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Intersex Human Rights Fund: Call for proposals (Deadline: 8 April 2016)

The Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice is proud to announce a new call for proposals for the second cycle of the Intersex Human Rights Fund, launched in 2015 to honor the resilience, creativity and growth of intersex activism and to ensure the human rights of intersex people. Submit by Friday, April 8! We recognize that […]

LGBT festival in Ukraine abandoned after far-right protest

Rightwing groups surrounded hotel in Lviv where about 70 participants in the equality festival had gathered.

Nigerian lawmakers voted down a women equality bill citing the Bible and Sharia law

Nigerian lawmakers on Tuesday (Mar.15), voted against a gender and equal opportunities bill (pdf). The bill, which did not pass a second reading, was aimed at bridging the gap between the rights of men and women in Nigeria. It also sought to end questionable and unpleasant stereotypical practices that drive discrimination based on gender. While […]

RESURJ – monthly bulletin on sexual and reproductive, environmental and economic justice worldwide

Every month RESURJ – a global alliance of feminists – members share and reflect on some news highlights affecting sexual and reproductive, environmental and economic justice from the different regions and countries we work in. Click here to access its February bulletin which brings views from countries like Egypt – Honduras – India – Nigeria – […]

New General Comments on SRHR and conditions in work – UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has published this week two General Comments: General Comment 22 on sexual and reproductive health and General Comment 23 on just and favourable conditions of work. Both mention SOGIESC issues, with General Comment 22 making extensive references.

Section 377 violates the principle of non-discrimination, hope Supreme Court of India recognises that: UN expert

The State has a responsibility for protecting the LGBTI community from violence, a UN expert said on Wednesday, adding that he hopes that the Supreme Court of India makes an “enlightened” and “progressive” decision on the matter.

European Parliament demands protection LGBTI refugees, also from ‘safe’ countries

Today, the European Parliament adopted a report on the situation of women refugees and asylum seekers in the EU, paying particular attention to the situation of LGBTI asylum seekers. The report is a response to the invisibility of female refugees and their concerns in the wake of the steep increase of asylum seekers arriving in […]

News and analysis on the Indonesian crackdown on LGBTI people

Indonesian Psychiatrists Classify LGBT People As Mentally Ill In Order To ‘Treat’ Them – Think Progress The Next Big LGBT “Propaganda” Ban Is Being Written In Indonesia – Buzzfeed Indonesia plans anti-gay ‘propaganda’ law over ‘national security’ issues – Pink News Indonesia discussing anti-LGBTI propaganda law – Gaynz The LGBT Debate and the Fear of […]

Report on the UN Human Rights Council’s resolution on the Protection of the family

The present report, by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 29/22.

The sexual politics in February 2016

In February, there were good news to report from both Haiti and Europe. In the case of Haiti, the Penal Code reform is underway and the draft document approved by a committee of juridical experts includes a provision that legalizes abortion on the basis of public health concerns and freedom of women. Although this is […]

Walking the Tightrope: Poetry and Prose by LGBTQ Writers from Africa

Among the first of its kind, this book is composed of works by writers from different parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, including first and second generation Africans in the diaspora. With this anthology, the editors seek to challenge and engage individuals and institutions that consider homosexuality immoral. In many African countries, homosexuals are subject to corporal […]

The many places of prostitution

In late November, 2015, the Institute of Philosophy and Social Sciences of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (IFCS/UFRJ) hosted a one week course called “A particular revolution: the Brazilian prostitute movement“. The course examined the roots, history, contexts and connections of the prostitutes’ movement since its founding in the 1970s. The Prostitution Policy […]