Ecuador’s Left punishes women rights
by By Manuela L. Picq* A debate on abortion suspended the voting on the new penal code in the Ecuadorian Congress this week. Congresswoman Soledad Buendía,
Criminalization of Abortions Among Young Women: Analysis of the Public Safety and Justice Systems in Rio de Janeiro
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The abortion frontline in Brazil: one step forward
Fábio Grotz & Sonia Corrêa Abortion is criminalized in Brazil, except in the cases of woman’s life risk, rape and anencephalic mal formation of the
CAL’s victory at the ACHPR: Many reasons to celebrate
by the SPW team In the statement, that appraises the decision of the African Court on Human and People’s Rights in granting observer status the
Abortion and the general elections: a chronicle of announced tragedies
Jandira Cruz and Elisângela Barbosa died after resorting to unsafe clandestine abortion clinics. Their deaths are now inevitably interwoven with the 2014 intense and complex
Article Newsletter N 14 – Vqueeram Aditya Sahay
The four figures of the law: Brief theoretical inquiries into the Queer movement’s relationship with law Vqueeram Aditya Sahay* This piece is about what the
Article Newsletter N 14 – Jordan Osserman
The 2013 Indian Supreme Court decision on section 377: beyond the law Jordan Osserman * While many LGBTQ activists across the globe expressed mourning, rage
Article Newsletter N 14 – Nitya Vasudevan
“When the light of our century may blind us” Nitya Vasudevan* When does the idea of a global solidarity threaten to compromise contextualised political struggles?
Article Newsletter N 14 – Gautam
Moving forward, perhaps: The 2013 India Supreme Court Decision on Section 377 Gautam Bhan* In the immediate moment, it simply felt difficult to breathe. It
Article Newsletter N.14 – Stella
The Paradoxical Geopolitics of Recriminalizing Homosexuality in Uganda: One of Three Ugly Sisters Stella Nyanzi* Uganda’s re-criminalization of homosexuality is not an isolated case, but