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Labor rights for housekeepers

According to the International Labor Organization, demand for household labor in on the rise around the world. This, however, has not meant an improvement in work conditions. Uruguay, Bolivia, Brazil, and Chile have taken important steps, but other countries in the region seem reluctant to recognize housekeepers’ labor rights. (Text in spanish)
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Call for Papers – Post-Transitional Fertility in Developing Countries: Causes and Implications

For almost 70 years the idea of the demographic transition has been central to our understanding of global population dynamics. After many decades of relevance, however, the utility of the demographic transition model for anticipating the future is rapidly diminishing.what can we expect in the future in the low fertility regions of the world?
Sexualidades e cultura

Sexualidade adolescente como direito? A visão de formuladores de políticas públicas (2013)

A partir de discursos de representantes de Conselhos de Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente, a psicóloga e doutora em Medicina Social Vanessa Leite levanta a questão: se crianças e adolescentes devem ser tratados como sujeitos de direitos e se o exercício da sexualidade vem se configurando como parte dos direitos humanos, a que sexualidade, afinal, tais sujeitos teriam direito?
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Gender, Sexuality and Struggles for Justice in Latin America: Legal, Political and Social Dimensions

The Sexualities, and Gender and Feminist Studies Sections of the Latin American Studies Association – LASA are organizing an pre-conference on the opening day of the Association’s XXXI International Congress, May 29, at the Washington College of Law, American University, in Washington D.C. Entrance is free.
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HEALTH, BEAUTY, AND AUTONOMY

The regulation of esthetic surgery generates debates about personal autonomy over one’s own body and the imposition of a hegemonic model of beauty and femininity, as a response to an increasing demand for such interventions and its evident health impact. Experts discuss boundaries within this field and the issues at stake for feminists and transgender advocates. (In Spanish)