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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 34 stakeholder submission deadline
March 28 2019:
Italy, El Salvador, Gambia, Bolivia, Fiji, San Marino, Kazakhstan, Angola, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Madagascar, Iraq, Slovenia, Egypt, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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- 2019 Mar 27Sexual Rights at HRC 40The 40th session of the UN Human Rights Council took place from February 25th to March 22rd, 2019. Below you will find information on some of [...]
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#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
#fridayfeels at the last day of #recon2019
40° sesión del Consejo de DH y primera reunión del año. Lo que el Consejo de DDHH nos dejó 👇 akahataorg.org/2019/03/27/qu%…
Thank you @ThinkCREA for a timely tweet chat after last week's #HRC resolution on discrimination against women & girls in sport! Our statement w @ReproRightsUN @CALAdvocacy @AkahataOrg @federapl @actioncanadashr @WomenEnabled @ARROW_Women: sexualrightsinitiative.com/wp… #ReimagineSports twitter.com/ThinkCREA/stat…
Women with disabilities are often left out of conversations around sports- it is a MUST to have inclusive spaces and initiatives that break stereotypes around gender and disability. #reimagineSports #recon2019
Law and Policy Database
The national sexual rights law and policy database is a one-stop-shop for sexual rights related Constitutions, laws and policies.
UPR Toolkit
This practical toolkit for sexual rights advocates is available in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Arabic.
UPR Database
The SRI's UPR Database includes all sexual rights recommendations and references and is now open access.
CREA
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.
