COVID -19 and Politics in March-April 2020
Since January, when the Chinese government adopted extreme confinement measures in Wuhan, the pandemic sparked the worldwide spread of questionable war semantics. It also provided
Sexual Politics in Times of Pandemic: May and June 2020
The global scenario of the COVID-19 pandemic has changed since April, but the crisis is still far from over. Only eight countries are listed as
Sexual politics in times of pandemic: contribution of guest authors
The SPW Announcement for May and early June 2020 will have the same format adopted in March-April 2020, it will organize the newly compiled information
Backlash: A misleading narrative
By David Patternote (Université libre de Bruxelles)[1] On 13 February 2019, the European Parliament adopted a resolution “on experiencing a backlash in women’s rights and gender equality
Brazil’s Minister of Health dismisses two civil servants for expressing support for women’s sexual and reproductive health
On 5 June 2020, the Interim Minister of Health, General Eduardo Pazuello, dismissed Flávia Andrade Nunes Fialho, Coordinator of Women’s Health, and Danilo Campos da
Anti-gender politics during covid-19
GENDER UNDER ATTACK Europe Romania International Call Against the Teaching of Gender Ban in Romania – The Gender International Controversies Over Law Banning Any Reference
COVID-19 and gender based violence: news and analysis
MAY / JUNE Domestic violence It is ‘all men’, to varying degrees: men’s violence against women is a systemic crisis – The Guardian Can domestic
Sexual politics in times of pandemic
March and early April 2020 It has been very challenging to prepare the SPW announcement for March/April 2020 due to the abnormality, risks, and losses
Back to where we always have been: sex/gender segregation to contain Covid-19
By Sonia Corrêa[1] But, people die, don’t they? Yes, indeed. However, the current naturalization of death erases thinking – Santiago López Petit In the first week of
COVID-19, reproductive health and abortion
MAY / JUNE Hospital’s COVID-19 Policy Separated Native American Mothers From Their Newborns – Truthout Denied beds, pain relief and contact with their babies: the