Call For Papers: Beyond Victims and Savages: the Complexities of Violence, Resistance, and Pleasure
Originally published in 2015 at: http://gsrc-mena.org/kohl/call-for-papers/ We are pleased to invite submissions for the third issue of Kohl: a Journal for Body and Gender Research,
Astraea Launches the World’s First Intersex Human Rights Fund
Originally published on ASTRAEA’s website. Available at: http://www.astraeafoundation.org/news/352/60/Astraea-Launches-the-World-s-First-Intersex-Human-Rights-Fund/d,home-news New York, New York, Oct 25, 2015 In a world where intersex activism has been resourced on
Can human rights bring social justice?
This Amnesty International’s collection of twelve essays explores the differences and similarities between social justice and human rights, providing divergent perspectives on whether and how
DAWN Training Institute 2016
DAWN is excited to announce the forthcoming 5th DAWN Training Institute (DTI) for young feminists working for gender, economic, political and ecological justice. The DTI
How Sex Workers’ Rights Made the Mainstream
When law enforcement targets sex workers and the websites they use, mainstream outlets and organizations tend to give them a pass. But with the raid on Rentboy.com, that script has flipped.
On Rentboy, Sex Panics, Feminism, and More
By Yasmin Nair August 25, 2015 Originally published on: http://www.yasminnair.net/content/rentboy-sex-panics-feminism-and-more We woke up to the news that Rentboy, a popular online male escort service, has been
The UN Security Council debates gays and ISIS: Why this is a bad idea
Originally published no Paper Bird on 23/08/2015. Available at: http://paper-bird.net/2015/08/23/the-un-security-council-terrible-idea/ By Scott Long I. Questions On August 18, the Islamic State (also known as ISIS
FRIDA Young Feminist Fund Call For Proposals
The Young Feminist Fund is the only youth-led fund focused exclusively on supporting global young feminist activism to advance social justice movements and agendas. FRIDA
Amnesty International: should sex work be decriminalized?
“We speak to this issue from experience and evidence. Having many years of experience between us of work on sexuality-related human rights, we are seized by
The sexual politics landscape in July 2015
In July the hottest topic to be reported on is, undoubtedly, the global controversy that emerged when Amnesty International made public a draft policy defining