UN Human Rights Council Votes To Support LGBT Rights
By Suzanne Trimel* The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) today applauded the United Nations’ top human rights body for approving a resolution
A Call to Action: Faith for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Reproductive Rights Post 2015
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 19 2014 (IPS) – On the eve of a major U.N. special session on population and development, a delegation of religious leaders
Crucial Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity UN resolution: SA’s vote will lead the way – but what will it be?
By Marianne Thamm Three years ago South Africa and Brazil co-sponsored a historic resolution encouraging the UN to discuss discrimination and violence based on sexual
The World’s Abortion Laws Map
The Center for Reproductive Rights has launched The World Abortion Laws Map 2014, in celebration of the 20-year anniversary of the International Conference on Population and
AIDS Prevention missing in the 2014 Brazil World Cup – ABIA expresses its views on the findings of the World Cup study released by the Observatory of Prostitution
The Brazilian Interdisciplinary Association for Aids (ABIA) expresses its concern about the results of the survey – released in partnership with the Observatory of prostitution
SPW Activities – September 2014
SPW co-chair Sonia Corrêa spoke at the panel on sexual and reproductive rights of the Women and Girls Rising Conference, held in New York on
September 2014 Reproductive Rights Rundown
The Center for Reproductive Rights has published its September 2014 edition of the Reproductive Rights Rundown, highlighting reproductive rights developments in UN Treaty Monitoring Bodies
Brazilian World Cup impact on prostitution and sex trade
The Observatory of Prostitution has published a report revealing the impacts on prostitution and sex trade arising from Brazilian World Cup during June and July.
New Gender and Social Movements Policy Briefs
BRIDGE – development and gender has launched the guide Supporting social movements to advance women’s rights and gender justice – an approach for donors. Read
The Evidence Is In: Decriminalizing Sex Work Is Critical to Public Health
By Anna Forbes and Sarah Elspeth Patterson August 13, 2014 – 3:54 pm During the 2014 International AIDS conference, The Lancet medical journal released a