Sexuality Policy Watch

Covid-19 and human rights: news and analisys (In English, Portuguese and Spanish)

Abortion

Your Questions About Reproductive Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Answered – Rewire

Abortion and COVID-19: why we need to support women’s right to abortion in health emergencies – LSE

Delaying ‘nonessential’ abortions during coronavirus crisis endangers women’s health and financial future – The Conversation

COVID-19 Could Bring the End of ‘Roe v. Wade’ – Rewire

Red States Are Exploiting Coronavirus to Ban Abortion – New York Times

How will the coronavirus affect access to safe abortion? – IPPF

Federal Appeals Court Lets Texas Resume Abortion Ban – Slate

Texas, Ohio order clinics to halt abortion procedures amid coronavirus – NBC

“People Were Sobbing, People Were Begging For Us to See Them Anyway”: Texas’ Abortion Ban Is Cruel – Mother Jones

State Officials Try to End Legal Abortion During COVID-19 Crisis – Rewire

Judge lifts Texas abortion ban pegged to coronavirus pandemic -Politico

I Saw an Anti-Abortion Protester Cough and Joke About COVID-19 – Rewire

How the Coronavirus Is Affecting Abortion Access in a State Hostile to Abortion Rights – Rewire

Lockdown in Colombia will affect the right to abortion, says human rights lawyer – Global Voices

‘Absurd’ rules obstruct abortion access in Italy during COVID-19 – openDemocracy

UK abortion law briefly changes during Covid-19 outbreak – The Guardian

Economy and Inequality

Capitalism Has its Limits – Judith Butler – Verso.

Public health experts: Coronavirus could overwhelm the developing world – Washington Post

Don’t believe the myth that we must sacrifice lives to save the economy – The Guardian

We’re about to learn a terrible lesson from coronavirus: inequality kills – The Guardian

Covid-19 Is Becoming the Disease That Divides Us: By Race, Class and Age – Bloomberg

COVID-19 and Black Workers – Commom Dreams

COVID-19: capitalism’s mask has slipped – IWRAW Asia Pacific

Covid-19 Will Mark the End of Affluence Politics – Wired

Human Rights Day Letter to President Ramaphosa: Overcoming Inequality will help us overcome Covid-19– Maverick Citizen

Media, Fake News and Information

The Coronavirus-Denial Movement Now Has a Leader – The Atlantic

Bolsonaro’s COVID-19 denial will devastate vulnerable Brazilians – Al Jazeera

Bolsonaro, Isolated and Defiant, Dismisses Coronavirus Threat to Brazil – New York Times

“A Little Flu” Could Be Fatal for Jair Bolsonaro – The Jacobin

The Guardian view on Jair Bolsonaro: a danger to Brazilians – The Guardian

Brazil’s message to the world: our president is wrong about coronavirus – The Guardian

The Contrarian Coronavirus Theory That Informed the Trump Administration – The New Yorker

A Side Effect of Remote Teaching During Covid-19? Videos That Can Be Weaponized – The Chronicle of Higher Education

Turkmenistan Has Banned Use Of The Word ‘Coronavirus’ – NPR

YouTube is demonetizing videos about coronavirus, and creators are mad – The Verge

Facebook doubles down on removing coronavirus conspiracy theories – Recode

YouTube deletes video in which Olavo de Carvalho says coronavirus never killed – Times 24 news

Feminism, Gender and Women’s Right

The Coronavirus Is a Disaster for Feminism – The Atlantic

The Future May Be Female, But the Pandemic Is Patriarchal – Common Dreamns

Covid-19 has revealed widespread sexism in China – Economist

“Your traditions, our blood!”: The struggle against patriarchal violence in Kyrgyzstan – openDemocracy

Kyrgyzstan: Women’s rights march cancelled over coronavirus – Eurasianet

Doctor’s Note: Why are more men dying from coronavirus? – Al Jazeera

Domestic Violence 911 Calls Are Increasing. Coronavirus Is Likely to Blame. – Mother Jones

