NEW! SPW is organizing a series of Regional Dialogues on Sexuality and Geopolitics and the last one, the Latin American, took place 24-26 August 2009, in Brazil. Read the papers (in Portuguese and Spanish), summaries of each session and more.

NEW! SPW was selected to conduct, in partnership with CLAM, the investigation of the Brazilian case for the EroTICs: Sexuality and the internet – an exploratory research project, organized by APC. Read more.

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NEW! Read the article Practicing Pluralist Politics: Implications on Feminist and LGBT Organizing, by Tesa Casal de Vela & Mira Alexis P. Ofreneo, about the Asia Pacific Forum for Beijing +15 and published on Dawn Informs (December, 2009).
NEW! Read  an interview with Anand Grover, UN Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, published at AIDSLEX website.

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Read the book Sexuality, Health and Human Rights, written by Sonia Corrêa, Richard Parker and Rosalind Petchesky and published by Routledge.

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NEW! Haiti: The SPW team is shocked with the disaster that devastated Haiti on January 12, 2010, the thousands of deaths and the many risks may ensue the disaster that has been catastrophic for every sector of society, including Haiti’s feminist and LGBTI communities. Check here how to donate.
NEW! USA: The Brazilian press has circulated inaccurate information about the anti-prostitution pledge attached to the US HIV/AIDS policy. Check here.
Uganda: The draft "Anti-Homosexuality Bill" introduced in Uganda's parliament would violate human rights and should be withdrawn immediately a group of human rights organizations. Read more.

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NEW!ILGA has launched a new website. Among the new tools, there is a system similar to Wikipedia that allows groups to tell the world about the reality faced by Lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender and intersex in their country.  Visit it now!
Listen the "Reality Check" podcast examining the similarities between the fight to overturn the ban on interracial marriage half a century ago in the United States and the current battles raging over same-sex marriage.

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NEW! In order to promote secularism internationally, some organizations have come together to set up the International Bureau for Laicite. Read the founding statement of the International Bureau for Laicite and support this initiative, signing up this resolution.

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