International Sexuality Forum

About us

The ISF is a group composed by the Directors of Regional Resource Centers on Sexuality and Human Rights around the world. The Centers are part of a Global Dialogue on Sexual Health and Well-being and their work on sexuality, gender, reproductive and sexual rights emphasizes an approach from the social sciences, humanities rather than a medical approach, as a way to promote knowledge and advocacy in the field.

The ISF Presidency shifts every six months after each ISF meeting. Sérgio Carrara is the President at the moment. The next ISF meeting will take place in Amsterdam in March 2006.

ISF members

Chand

Ms. Radhika Chandiramani, current President of the International Sexuality Forum

Radhika Chandiramani

South and Southeast Asia Resource Centre on Sexuality
Director, New Delhi

Clinical psychologist. Founder and Director of TARSHI (Talking About Reproductive and Sexual Health Issues), an NGO based in New Delhi, India. Field of activity: sexuality and rights.

Herdt

Gilbert Herdt

National Sexuality Resource Center
Director, San Francisco

Doctor in Anthropology. Founder of the Center for Culture and Mental Health at Chicago; the first summer intensive course on sexuality at the University of Amsterdam; the Summer Institute on Sexuality, Society and Health at SFSU; and the new International Association for the Study of Sexuality, Society and Culture.

Foundation Director of Human Sexuality Studies at San Francisco State University in l998, currently he is creating a significant program in sexuality studies in the U.S. at the same university.

Sergio Carrara

Sérgio Carrara

Latin American Center on Sexuality and Human Rights
Director, Rio de Janeiro

Social Scientist, doctor in Anthropology. Professor at PPGSC/IMS of the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Field of activity: history of science, law and sexuality. He carried out research into violence against women and homosexuals, and also into the constitution of sexology in Brazil.

Tiemoko

Richmond Tiemoko

Africa Regional Sexuality Resource Center
Director, Lagos

Doctor in Development Studies and Master in Demography. Professor at IFORD, University of Sussex. Field of activity: sexuality, reproduction, children, family dynamics, migration and social change.

Maria Luiza Heilborn

Maria Luiza Heilborn

Latin American Center on Sexuality and Human Rights
Director, Rio de Janeiro

Doctor in Social Anthropology. Professor at the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Vice-president fo the International Association for the Study of Sexuality, Culture and Society (IASSCS).

Field of activity: gender, sexuality, family, pregnancy and reproduction.

Barrientos

Violeta Barrientos

Facilitator

Doctor in Latin American Studies, writer and lawyer. Former Director of the Latin American Center on Sexuality and Human Rights for the Andean Region. Field of activity: human rights, gender, sexual diversity, relationships between church and state, discourse analysis.