TAG: UN

UN Women: “Sex work is not trafficking”

UN Women has supported sex workers in response to Equality Now’s anti-sex worker campaign. The statement recognize the rights of sex workers by striving to ensure safety in and through the workplace, so that they can be free from exploitation, violence and coercion. Click here to learn more.

Human Rights Council 24th session report

Read the report of the 24th session of the Human Rights Council which concluded last week. Among the issues discussed, gender integration was one of them. Click here.

Rape is ‘a cross-cutting global issue’

Almost one in four men surveyed in six Asian countries admit to having raped their partners at least once, according to a UN report. Researcher Emma Fulu explains the factors that prompt men to accept and commit rape. Read DW’s article.

“Maternal Mortality: Implementation and Accountability: Guidance on Using a Human Rights Approach in the Context of the Post 2015 Agenda”

In this event to be held at the UN Human Rights Council, the Center for Reproductive Rights will speak about the Alyne Case in relation to which Brazil has been considered by the CEDAW Committee to have infringed the principles of the convention in 2011. Past two years the Brazilian state has not yet responded […]

GLSEN and UNESCO host meeting to create Global Network of Researchers, Advocates Working on LGBT Issues in Education

Argentina: GLSEN – the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network – and UNESCO host meeting to create Global Network of Researchers, Advocates Working on LGBT Issues in Education. Read more.

UN video on LGBT rights

United Nations has just released a video stating that LGBT rights are human rights, starring Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon and the High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay.Watch it now.

Regional Dialogues on the new UN resolution on SO&GI and human rights: The Brasilia Meeting

Brazil: From April 2nd to 5th, 2013 activists from more than 20 Latin American countries met in Brasilia, Brazil, to discuss the terms and contents of a new resolution on human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity, to be presented at the UN Human Rights Council next June. Read more.

Interview: Camila Asano

For the Newsletter N. 12, SPW interviewed Camila Asano, Coordinator of Foreign Policy and Human Rights at Conectas Human Rights, who participated of the second round of the Universal Periodical Review (UPR) of Brazil, at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), in Geneva, in May 2012. In this interview, Ms. Asano analyzed this mechanism for the human rights, explaining how this process works and highlighting recommendations to Brazil, challenges and perspectives. Read more.

Giant leap backwards regarding the reproductive rights at Rio+20

Global: Gender equality and women’s human rights have continuously been a challenge and sexual and reproductive rights were not included in the Rio+20 document, which was a giant leap backwards. Read a series of contents on this issue.

ABIA and SPW support the Brazilian UPR Pre-session

Brazil: ABIA and SPW supported the Brazilian UPR Pre-session, which took place on April 2nd, in Geneva, presenting a short video and recommendations aiming to contextualize some recent aspects of human rights in the country.

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.