NEW! SPW is organizing the Regional Dialogues on Sexuality and Geopolitics and the next one, the African Regional Dialogue on Sexuality and Geopolitics will happen in the first week of October,  2010, in Lagos, Nigeria. Read more.

As part of the EroTICs: Sexuality and the Internet – an exploratory research project, SPW and CLAM wrote the article Internet regulation and the Brazilian EroTICs context, showing how gender and sexuality have been at the heart of internet regulation debates in Brazil. Read the editorial and other articles written to EroTICs and published by GenderIT.org.

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NEW! Read the "Study about vulnerability and risk to HIV infection among Men who have Sex with Men in Maputo City", conducted by a partnership among Lambda – Mozambican Association for Sexual Minority Rights, Population Services Mozambique (PSI), Pathfinder International and UNFPA.

NEW! The General Assembly has decided to convene an MDG summit on 20-22 September, 2010, with the objective to accelerate progress towards all the Millennium Development Goals by 2015. Read Jodi Jacobson's article "The Millenium Development... Guys?", at the Rheality Check.

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Read the report Sexuality and Development: Brazilian National Response to HIV/AIDS amongst Sex Workers, with the main findings of a case study conducted during 2008-2009.

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NEW! Cuba: Fidel Castro has said that he is ultimately responsible for the persecution suffered by homosexuals in Cuba after the revolution of 1959. Read more.

India: This week in Delhi, more than 600 maternal health experts will gather for the Global Maternal Health Conference 2010, the first international technical conference devoted exclusively to maternal health. Read more.

Mexico: High court voted 9-2 to guarantee adoption for LGBT couples, upholding the core principle of equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in all aspects of their lives. Read more.

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NEW! Sign The Vienna Declaration, a statement seeking to improve community health and safety by calling for the incorporation of scientific evidence into illicit drug policies. It is the official declaration of the XVIII International AIDS Conference held in Vienna, Austria in July, 2010, drafted by a team of international experts and initiated by several of the world’s leading HIV and drug policy scientific bodies.

NEW! Read Three Victories for Women's Health and Dignity and more in the latest issue of ReproWrites, the monthly newsletter of the Centre for Reproductive Rights.

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NEW! The Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights and Family Planning Organization of the Philippines are calling for applications to a workshop on the Young People’s Sexual and Reproductive Rights and Poverty Reduction Strategies in the Philippines. Deadline for applications is September 16 2010. Read more.

In the framework of the fund “Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity”, France Coopération Internationale (FCI) launches a call for proposals related to these themes. Read more.

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