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.
Sexual politics in October, November and early December 2019
HIGHLIGHTS Latin America: Politics in Trance In the period covered by this newsletter, Latin America has been the scene of three simultaneous elections – in Colombia, Argentina and Uruguay – with decidedly paradoxical results. Since September, we have seen major political eruptions: the Ecuadorian popular revolt against rising fuel prices, the vast and deep Chilean […]
Read moreHyderabad encounter: compilation of articles
Indian police have shot dead four men suspected of raping and killing a young female vet in Hyderabad last week. The men were in police detention and were taken back to the scene of the crime in the early hours of Friday. Full text on BBC. Analysis and assessments Supreme Court Orders Judicial Enquiry Into […]
Read moreBrazilian Civil Society Position Note – Nairobi Summit ICPD 25
Nairobi, November 14th, 2019. Gathered at the Nairobi Summit to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the International Conference in Population and Development (Cairo, 1994), the delegation representing the Brazilian civil society manifests its views on the Brazilian government position, as expressed in the discourse delivered by Ambassador Fernando Coimbra. It is positive that this document […]
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Planetary Utopias with Angela Davis, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and Nikita Dhawan
This conversation was recorded on Sunday 24 June 2018 as part of the closing plenary of the symposium ‘Planetary Utopias: Hope, Desire and Imaginaries in a Postcolonial World’ (curated by Nikita Dhawan) in the ‘Colonial Repercussions’ event series at the Akademie der Künste, Berlin. It was transcribed by Anna Millan and has been revised for […]
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Women Artists: Berna Reale
SPW has the pleasure to present the work of Pará born (Brazil) artist Berna Reale. Berna is one of the finalists of the 2019 Pipa Prize for her work. Berna Reale is a Pará performer with an extensive production of installations. Its brand is to occupy public spaces with images and dense evocations, such as […]
Read moreMinister Araújo is questioned in public hearing for anti-gender foreign politics
SPW has transcripted and translated Minister of Foreign Affairs Ernesto Araújo remarks during a Public Hearing on July 8th, 2019, when he was summoned to explain the repetitive stance against gender-related themes during multilateral meetings. Minister of Foreign Affairs Ernesto Araújo | Opening remarks For our Itamaraty work, this connection with Congress, with the Chamber […]
Read moreBrazil vetos term “gender” from UN resolution: a compilation
Itamaraty instructs diplomats to stress that gender is only biological sex – Folha de São Paulo Eleonora Menicucci: Women will not bow to the delay of this government – Folha de São Paulo Brazil abstains in vote on sexual and reproductive health at UN – Uol Brazilian Theological Diplomacy: A one-day report behind the scenes of the […]
Read morePride 2019: compilation of accounts
‘People of faith against LGBTphobia’ in São Paulo Pride The group of Freaks in the São Paulo pride Millions celebrate LGBTQ pride in New York amid global fight for equality – Reuters Tensions between trans women and gay men boil over at Stonewall anniversary – Reuters Ukraine hosts biggest ever gay pride parade – Reuters […]
Read moreVatican New Guideline on Gender and Education
Vatican Issues Document During Pride Month Denying Concept Of Gender Identity – NPR LGBTQ Catholics denounce Vatican’s document on gender identity – PBS Vatican rejects the notion that gender identity can be fluid – NYT Vatican launches guide to tackle ‘educational crisis’ on gender – The Guardian Vatican condemns gender theory as bid to destroy […]
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Health policy: From lull to cataclysm
by Fábio Grotz With regards to the trajectory of the policy response to HIV and reproductive health in Brazil — which, between 1980 and the first decade of the 21st century was very positive – it was inevitable that the incoming Bolsonaro government would cause damage, particularly with regards to sexual health. It must be […]
Read more2019 World Health Assembly becomes stage for antigender forces: a compilation
IWHC Statement on Universal Health Coverage at WHA72 – IWHC Snakebites and kissing bugs among surprise items on World Health agenda – NPR Opinion: Gender equality is central to achieving UHC and climate mitigation – Devex US rebukes World Health Organization for its abortion activism – C-Fam
Read moreEurope elections 2019: a compilation of articles
Euro-election results 2019: a wake-up call to traditional parties – openDemocracy The path to electoral victory in Salvini’s Italy: Open opposition to the pope – The Washington Post The far right didn’t sweep the EU elections. Europe’s centre is holding – The Guardian European elections 2019: Tories unlikely to deliver on Brexit, says Farage – […]
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Statement read in response to attacks on sexual and reproductive rights during Mercosur meeting
Buenos Aires, July 31th, 2019 Thank you very much, Mr. Secretary, and good afternoon to all. We very much celebrate this space and hail the declarations delivered by some States during the morning session for the respect to the principles of transversality, integrality and no-regressivity of human rights. Mercosur and its Meeting of High-Level Authorities on Human Rights (RAADH) […]
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Understanding the dismantling of the AIDS response in Brazil
Rio de Janeiro, May 27th, 2019 Brazilian Interdisciplinary AIDS Association (ABIA) After the justifications given by the Ministry of Health for the establishment of the new structure of the Department responsible for the response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic – among the measures is the renaming of the former Department of Surveillance, Prevention and Control […]
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