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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.
What’s New
- 2018 Nov 29Sexual Rights Recommendations at UPR31The 31st session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) was held at the UN Human Rights Council, in Geneva, from 5-16 November 2018. Fourteen countries were reviewed during UPR31: Belize, [...]
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#NGOs agendas in #Africa depoliticise
#WomensRights and sideline and weaken grassroot African activism.Sex workers are more likely to suffer poor health, violence and abuse in countries where their trade is criminalised. #SexWorkIsWork theguardian.com/society/2018/…
#Abortion in #Ireland: A guide to how it will work:
irishtimes.com/news/health/ab…Sexual and reproductive health is part of the Right to Health. #HumanRightsDay #SRHR twitter.com/WHO/status/107…
The UN Committee Against Torture officially recognized that sterilizing Indigenous women without consent is a form of torture. Read our press release in partnership with @AmnestyNow and @NWAC_CA #DefendConsent
actioncanadashr.org/defendcon…We’re live at a press conference on the UN Comittee against torture report stating that forced sterilization of Indigenous women in Canada is a form of torture. #defendconsent #cat65 @AmnestyNow @NWAC_CA pic.twitter.com/fSSMdJNqZj
ASTRA solidarity statement with SLOVAKIA ✊🏽 bit.ly/2QiiIWD #nebudemeticho #reprorights #humanrights #prochoice #proabortion pic.twitter.com/GSbD7h2yAo
"Even as I fought for others to accept my body with disability, I had to learn to love it myself. When I started to read literature on disability and sexuality, I made the connection between ideas of the ‘perfect’ body and patriarchy." medium.com/skin-stories/b… @povmumbai
My June 2019 report to the #HumanRights Council focus on the use of force against people with mental, developmental or intellectual disabilities. I will welcome your insight and input. Call for submissions ohchr.org/Documents/Issu… #mentalhealth #disabilities #PoliceBrutality pic.twitter.com/n1ixQkvVsE
Impairment ≠ unhealthy.
However, persons with disabilities face unique challenges to access health services, which are directly related to discrimination and structural barriers.
Read about my latest report on the right to health: goo.gl/4TpnrE pic.twitter.com/ecLerAmQIY
El #DíaInternacionalDeLaDiscapacidad fue ayer, pero debería ser cada día. Lee la entrevista de @andreparrafo en @latfemnoticias sobre discapacidad y sexualidad: latfem.org/gozar-tan-nece… #ADay4All #SRHR4All #IDPD2018
New issue of ASTRA bulletin is now out! Click 👉🏽bit.ly/2Sn9x3C #prochoice #reprorights #reproductiverights pic.twitter.com/bDApQz1qIo
And while you're in the spirit of collective knowledge and sharing. Hop on over to the African Standpoint website to see how you can also contribute to Issue #1 Radical. African. Lesbian. Feminist. Organising.
Submit your ideas here! ralf.cal.org.za/call-for-subm….@samrenke: "Disabled people must be able to express our sexual needs. Our health depends on it." An important reminder on this International Day of Persons with Disabilities! #IDPD2018 #ADay4All #FifteenPercent #SRHR4All metro.co.uk/2018/11/27/dis… @IDA_CRPD_Forum @ThinkCREA
CAL, una de las organizaciones con/para las que trabajo desde @SexualRights, acaba de lanzar un sitio-revista-espacio excelente, #RALF: Radical. African. Lesbian. Feminist. De su número 0, recomiendo esta entrevista a una de sus ex directoras: ralf.cal.org.za/the-cal-footp… twitter.com/CALAdvocacy/st…
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.
