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The Sexual Rights Initiative (SRI) is a coalition of organizations from Canada, Poland, India, Egypt, Argentina and South Africa, that work together to advance human rights related to sexuality at the United Nations.
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UPR 35 stakeholder submission deadline
18 July 2019:
Kyrgyzstan, Kiribati, Guinea, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Spain, Lesotho, Kenya, Armenia, Guinea-Bissau, Sweden, Grenada, Turkey, Guyana, Kuwait
What’s New
- 2019 Jun 11Sexual Rights Recommendations at UPR33The 33rd session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) was held in Geneva, from May 6 to May 17, 2019. Fourteen countries were reviewed during UPR33: Albania, Bhutan, Brunei, [...]
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ASTRA Bulletin is back! Newest updates on the regional situation are available below 👇👇👇
astra.org.pl/wp-content/upl…#Friyay Do not miss Sonia Correa's #video on anti-gender politics across the world, now available with #Spanish subtitles 😍
To watch, click on youtube.com/watch?v=QhvHDC… twitter.com/ThinkCREA/stat…#CEDAW and five other UN human rights treaty bodies are threatened by funding cuts. See our website for updates, and join us in protest: cedaw.iwraw-ap.org/cedaw-unde… #OurRightsAreNotOptional pic.twitter.com/WraasJl9sb
‘Inherently discriminatory’: UN calls for right to safe abortion in the U.S. #AbortionRights #HumanRights globalnews.ca/news/5298198/u…
#ThrowbackThursday Tune into this conversational #podcast on gender, sexuality and 'joyful disruption' that @GeetaMisra recorded with @TwoOldBitches: Stories from women who #reimagine, #reinvent and #rebel.
Listen here- twooldbitches.com/podcast/201… pic.twitter.com/KvXuYpaxIpAn excellent analysis of gender ideology from the wonderful Sonia Correa ascalways. Well worth watching twitter.com/RupsaMallik/st…
Please watch Sonia Correa's superb contribution at CREA #recon2019 @asapasia @AWID @Safe_Abortion @amnestyusa @ARROW_Women @APC_News @ajws @mamacash @SRHMJournal @SexualRights @FJS @ReproRights @ippf @IPPF_WHR @IntlWomen @SheDecidesGFI @GAATW_IS @RESURJ @OpenSociety twitter.com/ThinkCREA/stat…
#Rwanda pardoned 367 women and girls who had been jailed for #abortion, and a ministerial order broadened the conditions under which people can access abortion. Girls under 18 have the right to terminate a pregnancy before 22 weeks. @IpasOrg ipas.org/news/2019/May/…
YES. Stop racist, sexist practices based on harmful gender norms.
dailydot.com/irl/caster-sem…#TransYouth are at increased risk of #sexualviolence in schools that force them to use bathrooms and locker rooms based on their gender assigned at birth reuters.com/article/us-usa…
Must-read: stories about #SexEd from around the world theguardian.com/education/201…
CAL & @AMSHeRorg have published a joint statement outlining theirs & other signatories' decision to boycott the NGO Forum and the 64th session of the @ACHPR which opened on 24 April 2019 in Egypt bit.ly/2IJvkSu
@SexualRights @AWID @Synergiaihr @FemnetProg @ThinkCREAICYMI! Here are our updates from #recon2019, fresh out of each #reconplenary conversation. #rethink #reboot + #reimagine with our #curatedconversations & get our highlights from the panels! Short, on-point pieces: reconference.creaworld.org/bl…
Read & RT. #reconference pic.twitter.com/b34iuferBN
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The national sexual rights law and policy database is a one-stop-shop for sexual rights related Constitutions, laws and policies.
UPR Toolkit
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UPR Database
The SRI's UPR Database includes all sexual rights recommendations and references and is now open access.
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Together with partners from a diverse range of human rights movements and networks, CREA works to advance the rights of women and girls, and the sexual and reproductive freedoms of all people.
