TAG: criminalization

Sexual politics in Brazil: the conservative restoration a further step ahead #2

In order to properly situate sexual politics in Brazil (while paying special attention to abortion), we must connect it to the broader political scenario of the country as a whole. As reported last month, Brazilian political institutions are becoming increasingly fragile. President Michel Temer’s approval rating stands at 3%, making him the most unpopular president […]

Report of the IE on protection against violence and discrimination based on SOGI

Below you will find the summary for the report of the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, Vitit Muntarbhorn, in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 32/2: The theme of the present report is “Embrace diversity and energize humanity”. Key developments in 2017 are noted, particularly in […]

Health and Human Rights Journal – Vol 19, Issue 1, June 2017

Table of Contents Special Section: Abortion and Human Rights GUEST EDITORS Alicia Ely Yamin, Paola Bergallo, and Marge Berer EDITORIAL Narratives of Essentialism and Exceptionalism: The Challenges and Possibilities of Using Human Rights to Improve Access to Safe Abortion Alicia Ely Yamin and Paola Bergallo DISCUSSION Abortion Law and Policy Around the World: In Search […]

Sexual politics in Brazil: the conservative restoration a further step ahead

As SPW readers know, for some years now Brazil has been undergoing regressions in gender and sexual politics and, since last year, a full conservative political restoration. In September 2017, these trends have decidedly escalated. Potential legislative retrogressions in relation to existing abortion rights have not relented at Congress level, where the constitutional amendment […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

#IresistWePersist Campaign Toolkit 2017

September 28 has been a regional campaign for the decriminalization of abortion in Latin America and the Caribbean for over twenty years before being taken on by SRHR activists all over the world in 2011. WGNRR undertakes September 28 annual campaigning activities in collaboration with its members, partners, and allies around the world, and as […]

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 […]

Zika: From the Brazilian Backlands to Global Threat, Debora Diniz

Zika has disappeared from the headlines. Soon after the World Health Organization’s decision to declare the end of the global public health emergency in November 2016, Brazil made its own declaration about the national public health emergency in May 2017. It is easy to now say that the virus is at most spreading at a slow, […]

Sexual Politics in August 2017

Two outstandingly positive news are to be reported in sexual politics worldwide in August 2017. In India, the Supreme Court issued a groundbreaking decision on the right to privacy. In Chile, the Constitutional Court approved a new abortion law that leaves behind the draconian prohibition of pregnancy termination established during the Pinochet dictatorship in the […]

ABIA’s note on the withdrawal of Law Provision 198 that would criminalize HIV transmission

According to ABIA, the withdrawal of Law Provision 198 that would legally define the transmission of HIV as a heinous crime, is a victory for the AIDS social movement in Brazil On Thursday (August 31st) the processing of Law Draft Provision 198/2015 – that aimed at “defining as a heinous crime the transmission of HIV” […]