Video: Constitutional reform process in Gambia
Satang Nabaneh is a doctoral candidate at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria and LawTransform PhD scholar as part of the research project on “Political Determinants of sexual and reproductive health in Africa.” Gambia is facing the challenge of developing its new constitution. In this video Satang Nabaneh discusses questions such as how to […]
By Carlos J. Zelada and Carolina Neyra-Sevilla This is a summary of the article, which was published in The Asian Yearbook of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Volume 3 (2019) and is part of the LawTransform project Sexual and Reproductive Rights Lawfare: Global Battles. Full article available here. The Peruvian legal system does not have […]
Sexual and Reproductive Rights in India
On the 14th – 15th of April LawTransform co-organized the conference ‘’Sexual & Reproductive Rights in India: Social movements & legal battles‘‘ at the Bangalore International Centre in India. Through this conference prominent sexual and reproductive rights (SRR) activists, academics and lawyers were brought together to evaluate the past, present and future of SRR work […]
This is a short summary of the article “Overcoming the limits of Legal Opportunity Strctures – LGBT rights’ Divergent Paths in Costa Rica and Colombia, written by Bruce M. Wilson and Camila Gianella-Malca (published in the journal “Latin American Politics and Society”). The article is part of the LawTransform project Sexual and Reproductive Rights Lawfare: […]
Article: Sex education in Latin American schools
This is a summary of the article “Sex education in schools: A battleground in Latin America” written by Camila Gianella. Full article is available at https://bistandsaktuelt.no/arkiv-kommentarer/2019/seksualundervisning-i-skolene-en-latin-amerikansk-slagmark/ Latin America is the only region in the world where adolescent pregnancies are not decreasing. It is expected that 38 % of Latin American girls will get pregnant before […]
Recognising all victims and survivors of sexual violence in wartime
Sexual violence in wartime is not a new issue and is not limited to one geographical region, time period or conflict. Sexual violence is commonly used in war because it is an effective way in which to exert control and domination. Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege is a timely […]
On 22nd October, the Lawtransform unit for Gender, Sexuality and the Law hosted a breakfast seminar on the decriminalization of homosexuality in India. Vikram Kolmannskog (researcher on the LawTransform project Sexual and Reproductive Rights Lawfare: Global Battles) and Jayna Kothari (constitutional lawyer and co-founder of Centre for Law and Policy Research, Bangalore) discussed the Indian […]
Summer school course on gender based violence
Bergen Summer Research School (11 – 22 June 2018) will offer a course on “Gender based violence: Rights as governance mechanisms and political tools”. The application deadline is 15 February and there are some stipends available. Course leaders are Henriette Aasen (UiB) and Torunn Wimpelmann (CMI) and lecturers include Jackie Dugard; Siri Gloppen; Hans Fredrik Martinussen; […]
Among others scholars, the Centre on Law and Social Transformation’s research leader for the Health & Law Unit, Camila Gianella, is sharing her research with readers of the Reprohealthlaw Blog on the topic: Brazil – Conservative mobilization and adolescent pregnancy in Latin America. To read more, please check out the blog post here.
Gender, intimacy and mobility in the context of hardening borders and new populist nationalisms. This workshop addresses the linked concepts of rights,control and regulation of reproduction, and the growing financialisation of care. We are on one hand witnessing the growth of populist and exclusionist movements which push European governments to harden and militarise borders. Simultaneously, Western […]