Around the world
Since its launching, in 2006, the Sexuality Policy Watch website has circulated relevant information on sexual politics trends, events and actors around the world. This investment has resulted in a rich archive of global and national sexual politics.
One main feature of this database is that it is not confined to specific areas or issues. It encompasses information on abortion, sexual and reproductive rights, sex work, sexual violence, gender and women’s rights, HIV and AIDs; and emphasizes materials and analysis that contribute to locate these issues in relation to the political economy of sexuality. Since 2013, key facts, events and trends are selected and highlighted in monthly announcements.
Backlash: A misleading narrative
by David Patternote (Université libre de Bruxelles)[1] On 13 February 2019, the European Parliament adopted a resolution “on experiencing a backlash in women’s rights and gender equality in the EU”. Following a report by the FEMM committee on the situation in Austria, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania and Slovakia, this text defines backlash as “a resistance to progressive […]
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Brazil’s Minister of Health dismisses two civil servants for expressing support for women’s sexual and reproductive health
On 5 June 2020, the Interim Minister of Health, General Eduardo Pazuello, dismissed Flávia Andrade Nunes Fialho, Coordinator of Women’s Health, and Danilo Campos da Luz e Silva, Coordinator of Men’s Health, civil servants in the Ministry of Health who signed a technical note supporting access to sexual and reproductive health for women during the […]
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Anti-gender politics during covid-19
GENDER UNDER ATTACK Europe Romania International Call Against the Teaching of Gender Ban in Romania – The Gender International Controversies Over Law Banning Any Reference To Gender Identity In Schools And Universities. President, Unlikely To Promulgate It – Romania Journal Hungary Hungary rolls back legal protections, puts trans and intersex people at risk – Ilga […]
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COVID-19: good news at last!
MAY / JUNE EUROPE Germany Germany unveils first national strategy for gender equality – DW Germany is 5th country to ban conversion therapy for minors – NBNC News LATIN AMERICA Costa Rica Costa Rica First in Central America to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage – HRW Same-Sex Marriage in Conservative Costa Rica Was Not a […]
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COVID-19 and economics: Disasters, corruption, more profits
US stocks surge as NYSE trading floor reopens – Al Jazeera Latin America’s Virus Villains: Corrupt Officials Collude With Price Gougers for Body Bags and Flimsy Masks – NY Times Meat giants selling to UK linked to Brazil farms in deforested Amazon reserve – The Guardian Corporations Will Seize Opportunities to Profit From the Pandemic […]
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Anti-racism and anti-fascism protests: news and analysis
English Black Lives Matter The Souls of White Folk – Verso Books Illiberal Racisms, Extremism and the Discursive Reconstruction of the Far Right – Verso Books US protests trigger calls by India’s Dalits to end discrimination – Al Jazeera Australians urged to stay away from Black Lives Matter protest – Al Jazeera How the police […]
Read moreBolsonaro’s most radical supporters only believe what he tells them
As Brazil has been rising the tops of global coronavirus dissemination curve and Bolsonaro’s popularity hits a new low, his most radical support base has remained by his side. Its members have even inaugurated a new strategy for demonstrations against COVID-19 restriction policies. As rallies turn out has declined, the protest base has ushered more […]
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Contradictory contestations: anti-lockdown protests
English Germany Politicians worry about radicalization at anti-lockdown protests – Deutsche Welle US Tea Party 2.0: What the Reopen Protest have in common with the Tea Party – Right Wing Watch Trump sides with armed protesters in Michigan: A “very fine people” sequel – Right Wing Watch Carnivals of the damned: ths US far right […]
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Coronavirus in Korea: LGBTQI people as vectors
Covid-19 Backlash Targets LGBT People in South Korea – HRW Authorities warn against homophobia hindering virus containment efforts – The Korea Herald ‘No one wants to be tested:’ Social stigmas are crippling coronavirus containmen – Fortune South Korea LGBT stigma complicates coronavirus testing as new cases rise – South China Morning Post New wave of […]
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Southeast Asia and coronavirus: news and analysis
Indonesia Indonesia’s Intelligence Service is Coming Out to Counter COVID-19 – The Diplomat Myanmar In Myanmar, the Coronavirus Gives Nationalists an Opening – Foreign Policy Myanmar: Armed conflict puts brakes on COVID-19 response – DW Myanmar’s generals take center stage in coronavirus battle – Asian Review Myanmar patients launch campaign to fight COVID-19 stigma – […]
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COVID-19 and gender based violence: news and analysis
MAY / JUNE Domestic violence It is ‘all men’, to varying degrees: men’s violence against women is a systemic crisis – The Guardian Can domestic abusers keep themselves accountable when no one is watching? – New Yorker Shadow pandemic: 243 million women have experienced physical or sexual violence – New Statesman The pandemic may be […]
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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 […]
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COVID-19, refugees and migrants: compilation (March – June)
MAY / JUNE English Laid Off and Locked Up: Virus Traps Domestic Workers in Arab States – NY Times A FAMILY SEPARATED BETWEEN EL SALVADOR AND THE U.S., FIRST BLOCKED BY TRUMP AND THEN CORONAVIRUS – The Intercept Racism, Migratism, Covid, by Alyosxa Tudor – Feminist Review PM Launches Employment Scheme for Migrant Workers From […]
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Engineered antibody, by Anna Dumitriu
Anna Dumitriu is a British artist who works with BioArt, sculpture, installation and digital media to explore our relationship with infectious diseases, synthetic biology and robotics. Her work attempts to interweave the scientific, cultural and personal implications of infectious diseases, using tools and techniques from microbiology and synthetic biology in the laboratory and studio to […]
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ABIA statement: democracy in Brazil and COVID-19 health policy
The Brazilian Interdisciplinary AIDS Association (ABIA) expresses deep concern regarding President Jair Bolsonaro’s latest changes in the Ministry of Health and regarding his active support for a demonstration in favor of a military coup d’état that was held on Sunday (April 19th) before the Army headquarters in Brasilia. As usual, after being criticized, Bolsonaro tried […]
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