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.
“Abortion education under pressure in U.S. medical schools”
Read the article “Abortion education under pressure in U.S. medical schools”, in which it highlights the battle at the state level in the United States to curtail abortion services. Click here.
Read moreSexual Violence in Asia
A new research in the Lancet Global Health, a medical journal, indicates that more than one in ten men surveyed in six Asian countries said they had raped a woman who was not their partner—and that figure rose to nearly one in four when wives and girlfriends were included among victims. Read more.
Read more“Rest in Peace Sunila”
SPW deeply laments the departure of our dear friend and collaborator, Sunila Abeysekera, a leading feminist and human rights activist from Sri Lanka whose legacies in regard to local and global work on conflict, women’s and LGBTQI rights and human rights defenders will continue inspiring us. “Friends and comrades of dear Sunila across the globe […]
Read moreSexuality Research and Political Change in Buenos Aires
Immediately before the 9th IASSCS Conference, a second round of the Sexuality Research and Political Change Training Program was held in Buenos Aires, from August 23rd to 27th, 2013. Check more information and the album of workshop pictures.
Read moreSPW Newsletter’s 13 – author’s profiles
Maria José Rosado Sociologist. Teacher at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo. She founded the Brazilian NGO Catholics for Free Choice. Her field of interest includes: the intersection of gender and feminist issues with religion; discussions on the place and role of religion in modern democratic societies; and continuities and transformations of Catholicism. Socióloga. […]
Read moreRead some information on the recent Brazilian context on regressions in sexual and reproductive politics.
Read some information on the recent Brazilian context on regressions in sexual and reproductive politics.
Read moreAs to more fully grab what is happening in Brazil
Read the new IDS Working Paper The Changing Faces of Citizen Action: A Mapping Study through an ‘Unruly’ Lens, which speaks of Brazilian contemporary experience of citizenship struggles.
Read moreGLSEN and UNESCO host meeting to create Global Network of Researchers, Advocates Working on LGBT Issues in Education
Read moreLetter Repudiating the Ministry of Health’s Censorship of the Campaign about Prostitution and HIV/AIDS
Read the “Letter Repudiating the Ministry of Health’s Censorship of the Campaign about Prostitution and HIV/AIDS”, written by the Brazilian Interdisciplinary AIDS Association – ABIA, after the Ministry of Health announced its censorship of the campaign about prostitution and HIV/AIDS launched on International Prostitutes Day (June 2nd).
Read moreSalvadoran woman who sought abortion delivers baby after a C-section
El Salvador: Following an Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ determination, Salvadoran woman who sought abortion delivers baby after a C-section. Read more.
Read moreNY Archdiocese has been reluctantly paying for health plan that covers birth control
US: NY Archdiocese has been reluctantly paying for health plan that covers birth control. Read more.
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