Sexual Rights Initiative · @SexualRights
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Curious about General Comments & Recommendations within UN Treaty Bodies?

In this video, we explain why these are useful to advance , and how activists can engage in this process.
youtu.be/78o3I8TA8Pk

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Sexual Rights Initiative · @SexualRights
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is a UN treaty body. Want to learn more on how you can use treaty bodies to advance ?

Watch our video here:
youtu.be/RNnPK8nBWzQ

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Sexual Rights Initiative · @SexualRights
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The relationship between , , and is rooted in colonial, patriarchal and capitalist control over women’s sexuality, reproduction and bodies and produces distinct experiences of oppression that are often fatal.

#health #race #class #gender #SRHR #SexualRights #CERD

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Sexual Rights Initiative · @SexualRights
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SRI works to advance the right to for all, including and especially for marginalized people, and resists such attempts to separate or isolate some groups or issues from that broader struggle.

#bodilyautonomy #intersectionality #feminism #SexualRights

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Sexual Rights Initiative · @SexualRights
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In our view,  obstacles to legal gender recognition constitute institutional gender-based violence. In this context, we believe that engaging with this mandate-holder sends the signal that her narrative is acceptable.

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Sexual Rights Initiative · @SexualRights
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SRI understands to go beyond interpersonal violence and to also include the whole gamut of economic, social, psychological and political structures and norms that maintain binary gender categories and roles.

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Sexual Rights Initiative · @SexualRights
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We told the Special Rapporteur that we fundamentally reject her arguments seeking to pit ‘women’s rights’ - for instance, the right to access shelters for survivors of violence - against ‘trans rights’, and to treat them as separate or competing.

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Sexual Rights Initiative · @SexualRights
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The Special Rapporteur’s position clearly undermines trans rights and contradicts established human rights standards and her own mandate - all in the name of feminism.

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Sexual Rights Initiative · @SexualRights
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Last February, as a feminist coalition, we published a statement on the Special Rapporteur on , Reem Alsalem, harmful position on gender identity.

📰⭐️Read it here: bit.ly/SRISRVAW

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Save the date! Our next hybrid side-event at will discuss Health, Human rights and Capitalism. Join us in person or online on Monday 20 March at 13:00 CET. Register now here: sexualrightsinitiative.org/new

#hrc52 #humanrights #capitalism #health #feminism #SexualRights

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We will follow these resolutions closely as the realisation of the full range of for all cannot be achieved without addressing economic inequalities and . Learn more about these resolutions and other sexual rights-related resolutions in our full round-up on our website. sexualrightsinitiative.org/new

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As we embark on another year of for sexual rights, we wanted to share with you our highlights of 2022. Last year, the SRI made steadfast progress in advancing in the UN system. Read more ➡️ sexualrightsinitiative.org/new

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