TAG: gender equality

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 […]

Pope Francis visit to Peru and Chile: a compilation

Sex Abuse Case Shadows Pope Francis’ Visit to Peru – The New York Times Pope Francis arrives in crisis-hit Peru – BBC News Why Pope Francis’s trip to Chile poses a challenge – BBC News Pope Francis meets sex abuse victims in Chile – BBC News Chile protesters challenge Pope on Church sex abuse – […]

Abortion bill in Argentina in 2018

Argentine Women Demand Legalization of Abortion at Congress – TeleSur Argentine Protesters Demand Free, Legal and Safe Abortions – TeleSur Argentina president urges Congress to start abortion debate – ABC News Macri gives a green light to open the debate on abortion law reform – International Campaign for Women’s Right to Safe Abortion Argentina President Urges […]

The #MeToo reflections in the Global South

Sexual Harassment in the Academia – What the Hitlist Misses: Debaditya Bhattacharya and Rina Ramdev – Kafila #MeTooInChina Media Highlights – Feminism for China #MeToo With Chinese Characteristics – The Atlantic Universities respond to Raya Sarkar’s list of alleged sexual predators: Mostly silence, some denials – Scroll in The #MeToo movement marks the rise of […]

Activists launched a petition against the Indonesia’s Penal Code reform

“Reject RKUHP that Criminalizes Women, Children, Indigenous Peoples and Marginalized Groups” We are women, housewives, workers, students, students, activists, survivors of sexual violence who have great concerns about the criminalization of citizens’ privacy in discussions of RKUHP sections of ethics in Parliament. One is the article about adultery which extends the notion of adultery from […]

2018 Women’s March

One year ago, in the preamble of March 8 when we celebrate International Women’s Day and women around the world historically articulate and promote strikes, thousands of women in the United States were protesting against Donald Trump taking over the White House as President-elect. The act was a landmark and, as activist argue, the feminist movement was able to keep momentum throughout 2017, […]

#ReadOurSigns: on the ground from the L.A. Women’s March

Los Angeles, January 21st, 2018. By Magaly Marques The best part of a protest or demonstration is to witness the creativity with which people express their motives for being there: the signs! At yesterday’s Women’s Anniversary March in Los Angeles, we could see the difference between what motivated people in the 2017 Women’s March and what […]

Latin American feminism at EFLAC

Montevideo (Uruguay) was the stage of the 14th Latin American and Caribbean Feminist Gathering (EFLAC in Spanish), where women gathered from the 23 to 25 of November under the motto “Diverse, but not to be dispersed”. We compiled some pieces and analysis in English about the event in order to promote internationally the Latin American Feminist debate. […]

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 […]

From #MeToo to #TimeIsUp

The #MeToo movement erupted in October 2017 after several sexual harassment accusations against Hollywood producer Hof arvey Weinstein became public . It is worth noting, however, that the core idea — “I was also harassed” — was originally crafted by Tarana Burke in 1997 to respond to the needs of marginalized women. The new […]