Working Paper No.4 – Senegal: homophobia and Islamic political manipulation, by Codou Bop
Check out the Working Paper Senegal: homophobia and Islamic political manipulation by Codou Bop, a Senegalese journalist. She develops a particularly sharp insight analysis about on the Senegalese episode, which may also throwshed light into on the dynamics at play work beneath in other cases.
Read moreNew Issue of The Equal Rights Review Published by the Equal Rights Trust
Equal Rights Trust published the Volume Thirteen of The Equal Rights Review (ERR), an interdisciplinary biannual journal intended as a forum for the exchange of legal, philosophical, sociological and other ideas and practical insights for those who are promoting equality. This issue contains a special section on equality and development, as well as an interview on the […]
Read moreLessons From the First Cycle of the Universal Periodic Review: From Commitment to Action on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
The Sexual Rights Initiative (SRI) has published a report called: Lessons From the First Cycle of the Universal Periodic Review: From Commitment to Action on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. Click here to read it.
Read moreThe World’s Abortion Laws Map
The Center for Reproductive Rights has launched The World Abortion Laws Map 2014, in celebration of the 20-year anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development Programme of Action. Click here to download.
Read moreAdvancing Trans* Movements Worldwide: A Meeting for Funders and Activists Working on Gender Diversity
SPW recommends the report written by activists and funders aimed at supporting better coordination and collaboration on trans and intersex funding. Download it here.
Read moreSeptember 2014 Reproductive Rights Rundown
The Center for Reproductive Rights has published its September 2014 edition of the Reproductive Rights Rundown, highlighting reproductive rights developments in UN Treaty Monitoring Bodies (TMBs). Read it here.
Read moreProposed declassification of disease categories related to sexual orientation in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-11)
SPW recommends the article Proposed declassification of disease categories related to sexual orientation in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-11), written by Susan D Cochran (Fielding School of Public Health University of California) and other authors. Read it here.
Read moreSexual and reproductive rights global landscape in August 2014
In August, the Sexuality Policy Watch (SPW) published the outcomes from the three Regional Dialogues organized in Asia (2009), Latin America (2009) and Africa (2010) and the inter-regional meeting (2011) on Sexuality and Politics. In the realm of non-conforming gender identities, trans persons have achieved a victory, albeit not definitive. The ICD (International Classification of […]
Read moreNew Gender and Social Movements Policy Briefs
BRIDGE – development and gender has launched the guide Supporting social movements to advance women’s rights and gender justice – an approach for donors. Read it here.
Read moreEnglish Version of Report Covering 20 Years of Anti-Abortion Law in Poland
The English version of the Federation for Women and Family Planning (Poland) report summarizing 20 years of Poland’s strict anti-abortion law is now available. It covers legal aspects and analysis of implementation of the provisions on abortion access, availability of birth control and sexuality education as well as reproductive rights and relevant cases and processes […]
Read moreSexual and reproductive rights global landscape in July 2014
In 2013, Sexuality Policy Watch began a new line of work aimed at critically examining how sexuality, gender and human rights can be located in relation to novel geopolitical and economic formations, or the so called emerging powers, in particular ‘BRICS’ and IBSA. As part of this effort SPW has attended the Civil Society Dialogue […]
Read moreWorking paper, No. 3 – Interrogating ‘Sexualities’ at Beijing+10?, by Angela Collet
SPW Working Paper 3, “Interrogating ‘Sexualities’ at Beijing+10?, written by Angela Collet, is an anlysis on the CSW and Beijing+10 process. Read it here.
Read moreWLUML Launches Bumper-Size Dossier on Sexualities in Muslim Contexts
Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) released its latest publication, Dossier 32-33: Sexualities, Culture and Society in Muslim Contexts, available in paperback hard copy and as a free electronic version on the WLUML website.
Read moreWorking Paper, No. 2 – Bracting Sexuality: Human Rights and Sexual Orientation, by Ignacio Saiz
The SPW report, “Bracting Sexuality: Human Rights and Sexual Orientation”, written by Ignacio Saiz, analyzes the recognition of rights relating to sexual orientation within the United Nations human rights system. Click here to read it.
Read moreScott Long: Vultures over Iran: The Human Rights Campaign follows the money
Posted on 24 June 2014 Why is the Human Rights Campaign hanging out with the friends of homophobe Gary Bauer? Some background: HRC, the richest US gay group, has gone international. More and more of the news on its website features hard-to-pronounce foreign places: Brunei, Abuja, Alabama … And now “Iran,” syllabified by most Americans as “Satan.” Yesterday, HRC […]
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