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Sexual and Reproductive Justice Coalition 2017 Annual Report

The first half of 2017 has been a busy and growthful time for the SRJC. We have been storming, norming and forming a working team that works together, learning through working to each other’s strengths and filling in gaps where needed. We have also had to respond to the demand for our presence in the […]

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Sexual politics in February and early March 2018

Main global trends Another mass shooting in Parkland (Florida) shocked the US and the world. Research findings that gained visibility after the tragedy reveal that most perpetrators of mass shootings reported in the country are white males, of which a large percentage has had a history of alleged or convicted domestic abuse.  Most importantly, this […]

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‘Changing Faces Changing Spaces’ 2017 Conference Report

Changing Faces Changing Spaces (CFCS) is a biennial pan African activist-led and planned conference facilitated by UHAI. It is a platform for African LGBTIQ and sex worker activists to strategize, network, plan and reflect on achievements and challenges pertinent to our movements. In June last year, UHAI was the proud host of the sixth Changing Faces Changing […]

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Sexual Politics in January 2018

In January of 2018, a fierce transnational feminist controversy erupted on the question of sexual harassment. In the same week of the Golden Globes Award ceremony when the #TimeIsUp campaign for equal gender pay was launched, a manifesto signed by a hundred French women artists and writers was published by Le Monde, titled The freedom […]

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Sexual Politics 2017 Round-Up

As 2018 begins, SPW highlights the main events and trends as well as tensions and challenges traversing sexual politics worldwide. Trends and Facts January In January 2017, an avalanche of draconian and regressive policy measures was adopted in the first two weeks of the Trump administration. SPW compiled a preliminary assessment of these policy trends date […]

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Sexual Politics in November 2017

  In Europe, the rise of the extreme right – which implies both the deepening of racism and a threat to gender and sexuality related rights – continued its course. Its scariest demonstration was seen in Poland where, on November 11th, a far-right rally gathered over twenty thousand people who shouted dogmatic religious and nationalist […]

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Sexual Politics in October 2017

October began with the International Day of the Girl on the 11th when the media attention was towards highlighting how access to education, especially in some countries, is one of the main causes of the gender gap between men and women. The occasion has also given space for the circulation of updated information on child marriage. […]

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Sexual Politics in September 2017

September is the key moment of the year in regard to abortion rights,  as the 28th marks the International Safe Abortion Day worldwide.  As informed by the International Campaign for Women’s to Safe Abortion, the pre-day bulletin circulated by the Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights and other sources in 2017 a much larger number of […]

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Compilation on September 28, 2017

Joint Statement on Access to Safe and Legal abortion globally – HRC36: General Debate Item 8 September 28, 2017 Theme: Resist & Persist! Our Bodies, Our Abortions, Our Rights Comic-Strip series of Global Abortion Advocacy Achievements – Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights and International Safe Abortion and Ipas   More Statements – Activities – Publications for 28 September – International Campaign […]

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An Autonomy & Abortion Webinar: Demanding full control over our bodies and our lives

The Coalition of African Lesbians (CAL) invites its members, partners, allies, friends and fellow feminists to participate in a conversation on Abortion & Autonomy: Demanding full control over our bodies and our lives. The Coalition will be hosting this conversation as one of our actions towards recognizing, as well as mobilizing thought, action and ideas towards […]

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Tanzanian Joint Press Statement: The Right to Freedom of Association Under Threat

The right to freedom of association under threat:               20 arrested in Tanzania for alleged homosexuality 20 September 2017 The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, and Pan Africa International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex Association (Pan Africa ILGA) strongly condemn the recent arrest of parents and NGO […]

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Tunisia: Landmark Step to Shield Women from Violence

The law on violence against women, including domestic violence, approved by the Tunisian parliament on July 26, 2017, is a landmark step for women’s rights, Human Rights Watch said today. Tunisian authorities should ensure that there is adequate funding and political will to put the law fully into effect and to eliminate discrimination against women. […]

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