Domestic violence cases jump 30% during lockdown in France – Euronews

A Feminist Reading List on Care, Crisis and Pandemics – Medium

HIV/Aids

I Study Prisons and AIDS History. Here’s Why Self-Isolation Really Scares Me. – Slate

Coronavirus: Three lessons from the AIDS crisis – The Conversation

Love One Another or Die: Lessons for Coronavirus From the HIV/AIDS Crisis – Commom Dreams

I Recovered From COVID-19. But I Can’t Donate My Plasma Because I’m Gay. – Mother Jones

HIV-Positive Population Braces for Another Plague – Foreign Policy

HIV Positive Community in Assam in a Fix Over Access to Life-Saving Medicines – The Wire

Healthcare workers tell GPs to rein in HIV medication prescriptions amid coronavirus crisis – The Guardian

UNAIDS: What people living with HIV need to know about HIV and COVID-19

Human Rights

Respect Rights in COVID-19 Response – Human Rights Watch

Governments Should Respect Rights in COVID-19 Surveillance – Human Rights Watch

No exceptions with COVID-19: “Everyone has the right to life-saving interventions” – UN experts say

The coronavirus conundrum and human rights – Al Jazeera

Seven ways the coronavirus affects human rights – HKFP

Novel Pandemonium Over the Coronavirus Should Worry Us as Much as COVID-19 – The Wire

Dignity and Disinfectant in the Time of a Pandemic – The Wire

Racism row as French doctors suggest virus vaccine test in Africa – Al Jazeera

70 Percent of People Killed in Chicago by the Coronavirus Are Black – Mother Jones

Watch: ‘We’ll Guard Against Coronavirus But Fear Detention Centres More Than Disease’ – The Wire

Syria’s Detainees Left Even More Vulnerable to Coronavirus – Human Rights Watch

LGBTQI Rights

Coronavirus 2019 Information – National LGBT Cancer Network

COVID-19: Community Response – GATE

Top ‘Working at Home’ Tips for LGBTI Activist Organisations – Medium

The Losers Conspiracy –  Artforum

Will the NHS drop its trans obsession when peak coronavirus hits? – The Spectator

Demands from Grassroots Organizers Concerning COVID-19 – Transformative Spaces

Panama to restrict movement by gender during virus quarantine – Bangkok Post

Panama’s Gender-Based Quarantine Ensnares Trans Woman – Human Rights Watch

Gender divide: Peru limits men and women to alternate days out to stall vírus – Reuters

Politics

Authoritarianism in the Time of the Coronavirus – Foreign Policy

Creeping Authoritarianism Has Finally Prevailed – The Atlantic

Don’t Touch Your Face: Autocrats – Foreign Policy

How Authoritarians Are Exploiting the COVID-19 Crisis to Grab Power – Human Rights Watch

The problem with army enforced lockdowns in the time of COVID-19 – Al Jazeera

WHY POPULISTS LOVE THE PANDEMIC – Balkan Insight

Will the coronavirus ‘kill populism’? Don’t count on it – The Guardian

Coronavirus has not suspended politics – it has revealed the nature of power – The Guardian

The Case Against Waging ‘War’ on the Coronavirus – The Atlantic

The Social-Distancing Culture War Has Begun – The Atlantic

Azerbaijan’s president suggests coronavirus may require a crackdown on opposition – Eurasianet

Religious discourses

Church forgives sins of those stricken by virus – France 24

Pope Grants Priests the Right to Forgive Abortion – Daily Beast

Brazilian church wins court battle to remain open despite coronavirus – The Guardian

Florida megachurch pastor arrested for breaching Covid-19 health order – The Guardian

Sex work

A Feast in Time of COVID-19: The anti-trafficking movement needs to take a step back – Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women

Coronavirus Fears Are Decimating The Sex Industry – Huffington Post

Here’s How You Can Help Sex Workers During the COVID-19 Outbreak – Rewire

Thai government screws sex workers over 5,000 baht stimulus – The Thaiger

Coronavirus: Scared but desperate, Thai sex workers forced to the street – The Straits Times

