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Sexual and Reproductive Rights in the Dominican Republic

AWID spoke with Sergia Galván, Executive Director of Colectiva Mujer y Salud [Women and Health’s Collective] from the Dominican Republic, on the realities faced by women with regard to their sexual rights and reproductive health.

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The Sexual Politics Landscape in October 2015

Check the main facts in October 2015. We highlight the Stop Trans Pathologization Campaign 2015; the Synod on the Family’s final statement; Brazilian feminists protests against partially approved legislation that criminalizes providing information and assistance in regard to abortion; and the Indonesian regressive law against sexual freedom.

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Brazil: Feminists take the streets against Cunha and Bill 5069/2013

As it has been systematically reported by SPW in the last few months,  Brazil is now  a battleground in regard to the right to legal abortion. The last bad news is that on  October 21st, 2015, after a very well orchestrated conservative strategy, the House Committee on Constitution and Justice approved bill number 5069/2013 that […]

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Independent analysis of systematic gender discrimination in the El Salvador Judicial process against 17 women accused of the aggravated homicide of their newborns

Every defendant in the Salvadoran criminal system is guaranteed three fundamental rights by the state. First, every person accused of a crime will be presume innocent until proven guilty, in accordance with the law. Second, in cases of doubt, the judge must find in favour of the defendant.

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Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Holds Hearing On Wrongful Imprisonment of Salvadoran Women Who Miscarry

10.19.15 – (PRESS RELEASE) Reproductive rights advocates testified today in Washington, D.C. about the human rights violations women in El Salvador suffer due to the country’s severe abortion ban, which has led to countless women with pregnancy complications being arrested on suspicion of an abortion and later imprisoned for decades on charges of homicide. Today’s hearing was […]

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UN Human Rigths Council 30th session: Sexual Rights Recap

Sexual Rights Initiative presents an overview from the 30th session of the UN Human Rights Council. It includes resolutions, panels and discussions, statements and parallel events related to sexual rights of which the SRI was engaged with during the session. Click here to access it.

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The Sexual Politics Landscape in September 2015

At the global stage, one even to be highlighted was the launching of the Sex Work Law Map, produced by the Institute of Development Studies. It provides a perspective on female sex work by displaying a detailed summary of the laws, regulations and policies in over 75 countries. The novel IDS research tool was made […]

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Abortion politics in Brazil: a wider frontline to cope with

The front slide image is a detail of Social Fabric, a drawing by the Brazilian artist Rosana Paulino Article by Sonia Corrêa and Fábio Grotz * In Brazil, the proposition to legalize abortion presented to Congress (known as SUG 15/2014) held its final public hearing at the Senatorial Committee on Human Rights. On September 24th, four […]

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Polling About Abortion Is Rarely About Abortion

by Amanda Marcotte At this point, I’ve given up all hope that anyone will ever construct a poll on reproductive rights and access that illuminates the issue instead of distorting it. The latest offender is CNN, which recently polled American voters on their attitudes about Planned Parenthood and abortion. One part of the survey in […]

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The Sexual Politics landscape in August 2015 and early September

SPW has the great pleasure to announce the publication of Working Paper nº 11 Emerging Powers, Sexuality and Human Rights: Fumbling around the elephant. Authored by Sonia Corrêa and akshay khanna, the article is part of a series of analyses developed by the project Emerging powers, sexuality and human rights. The other products of this […]

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Struggling for legal abortion in Brazil: The Congress frontline

  Image: Barbara Kruger By Sonia Corrêa[1] As previously reported by SPW (here and here) , for some time now, growing obstacles have been impairing any movement forward in the legalization of abortion in Brazil.  Yet, despite many regressions and constraints, feminists groups committed to the right to decide continue to bravely resist anti-abortion forces. […]

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Pope Francis’ decision to forgive women who have abortion is criticized by reproductive rights advocates

Pope Francis once more gained global visibility by allowing priests to forgive women who have had an abortion. His speech — delivered on September first  apparently signaling a Vatican’s step forward in regard to  women’s rights — because it recognized that  “the pressures that lead [women who have abortions] to take  decision”  and, most principally, […]

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