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First panel – Sexuality, States and Political Processes

First panel – Sexuality, States and Political Processes Morning—August 24 , 2009 The panel that followed was coordinated by Sérgio Carrara, co-director of the Latin American Center on Sexuality and Human Rights (CLAM) and counted with Franklin Gil, associate researchers of the Escuela de Estudios de Género de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Elsa Muniz, […]

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The abortion front lines – Newsletter n.6

The abortion front lines: Recently in Brazil a scandal came out when a 9 years-old girl was impregnated by his stepfather and then excommunicated by the Olinda’s bishop. Meanwhile, in Nepal the Court orders the State to improve women’s access to abortion. Read more in the SPW’s newsletter n.6.

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Papers and articles written by our partners

Argentina uncategorized: Debates about human trafficking, prostitution and sex work In this article, Carolina Justo von Lurzer and Santiago Morcillo present the main points debateted during a meeting organized by the Sexualities Studies Group of the Gino Germani Research Institute of the University of Buenos Aires to discuss the public policies related to prostitution. Sexual […]

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Papers and articles Written by SPW’s members

Internet Regulation and Sexual Politics in Brazil The issue 55(2) of Development – Citzenship for Change assesses the potential and unpacks the myths around new modalities of mobilization including social media. You also can read Internet Regulation and Sexual Politics in Brazil, written by Sonia Corrêa, SPW Co-chair, and Horacio Sívori and Bruno Zilli, from […]

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New Vatican campaign against abortion: The Italian inside story

By Daniela Colombo* There are many reasons to consider Italian abortion law a success story. It was passed in 1978, only six years after the first rallies of the feminist movement and the radical party. The law on voluntary termination of pregnancy allows abortion to be performed only in public hospitals and private clinics registered […]

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Abortion Struggles: More gains than losses

By Sonia Corrêa* When 2007 begun, abortion rights advocates worldwide were, on the one hand, deeply regretting the abolition of the therapeutic abortion clause from the Nicaraguan Penal Code, on the other commemorating the decision of the Colombian Constitutional Court that make abortion legal and accessible in the cases of rape, grave fetal abnormality, women’s […]

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Uruguay: perspectivas del aborto

Alejandra López* La ley finalmente promulgada por el Poder Ejecutivo, Ley Nº 18.426, del 1º de diciembre de 2008, se modificó sustantivamente en su alcance, contenidos y propósitos, al no incluir la despenalización del aborto, que era el objetivo original de este proyecto y de todas las anteriores iniciativas legislativas anteriores. Las observaciones establecidas por […]

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Uruguay: Perspectives on the abortion front

Alejandra López Gómez* The Reproductive Health Policy Law (Law 18.426), finally promulgated by the Executive in Uruguay on November 20th, 2008, was substantially different in scope, content and purpose than the original version of the provision, as it does include the decriminalization of abortion, which, in fact, was the initial objective of the law approved […]

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Stigma Makes People Reluctant to Tell Loved Ones About Their Abortions, Says Study

Read Reality Check‘s article about study that points how stigma makes people reluctant to share with loved ones their abortions. Click here.

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