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  Preventing HIV in sex work in Sex Work Settings in Sub Saharan Africa

  Posted: January 28th, 2012, 12:44am PST by cheryl

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  Sex work is an important feature of the transmission dynamics of HIV within early, advanced and regressing epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa.

  HIV prevalence among sex workers and their clients is commonly 20 fold higher than the general population.

  Together, these factors may contribute to a differential in HIV transmission potential of more than 1000 times compared with lower-risk populations. Yet, in much of Africa, there is little evidence that transmission of HIV and other STIs in sex work settings has been controlled.

  Year of publication:  2011 Theme:  Health and HIV Author:  World Health Organisation Relevant URL:  http://www.afro.who.int/en/clusters-a-programmes/dpc/acquired-immune-deficiency-...
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  BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS on HIV and sex work

  Posted: January 28th, 2012, 12:02am PST by cheryl

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  Report and recommendations from the UN's  first Asia and the Pacific Regional Consultation on HIV and Sex Work.The report contains some very good material as well as evidence of the compromises sex workers rights advocates must accept if they to reach consencus with UN and government agencies 

  Year of publication:  2011 Theme:  Health and HIV Theme:  Human Rights and Law Author:  APNSW, UNFPA, UNAIDS Relevant URL:  http://asiapacific.unfpa.org/webdav/site/asiapacific/shared/Publications/2011/Bu...

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  Listen to sex workers: support decriminalisation and anti-discrimination protections

  Posted: December 19th, 2011, 3:10pm PST by cheryl

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  Article in Interface: a journal for and about social movements, Volume 3(2): 271 - 287 (November 2011).

  Despite the massive achievements of the Prostitutes Collective of Victoria and the historic significance of this important organisation, sex workers as a community and the funds we had attracted drew an unhealthy level of interest from the health and community sector, stemming from a perception that sex workers were politically unable to run their own collective, and that the funds we had lobbied for could be better spent by people who were not sex workers.

  Year of publication:  2011 Theme:  Health and HIV Theme:  Human Rights and Law Author:  Elena Jeffreys, Audry Autonomy, Jane Green, Christian Vega Relevant URL:  Download the article for free

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  What is a representative sex worker?

  Posted: December 5th, 2011, 3:31pm PST by cheryl

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  The claim that the sex workers’ rights movement is a purely white, western phenomenon is one of abolitionism’s biggest falsehoods. In fact, Global South sex workers could teach their Northern counterparts a thing or two when it comes to organising for sex workers’ rights. Here is a videoclip of sex workers in Sonagachi, Calcutta, marching against criminalisation of their industry.

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  The "Can Do" Sex Worker Collective

  Posted: November 30th, 2011, 5:28pm PST by cheryl

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  Heavy-handed comments have been thrown around labeling Thailand as the “brothel of the world,” or “Disneyland for men.” Of course, there are no official figures as to the total number of sex workers in Thailand, but a moderate figure from Thai analysts puts the number at 15,000-22,000 women (with a very small portion consisting of men.) As such, Thailand has a very strong reputation for being a nation with a massive amount of prostitution and sex trafficking.
  

  Year of publication:  2011 Theme:  Health and HIV Theme:  Human Rights and Law Author:  Kyle Merrit Ludowitz Relevant URL:  [beyondyourdoorstep.blogspot.com]

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  Sex trafficking in Cambodia: fabricated numbers versus empirical evidence

  Posted: October 31st, 2011, 5:05pm PDT by cheryl

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  Large numbers of sex trafficking victims, on the order of 80,000–100,000, have been alleged to exist in Cambodia over the past decade. Empirical results obtained from measuring the numbers of such victims in Cambodia are contrasted with the lack of support for the widely circulated guesstimates of these numbers. Examples of similar fabrications are discussed and followed through some of their early publication history. The methodology of conducting empirical field research in less developed countries is discussed and the origin of the guesstimates is probed in detail.

