Out of Madness, A Matriarchy
Mother Jones brings an article about women’s role in Rwanda, two decades after the genocide that killed 800.000 people. Today, women represent two-thirds of the
“Torture in Healthcare Settings”
Mauro Cabral shares the compilation ‘Torture in Healthcare Settings’, which reflects on the report of Juan Mendez, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, the first
Ecuador “Cure” Clinic Raided: 17 Rescued, Torture Claims Emerge
Equador faces a double pattern in adressing reproductive and sexual rights: while Presidente Rafael Corrêa makes pression against abortion legalization, his Public Health Ministry leads
LGBTI persons in detention: addressing prejudices, discrimination and abuses
SPW recommends the document “LGBTI persons deprived of their liberty: a framework for preventive monitoring” because it considers very relevant that the Association for Prevention
STOP THE GENOCIDE AGAINST TRANS WOMEN! STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST TRANS PEOPLE!
Organizations, associations and activists defending the human and civil law of trans people denounce generalized extreme violence and murders and impunity that trans people suffer
The Global Network of Sex Work Projects criticism on Equality Now
The Global Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP) has launched a statement on the attacks made by Equality Now on UN recommendation calling for decriminalisation
Human Rights Council in Geneva held the first-ever formal UN inter-governmental debate on violence and discrimination against LGBT people
Global: On March 7, 2012 the Human Rights Council in Geneva held the first-ever formal UN inter-governmental debate on violence and discrimination against LGBT people. The panel was moderated by the Ambassador of South Africa and featured panelists from Brazil, Pakistan, Sweden and the USA. Read more.
Freedom for Razan Ghazzawi
Syria: Authorities arrested Syrian blogger, feminist, and activist for free expression Razan Ghazzawi on December 4th, 2011. Read the statement written by human rights activists and defenders.
Argentina uncategorized: Debates about human trafficking, prostitution and sex work
Read the article “Argentina uncategorized: Debates about human trafficking, prostitution and sex work,” by Carolina Justo von Lurzer and Santiago Morcillo, on the debate 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, after president Cristina Fernandez Kirchner announced the enactment of the decree 936/11, which prohibits advertisements that promote sexual services in all media.