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Argentina uncategorized: Debates about human trafficking, prostitution and sex work In this article, Carolina Justo von Lurzer and Santiago Morcillo present the main points debateted during a meeting organized by the Sexualities Studies Group of the Gino Germani Research Institute of the University of Buenos Aires to discuss the public policies related to prostitution. Sexual […]
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Sent by Airea na and translated by Mulabi FEMALE CABINET MEMBERS IN THE NEW GOVERNMENT WILL WORK AGAINST DISCRIMINATION On Thursday, July 24, Airea na (lesbian rights group) organized a round table under the title “Thoughts on an inclusive State”. At the round table, five female ministers and vice-ministers for the new Paraguayan government – […]
Read moreEntrevista: Marcelo Ferreyra
Marcelo Ferreyra es coordinador del Programa para America Latina y el Caribe de la Comision Internacional de los Derechos Humanos para Gays y Lesbianas (IGLHRC) y fue uno de los/as invitados/as del gobierno brasileño para participar de la I Conferencia Nacional LGBT en Brasil. En esta pequeña entrevista, Ferreyra habla sobre alguns aspectos de la […]
Read moreUruguay: perspectivas del aborto
Alejandra López* La ley finalmente promulgada por el Poder Ejecutivo, Ley Nº 18.426, del 1º de diciembre de 2008, se modificó sustantivamente en su alcance, contenidos y propósitos, al no incluir la despenalización del aborto, que era el objetivo original de este proyecto y de todas las anteriores iniciativas legislativas anteriores. Las observaciones establecidas por […]
Read moreUruguay: Perspectives on the abortion front
Alejandra López Gómez* The Reproductive Health Policy Law (Law 18.426), finally promulgated by the Executive in Uruguay on November 20th, 2008, was substantially different in scope, content and purpose than the original version of the provision, as it does include the decriminalization of abortion, which, in fact, was the initial objective of the law approved […]
Read moreSouth American Regional Consultation on the Right to Health
SPW, ABIA and Conectas Human Rights facilitated a South American Consultation on Right to Health called by Anand Grover, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, March 25th and 26th, in São Paulo, Brazil.
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As SPW presents the final publications of the Regional Dialogues on Sexuality and (Geo) Politics, we also recommend as an additional reading (in Spanish and Portuguese) the e-book Sexualidade e Política na América Latina: Histórias, interseções e paradoxos that compiles the debates of the Latin American Regional Dialogue that took place in Rio de Janeiro […]
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