TAG: religious extremism
Manuel: Understanding Religious Fundamentalisms for Activists
Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) has launched a new manual for rights activists facing religious fundamentalist opposition to their work. Click here to learn more.
Read moreThe Gathering: The Religious Right’s Cash Cow
Learn more about “The Gathering”, a secretive group that provides funding for many evangelical causes at US, including the anti-LGBT movements abroad. Here.
Read moreLouisiana: Repeal ‘Crime Against Nature’ Laws
According to Human Rights Watch, the Louisiana State House of Representatives voted to repeal a law, enacted in 1805, that punishes and undermines LGBT rights. The law has been supported by Christian groups and is unenforceable since the US Supreme Court struck down, in a landmark decision in 2003, laws against sodomy. Click here to […]
Read moreIt’s Not Just Uganda: Behind the Christian Right’s Onslaught in Africa
The Nation brings an article about the role of American Christian organizations in triggering anti-LGBT laws. Click here.
Read moreSexualities january edition
SPW recommends Sexualities january edition. It brings articles about gender and sexuality boundaries on evangelical websites; medicalization of women sexuality as well as other interesting issues. Click here to access it.
Read moreKilling Them Softly: Pope Francis Condemns Income Inequality, Sanctions Gender Inequality
Reality Check brings Adele M. Stan’s article about how Pope Francis “when it comes to inequality of the sexes, enthusiastically embraces Rome’s status quo, using his great treatise on his dream of a kinder, gentler church to sanction the exclusion of women not just from leadership, but from performing the most holy of its rites: […]
Read moreGlobal and regional issues highlighted by SPW on October
In October 2013 our main themes were the following: On October 10, activist Gabriela Leite, who devoted her life to fight for the rights of prostitutes, has left us. The death of Gabriela has reverberated in Brazil and worldwide because her life trajectory and historical leadership but also because how the claims she has raised […]
Read moreHRW asks the Holy See to condemn violence and discrimination gainst LGBT People
Human Rights Watch send a letter to Pope Francis asking that Catholic Church to “condemn violence and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people”. Learn more.
Read moreOfficials Claim Tunisian Women are Waging a ‘Sexual Jihad’ in Syria, But What’s the Real Story?
Read the article “Officials Claim Tunisian Women are Waging a ‘Sexual Jihad’ in Syria, But What’s the Real Story?” about allegations of women’s involvement on the Syria conflit. Click here.
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