Changing Narratives - Resources

Resources

Border Thinking on Migration and Trafficking: Culture, Economy and Sex - Blog by Laura Agustín.
Laura Agustín writes as a lifelong migrant and sometime worker in both nongovernmental and academic projects about sex, travel and work

Sex at the Margins: Migration, Labour Markets and the Rescue Industry (2007) Laura Maria Agustín, London: Zed Books

Development with a Body: Sexuality, Human Rights and Development
Edited by Andrea Cornwall, Sonia Correa and Susie Jolly, London: Zed Books

'Streetwalkers Show the Way: Reframing the Global Debate on Trafficking from Sex Workers' Perspectives', Nandinee Bandyopadhyay, IDS Working Paper 309, 2008

Realising Sexual Rights

In late September 2005, an unusual combination of people gathered together with considerable excitement at the (generally rather sober) Institute of Development Studies in Brighton. They included two Beijing lesbian activists; a civil servant from the Swedish Foreign Ministry; a Gambian woman mobilizing mobilising against female genital mutilation; a South African feminist researcher; two Brazilian men who promote more egalitarian masculinities; a transgender artist from Peru; an Egyptian advocate for the right to privacy; and a former sex worker/masseur, now working for a development NGO. During the course of the three days participants talked, laughed, danced and bonded. Many of us gained new friends, new ideas and renewed energy for action. This publication attempts to capture some of the inspirations arising from this exploration of sexuality and development connections.

The report is available to download from the IDS Website.

See also the IDS Sexuality and Development programme page with the agenda, abstracts and some papers from the conference available to download.

BRIDGE, Gender and Sexuality, A 'Cutting Edge Pack'
http://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk/reports_gend_cep.html#sexuality

Sexuality can bring misery through sexual violence, HIV/AIDS, maternal
mortality, female genital mutilation, or marginalisation of those who
break the rules, such as non-macho men, single women, widows who
re-marry, sex workers, people with same-sex sexualities, and transgender
people. Sexuality can also bring joy, affirmation, intimacy and
well-being.

How can we make possible more joy and less misery? This pack hopes to
inspire thinking on this question.

BRIDGE won Publication of the Year 2007 at the Erotic Awards for this Cutting Edge Pack. See The Joy of Sexuality Research

See also:

ID21 Health Focus, 'The High Cost of Unsafe Abortion', August 2007

Charmaine Pereira, Bibliography on Sexuality
http://www.gwsafrica.org/teaching/charmaine's%20essay.html

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights - ELDIS Guide

This key issues guide reviews current policy issues relating to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), examining questions of definition and exploring key debates. The guide also highlights current and future challenges for attaining greater levels of sexual and reproductive well-being, and considers the role of innovative technologies and approaches in achieving sexual and reproductive health and rights for all.

The guide was written by Susie Jolly with Andrea Cornwall, IDS

Elaine Salo and Pumla Dineo Gqola (eds) Subaltern Sexualities, Issue 6, Feminist Africa http://www.FeministAfrica.org

Sharia Implementation in Nigeria: The Journey so far, Baobab for Women's Human Rights
http://www.baobabwomen.org/Sharia%20&%20BAOBAB%20publication.pdf

This book is an update on the Sharia issue in Nigeria, writing for the purpose of documenting the genesis of its implementation and the roles being played by Baobab for Women's Human Rights and other notable NGOs in seeking justice for some of the victims in the implementation of the new Sharia Acts in Nigeria. The book is downloadable from the Baobab for Women's Human Rights website in pdf format.

SexPolitics: Reports from the Front Lines - E-Book, Edited by Richard Parker, Rosalind Petchesky and Robert Sember, Sexuality Policy Watch 2007

SexPolitics: Reports from the Front Lines is the outcome of a project launched by Sexuality Policy Watch (SPW) in 2004: a transnational, cross-cultural research initiative that was hoped would capture some dynamics of sexual politics in our time. The research was performed in eight countries - Brazil, Egypt, India, Peru, Poland, South Africa, Turkey, and Vietnam - and in relation to two global institutions, the United Nations and the World Bank.

Human Sexuality in Africa: Beyond Reproduction

The Africa Regional Sexuality Resource Centre has recently published a book
Human Sexuality in Africa: Beyond Reproduction. The book is structured
into four parts comprising of some papers presented at the quarterly ARSRC
organized Understanding Human Sexuality Seminar Series from seasoned
professionals from across Africa. Many topical issues are highlighted in this
book, such as the access to sexuality education, sexuality and social
institutions and sexuality beyond reproduction.

Sexual Health for the Millennium: A Declaration and Technical Document (pdf file)
World Association for Sexual Health.

Useful Links

IDS Participation, Power and Social Change Team, Realising Sexual Rights webpage. Provides a list of and links to publications on sexuality by the Institute of Development Studies.
http://www.ids.ac.uk/ids/part/proj/sexrights.html

Siyanda at BRIDGE. This includes summaries and links to over 200 sexuality related resources, and you can also post your own materials.
http://www.siyanda.org (search 'sexuality')

The Yogyakarta Principles on the Application of International Human Rights Law in relations to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

The Yogyakarta Principles on the Application of International Human Rights Law in relation to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity were officially launched on 26 March 2007.

The Principles were developed at a meeting in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, and adopted by a distinguished group of international human rights experts. They set out key obligations of States and other actors, and were developed in response to well-documented patterns of abuse, perpetrated because of actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. They address rape and other forms of gender-based violence; extrajudicial executions, torture and other forms of cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment; medical abuses; repression of free speech and assembly; and discrimination in work, health, education, housing, access to justice and immigration.

The Principles were publicly launched at a series of international and regional events, timed to coincide with the main session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva. This report outlines the key launch activities, and the international response. For more information about the background and contents of the Principles themselves, see http://yogyakartaprinciples.org (in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Spanish and Russian)

Sexuality Policy Watch
Sexuality Policy Watch (SPW) is a global forum composed of researchers and activists from a wide range of countries and regions of the world. Inspired by local and international initiatives, the SWP 's mandate is twofold: to contribute to sexuality related global policy debates through strategic policy-oriented research and analysis projects, and to promote more effective linkages between local, regional and global initiatives.
http://www.sxpolitics.org/mambo452/
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