News from Vatican: Francis vs. Ultra-Conservatives
Torreciudad, Opus Dei’s Shrine El Papa toma el control de Torreciudad, el ‘santuario’ del Opus Dei fundado por Escrivá de Balaguer – El Diario Conflict
Kamala Harris’s candidacy: compilation
English Harris steps up – The Nation August 2024 Issue The Kamala Show – The New Yorker Kamala Harris’s Gamble – New Yorker Where Kamala
The “Politics of Gender”: A Genealogical Commentary
by Sonia Corrêa Introduction I was motivated to write this commentary after reading a series of articles that revisit the conditions in which a transnational
“Dr Frankenstein’s Hydra: Contours, meanings and effects of anti-gender politics”
This text is a chapter authored by Sonia Corrêa, David Paternotte, Claire House and published in Routledge Handbook of Sexuality, Gender, Health and Rights. Download
Dobbs, one year: compilation of 2022’s Scotus ruling against abortion right
One Year, 61 Clinics: How Dobbs Changed the Abortion Landscape – NY Times The Hell of Providing Health Care in a Post-Dobbs America – Mother
Tunisia: autocratic push in 2023: compilation (English and Portuguese)
Tunisia: Rached Ghannouchi sentencing part of ‘aggressive crackdown’ by Kais Saied – Middle East Eye Rached Ghannouchi arrest ‘tragic loss’ for Tunisia and region, academics
Turkey: Erdogan reelection and democracy downturn
How Recep Tayyip Erdogan became Turkey’s most powerful leader – NPR Türkiye election result – why do people vote for authoritarian leaders? – IDS
India authoritarian drive in 2023: compilation of setbacks and resistance
Child rights body NCPCR asks states not to work with UNICEF — ‘involved in activities out of its purview’ – The Print Rahul Gandhi disqualification:
Hindu supremacism, ‘anti-gender’ politics, and feminist resistance
By Kalpana Wilson This contribution was first presented at the 2 December 2022 workshop on Transnational “Anti-Gender” Politics and Resistance, part of the AHRC-LSE project on Transnational
Brief notes on the 2022 Brazilian elections (for those who don’t live in Brazil)
By Sonia Corrêa. These notes on the end of the Bolsonaro government are brief and very preliminary. As I was writing I was just adjusting to the atmosphere that started to be installed in Brazil on Sunday. To be more precise, last night when it became clear that, despite a cowardly and deplorable statement and last-minute coup attempts, we began a new political cycle. I will start sharing my sentiments and not objective information. My feeling today November 2nd 2022 is very different from the one that seized me, in 2018, when, in the wake of the astonishing electoral process that elected Bolsonaro to the presidency, I was overtaken by a productive anger. It made me immediately sit down and write an essay that, inspired an article by Celso Rocha Barros published that same day, I have titled “Brazilian Elections: Perfect Catastrophe?”