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TAG: violence

Chile Uprising: A Call for Dignity

Jaime Barrientos, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Chile. Manuel Cárdenas, Escuela de Psicología, Universidad Valparaíso, Chile. In Chile, at the beginning of October 2019, we were led to believe that we lived in a paradise. In fact, President Sebastián Piñera recently described the country as an oasis in the middle of the Latin American […]

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Sexual politics in May and June 2019

#StopTheBans – Thousands of demonstrators marched in more than 500 cities across the US on May, 21th to protect abortion rights after Alabama state house passed, on May 15th, the strictest provision in the country (see a compilation) – which bans abortion at any stage of pregnancy, with an exception only for when a woman’s health is at […]

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Sexual politics in April 2019

Highlights Algeria and Sudan: A revived Arab Spring? –  Almost six years after the Arab Spring waned under the shadows of the Sissi regime, political upheavals revived in the Arab World.  In Algeria, after six weeks of persistent demonstrations, President Bouteflika, in power since 1999, was forced to withdraw from reelection and then to resign. […]

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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 […]

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Sexual politics round-up in 2018

As 2018 reaches its end, SPW publishes a recollection of main events, trends, discoveries and challenges as we start 2019 and prepare for all the struggles we will face together. TRENDS & FACTS January In the very beginning of 2018, the #MeToo movement (originally launched in 1997 by black feminist Tanara Burke) on sexual harassment […]

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Sexual politics in October 2018

The Brazilian perfect storm We apologize for the delay in the circulation of SPW’s October 2018 monthly announcement due to the stormy process and result of the Brazilian presidential elections. We needed time to begin processing this outcome and to select relevant information that may contribute to a better understanding of this crucial turn of […]

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Pinkwashing: The promised land beyond the rainbow

by Berenice Bento (UnB) At first glance, nothing seems stranger to an LGBTTIQ+ human rights activist than to see fellow activists join the boycott against the Tel Aviv/Israel Pride. This is so because, after all, it is assumed that in Israel as in so many other places on earth, the LGBTTIQ+ population constantly struggle to […]

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Sexual politics in July 2018

22nd International AIDS Conference:  On July 22, Pedro Villardi, from GTPI-ABIA, participated in the  Challenging Criminalization Globally Pre-Conference, one of the more important satellites events in which matters related to gender and sexuality were debated. Other relevant events to be reported are: the Change seminar on the detrimental effects of Trump policies;  the debate called […]

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Solidarity statement in support of Professor Maria Clara Dias

We, the undersigned, members of the academic community and civil society organizations, denounce the persecution suffered by advocates of the LGBTI+ community and demonstrate our support for Professor Maria Clara Dias, at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, who has been victimized by terrifyingly offensive and untruthful accusations. The attacks are directed at […]

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Puta Dei goes international in 2018: US events and news

New York’s Sex Workers rally to take back International Whores Day: ‘Let us survive’ – The Daily Beast Puta Dei in NYC and New Jersey – Best Practices Policy Sick of going to jail: the roots of Puta Dei – NoHumanInvolvedFilme Performance ‘Whore in a box’ – NoHumanInvolvedFilme What Is International Whore’s Day? Sex Workers Are […]

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Sexual politics in May 2018

Nicaragua:  SPW calls attention to the violent political crisis sweeping through this small Central American country and expresses its solidarity with the Nicaraguan society that continues to resist the brutal violence perpetrated by the Ortega–Murillo regime. The deep and brutal political crisis that began in April, has not gained the deserved visibility amongst progressive sectors or […]

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Study on violence against LGBTQ individuals in Tunisia

  Authors The initiative Mawjoudin for equality is a Tunisian association that fights for equality and the rights of LGBTIQ people. Damj The Tunisian Association for justice and equality is an organization whose goal is to defend and promote the human rights of the LGBTIQ people in Tunisia. Chouf is a feminist organization that defends […]

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