Portland strip club forced to close, so dancers now do delivery – The Oregonian

Newsletters

COVID-19: Global Health, Sexual & Reproductive Health, Pregnancy, Abortion Care, & Contraception – International Campaign for Women’s Right to Safe Abortion

Equal Eyes on the world – Equal eyes

What Does ‘Safe Sex’ Look Like During the COVID-19 Pandemic? Here’s What You Need to Know. – Rewire

IDS News – COVID-19 special

COVID-19: Global coverage for a pandemic – Global Voices

Geographers, sociologists, philosophers etc. on covid-19 – Progressive Geographies

In Portuguese

Aborto

Principal hospital de aborto legal de SP interrompe serviço por coronavírus  – Azmina

Nota sobre o fechamento do serviço de atendimento a mulheres vítimas de violência sexual do Hospital Pérola Byington, em São Paulo – Frente Nacional Contra a Criminalização das Mulheres e pela Legalização do Aborto

Economia e desigualdade

“O capitalismo tem seus limites”, afirma Judith Butler sobre o COVID-19 – Judith Butler – Blog Boitempo

Austeridade é a maior aliada do coronavírus no Brasil – Jacobin

E quando o coronavírus chegar às favelas? – Projeto Colabora

O impacto do coronavírus na periferia de Salvador – Folha de São Paulo

Direitos das Mulheres

Covid-19. Quando a quarentena é ficar com um agressor – Diário de Notícias

Violência doméstica na quarentena: como se proteger de um abusador? – Carta Capital

VIOLÊNCIA DOMÉSTICA AUMENTA APÓS MEDIDAS DE ISOLAMENTO SOCIAL – Agência Patrícia Galvão

Enfermeiras na Linha de Frente contra o Coronavírus: Leia a primeira reportagem da cobertura D’azmina e Gênero e Número – Agência Patrícia Galvão

CORONAVÍRUS: pandemia deve aumentar a diferença salarial entre homens e mulheres – Agência Patrícia Galvão

Direitos Humanos

Resposta ao COVID-19 deve respeitar direitos – Human Rights Watch

No meio da pandemia, governo Bolsonaro admite que removerá quilombolas – UOL

Crise tem cor e gênero – Flavia Oliveira – O Globo

Discursos religiosos

Coronavírus: líderes evangélicos espalham charlatanismo e teorias da conspiração em cultos e vídeos – Intercept

Evangélicos fazem coro com Bolsonaro e negam riscos do coronavírus – DW

HIV/Aids

ABIA – Dia Mundial da Saúde: o que as diferenças e semelhanças entre as pandemias da AIDS e da COVID-19 nos ensinam sobre saúde global

O que as pessoas que vivem com HIV precisam saber sobre o coronavírus – Agência de Notícias da Aids

O que as pessoas que vivem com HIV precisam saber sobre HIV e COVID-19

Política

Coronavírus: por que Bolsonaro e líderes de esquerda na América Latina adotam postura parecida – BBC

Líderes de extrema direita ampliam poder e erram ao lidar com epidemia – Veja

Bolsonaro vira ‘BolsoNero’ e ‘O último negacionista’ – Folha de São Paulo

Bolsonaro flerta com Viktor Orbán, mas tática lembra mais Jânio Quadros – Folha de São Paulo

Governo Bolsonaro é ineficaz e se transformou num inimigo – Mário Sergio Conti – Folha de São Paulo

Saúde

Por que salvar vidas ou a economia na crise do coronavírus é um falso dilema? – Folha de São Paulo

Coronavírus como metáfora – Contardo Calligaris – Folha de São Paulo

Ninguém sairá o mesmo desta quarentena – Fernanda Torres – Folha de São Paulo

Populistas como AMLO e Bolsonaro arriscam milhares ao dar as costas à ciência – Sylvia Colombo – Folha de São Paulo

Sexualidade

Nova York lança cartilha do sexo na quarentena: ‘Você é o seu mais seguro parceiro sexual’ – Extra

Trabalho sexual

‘Nós somos invisíveis’: trabalhadoras sexuais são afetadas pela pandemia – Uol

A prostituta, o vírus, a cidade – Observatório da Prostituição

Indiferente ao vírus, a vida segue devagar em zona de prostituição do Rio – Folha de São Paulo

