Full Criminalisation Of Marital Rape: Madhu Mehra
I will critically discuss the campaign for (full) criminalisation of marital rape to call attention to ways by which this campaign reduces a potentially tranformatory agenda on gender, sexuality and marriage, to one of law, crime and punishment.
Partners for Law in Development (PLD) launches an online database, Feminist Law Archives
The Partners for Law in Development has launched the Feminist Law Archives (FLA) to celebrate the rich and vibrant history of feminist engagement with law in India.
Brazil’s new abortion rules would require tests for rape victims
A new abortion bill proposed by an ultraconservative Brazilian lawmaker would unravel decades of hard-fought reproductive rights gains by women in this country, activists say.
‘Coming Out of Concrete Closets’: LGBTQ Criminalization as Reproductive Injustice
The data in Coming Out of Concrete Closets sheds light on the ways in which systemic discrimination of LGBTQ communities—particularly low-income communities and communities of color—forms a dragnet of criminalization for the most marginalized. (Shutterstock)
RHM nº 47: Call for Papers – Gender-based and sexual violence: barriers to sexual and reproductive health and rights
Originally published on: http://www.rhmjournal.org.uk/journal/call-papers/ Reproductive Rights Matters – volume 24 number 47 may/june 2016 In this issue of the journal, we are hoping to
Research Report for Transilience Project on Violence against Transgender Women in South Africa 2014
The Research Report for Transilience Project on Violence against Transgender Women 2014 offers relevant qualitative data to understand the discrimination and violence faced by transgender community in different parts of South African society.