Strengthening Evidence Based Policy - Sexuality, Poverty and Law: Recent submissions
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A Critical Analysis of Public Policies on Education and LGBT Rights in Brazil
(IDS, 2014-03)This audit analyses key aspects of public policies in education and sexuality in Brazil, which have been designed as part of the wider programme Brazil Without Homophobia (BWH – Programa Brasil sem Homofobia), launched in ... -
Literature Review on Sexuality and Poverty
(IDS, 2014)This review of the evidence on sexuality and poverty is undertaken by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) as part of a larger Accountable Grant from the UK Government’s Department for International Development ... -
Sexuality and Poverty Synthesis Report
(IDS, 2014)This report synthesises learning from these audits and is part of a larger project that focuses on understanding the links between sexuality, gender plurality and poverty with the aim of improving socioeconomic policy and ... -
Sexuality and the Law: Case Studies from Cambodia, Egypt, Nepal and South Africa
(IDS, 2014)This paper provides a synthesis of five case studies on the relationship between sexuality and law. These case studies were undertaken as part of the Sexuality, Poverty and Law theme of the DFID-funded Accountable Grant ... -
Policy Audit: A heteronormativity audit of RMSA -a higher education programme in Indian schools
(Institute of Development Studies (ID), 2013-12)How do sexual and gender norms affect school education in India? How do schools construct these norms? Are state policies and programmes addressing the linkages between sexuality, gender and school education? These are ... -
The Implications of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009 on Uganda's Legal System
(Institute of Development Studies (ID), 2013-11)Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009 (AHB or the bill) was controversial right from the time of its inception. Its tabling in Uganda’s parliament in October 2009 was greatly welcomed by some religious leaders and sections ... -
'Marriage Above All Else': The Push for Heterosexual, Nuclear Families in the Making of South Africa's White Paper on Families
(Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-11)This report comments on the policymaking processes that led to the development of the White Paper on Families as it exists in its current iteration (November 2013). The report highlights the power dynamics that have led ... -
Politically Motivated Sexual Assault and the Law in Violent Transitions: A Case Study from Egypt
(Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-06)This case study is about the use of sexual violence against women and men in order to deter the opposition from engaging in protests and demonstrations in a context of a country in transition, Egypt. The paper advances ... -
From Sex Work to Entertainment and Trafficking: Implications of a Paradigm Shift for Sexuality, Law and Activism in Cambodia
(Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-09)At the behest of the US government, policy and legislation were introduced in Cambodia in 2008–9 that made virtually all activities associated with commercial sex illegal. The law confirmed the illegality of human ... -
Policy Audit: Social Protection Policies and Urban Poor LBTs in the Philippines
(Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-08)LGBT discourses worldwide have tended to focus on marriage equality at the expense of other equally pressing but sometimes ‘less sexy’ concerns such as gender-based discrimination and violence, and poverty among sexual ... -
Development, Discourse and Law: Transgender and Same-Sex Sexualities in Nepal
(Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-07)This report presents research conducted in Nepal between November 2012 and January 2013 aimed at exploring the legal, social and economic context pertaining to sexual and gender minority rights. The research explored recent ... -
A Progressive Constitution Meets Lived Reality: Sexuality and the Law in South Africa
(Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-06)This paper examines two cases of homophobic hate crime in post-apartheid South Africa. The paper illuminates how activists have used the legal system to address the violence faced by many lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, ... -
Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights of Women Living with HIV in South Africa
(Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-03)South Africa‟s constitutional and legal framework reflects the country‟s commitment to women‟s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), in line with international commitments. Numerous policies detail the provision ...