Coronavírus: pandemia deixa prostitutas de BH sem renda e moradia – Estado de Minas

Coronavírus não interrompe prostituição a R$ 30 no centro de São Paulo – Uol

Coronavírus faz cliente procurar sexo com máscara em Amsterdã – Folha de São Paulo

In Spanish

Aborto

Cuarentena impactará el derecho al aborto en Colombia, asegura abogada de derechos humanos – Global Voices

¿Cómo abortar en época de cuarentena por coronavirus? – Página 12

Estados de EE. UU. suspenden los abortos “en nombre de la lucha contra el coronavirus” – El Espectador

Derechos Humanos

El respeto a los derechos humanos como respuesta al COVID-19 – Human Rights Watch

Judith Butler: “Debería haber otras formas de refugio que no dependan de una falsa idea del hogar” – La tercera

“Si el virus llega a las comunidades indígenas habrá un exterminio” – Cosecha roja

Derechos LGBTQI

Respuesta comunitaria al COVID-19 – GATE

Impactos del Covid-19 en personas LGBT* – Dejusticia

Perú restringe la salida a la calle por género – El País

¿Por qué es polémica la medida que segrega las salidas de hombres y mujeres durante la cuarentena en América Latina? – Actualidad

Panamá aplica distinción de género y refuerza cuarentena ante avance del COVID-19 – Infobae

La insólita medida de cuarentena por géneros en Panamá que discrimina y persigue a la comunidad trans – Infobae

Cuarentena por género acorrala a mujer trans en Panamá – Human Right Watch

Alerta y temor en la comunidad trans de Panamá frente a la cuarentena por género – Latino America Piensa

Personas trans quedan en limbo legal en cuarentenas América Latina: grupos de derechos – Reuters

Derechos de mujeres / Feminismos

Bajo cuarentena, argentinas protestan desde los balcones contra alza de femicidios – Global Voices

Castiga Dios a humanidad con Covid-19 por lucha feminista y diversidad sexual: Obispo de Cuernavaca – La Cronica de Morelos

Discursos religiosos

COVID-19: La imposición del discurso religioso en medio de la pandemia del coronavirus – La Mala Fe

VIH/AIDS

Lo que las personas que viven con el VIH necesitan saber sobre el VIH y COVID-19

Politica

¿Quién está feliz con el coronavirus? – La Mala Fe

Salud

La medicina no basta: por qué necesitamos ciencias sociales para frenar esta pandemia – Agencia Sinc

Trabajo Sexual

Argentina: Sobrevivían con la prostitución y la “cuarenta total” las acorraló: cómo impacta el aislamiento en travestis y trans – Infobae

Bolivia: Trabajadoras sexuales de Bolivia protestan contra toque de queda por coronavirus – Infobae

Colombia: El drama que viven las trabajadoras sexuales por el coronavirus – El Heraldo

México: La pandemia de COVID-19 para los olvidados – Indigo

Mexico: Coronavirus castiga a trabajadoras sexuales en México, reportan escasez de clientes – Televisa News

Tailandia: Desesperadas, las trabajadoras sexuales en Tailandia salen a la calle pese al virus – Eco Tv

Bangladesh clausura el burdel más grande del país por temor al coronavirus – La Vanguardia

França – Reclamaciones de las trabajadoras sexuales en Francia en tiempos de crisis por COVID19 – El estante de la Citi

España: Prostitutas en tiempos del coronavirus: se reinventan con videollamadas por Whatsapp a euro el minuto – El Español

La industria del sexo en Barcelona, entre el cierre de locales y la oportunidad que brinda la tecnología – La Vanguardia

Asociación de Prostitutas: “Nos preocupa el coronavirus igual, pero estamos encerradas y no podemos comer” – La Vanguardia

Putas con derechos (también en tiempos de pandemia) – HuffPost

España: El virus oscurece aún más la prostitución – El País

España: Somos pide ayuda para un grupo de prostitutas trans ‘atrapado’ en Zaragoza – El Periódico



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