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  Reflections on the Rights Language and Queer Sexuality

  BRIDGE, 2005

  The language of rights has given much to the queer movement. Yet there are also limitations to the usefulness of rights-based language which arise from the narrow way in which it is often used. This paper draws on the experiences of PRISM, an activist forum based in India which works on queer issues.
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  Doing the Rights Thing - Rights-Based Development and Latin American NGOs

  ITDG Publishing, London, 2003

  What is 'rights-based development' and how is it practiced in different contexts? This book looks at the origins of rights-based approaches (RBA) and how they have been understood and applied in Latin America. NGOs working with women and indigenous people in Mexico, Peru, Nicaragua and Bolivia have found the approach useful.
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  Sex Workers Struggles in Bangladesh: Learnings for the Women's Movement

  BRIDGE, 2005

  This paper describes the involvement of Naripokkho, a Bangladesh non-governmental organisation (NGO), in a national campaign to support the rights of sex workers. Naripokkho supported sex workers' efforts to defend themselves against illegal government eviction orders from brothels in Bangladesh.
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  Sexual Rights in Brazil: Social Movement and Legal Literacy

  BRIDGE, 2005

  The Brazilian Federal Constitution of 1988 made freedom of sexual orientation a fundamental right. Sexual diversity is thus constitutionally secured in Brazil. Since the 1990s, Brazilian gay and lesbian movements have used this rationale to fight for a specific law to regulate same-sex marriage. Yet this paper argues that the ?gay marriage institution?
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  The Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa: An Instrument for Advancing Reproductive and Sexual Rights

  Center for Reproductive Rights, formerly known as the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, New York, 2005

  In July 2003, the African Union adopted a landmark treaty known as the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa. As of May 2005, 10 out of 15 countries had ratified the agreement. The Protocol provides broad protection for women's human rights and affirms reproductive choice and autonomy as a key human right.
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  Right to Sexual Autonomy: A Human Right? An Enquiry in the Context of Criminalization of CIATON in India

  BRIDGE, 2005

  Should the Right to Sexual Autonomy (RSA) be considered a human right? In India, section 377 of the penal code criminalises "carnal intercourse against the order of nature" (CIATON), effectively forbidding sexual activity outside of heterosexual relationships.
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  Turkish Civil and Penal Code Reforms from a Gender Perspective: The Success of Two Nationwide Campaigns

  Women for Women's Rights - New Ways, Turkey, 2005

  Since 2000, major legal reforms towards gender equality have taken place in Turkey as a result of successful campaigning by the women's movement. The new Civil Code, of November 2001, abolished the supremacy of men in marriage and granted women new rights. In September 2004, the new Penal Code was accepted by the Turkish Parliament.
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  Not So Strange Bedfellows: Sexual Rights and International Development

  Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

  Is sexuality less important than poverty? This article, based on a session facilitated by BRIDGE at the 2005 Association of Women's Rights in Development (AWID) conference, explores the connections between development and sexuality. The speakers argue that sexuality is itself a survival issue.
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  International Conference on Population and Development Programme of Action

  United Nations, 1994

  At the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo, 179 countries agreed that population and development are inextricably linked, and that empowering women and meeting people's needs for education and health, including reproductive health, are necessary for both individual advancement and balanced development.
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  Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)

  United Nations, 1990

  The CEDAW Convention is often described as an international bill of rights for women. It was first adopted in December 1979 and in 2005, 180 countries had signed up to the Convention.

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