  Year of publication:  2011 Theme:  Human Rights and Law Theme:  Migration and Mobility Theme:  Research Ethics and Methods Author:  Thomas M. Steinfatt Relevant URL:  [www.springerlink.com]

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  Phuket Bars, Sex Workers Face Closer Scrutiny in Mass Check

  Posted: September 20th, 2011, 4:37am PDT by cheryl

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  Phuket Public Health officials joined about 150 police and local authorities in another crackdown on Patong bars and other venues on and around Soi Bangla last night. Bar staff and sex workers were required to produce documentation. Employees and staff were tested for drugs.

  Year of publication:  2011 Theme:  Human Rights and Law Relevant URL:  http://phuketwan.com/tourism/phuket-bars-sex-workers-face-closer-scrutiny-mass-c...
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  Launch of Luttes XXX: inspirations du mouvement des travailleuses du sexe

  Posted: September 15th, 2011, 12:15am PDT by cheryl

  A new anthology by Les éditions du Remue-ménage (http://www.editions-rm.ca/) on the sex workers rights movment will be launched in Montreal on November 10th 2011. Co-editied by Maria Nengeh Mensah, Claire Thiboutot and Louise Toupin, this book reproduces and presents the various forms of resistance that have inspired sex workers around the world to mobilize and demand social recognition.

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  Making sex work safer in Switzerland

  Posted: September 10th, 2011, 8:42am PDT by cheryl

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  If sex work was treated like any other profession, many of the problems associated with it, including violence, could be easier to tackle according to Eva Büschi, a professor at the School of Social Work of the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland. 

  Year of publication:  2011 Theme:  Human Rights and Law Author:  Eveline Kobler and Etienne Strebel Relevant URL:  http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss_news/Making_prostitution_safer.html?cid=310640...

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  Beyond compassion: Children of sex workers in Kolkata’s Sonagachi

  Posted: August 30th, 2011, 12:54am PDT by cheryl

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  Article in Childhood August 2011 vol. 18, no. 3, 333-349.

  Year of publication:  2011 Theme:  Gender and Sexuality Theme:  Health and HIV Theme:  Human Rights and Law Author:  Oishik Sircar Relevant URL:  Link to the article on Sage

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  Knowledge About Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and Attitudes Toward Female Sex Workers With STI Symptoms Among Health Care Providers in Laos

  Posted: August 5th, 2011, 9:56pm PDT by cheryl

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  This study assessed the knowledge and attitudes among health care providers  providing sexual health services to female sex workers  in the border region of Thailand and Vietnam. Attitudes to sex workers were found to be very poor.

  Year of publication:  2011 Theme:  Health and HIV Author:  Ketkesone Phrasisombath Relevant URL:  [aph.sagepub.com]

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  The potential impact of an HIV vaccine with limited protection on HIV incidence in Thailand: A modeling study

  Posted: August 5th, 2011, 5:33am PDT by cheryl

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  The following is an abstract about the potential benefits of a HIV vaccine. It mentions 'risk compensation' which means abandoning condoms. It points out that mathmatical modelling shows that a partially effective vaccine may lead to increased HIV among sex workers if sex workers are less able to persuade clients to use condoms. The same is true of Prep and microbicides.

  Year of publication:  2011 Theme:  Health and HIV Author:  Nico J.D. Nagelkerke Relevant URL:  [www.sciencedirect.com]

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  Indonesia Jails Sex Workers for Month of Ramadam

  Posted: August 5th, 2011, 4:44am PDT by cheryl

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  Sex workers being 'netted' by East Jakarta Satpol PP officers on Friday (5 August 2011). After a fight they Sex workers were taken to a detention centre called Ceger Social Institution, Cipayung. “Based on the governor’s instruction, those who caught will not be freed until Eid ul Fitr,”

  Source [www.beritajakarta.com] Year of publication:  2011 Theme:  Human Rights and Law
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  The Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers

  Posted: July 20th, 2011, 1:19am PDT by cheryl

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  The Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers provides this window on the internet for all the issues affecting male, female and transgender sex workers in the region that is home to half of the population of the world.

  Theme:  Health and HIV Theme:  Human Rights and Law Relevant URL:  [www.apnsw.org]
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  Sex Trafficking or Sex Work? Conceptions of Trafficking Among Anti-Trafficking Organizations in Nepal

  Posted: July 19th, 2011, 3:19am PDT by cheryl

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  Trafficking for sexual purposes is widely recognized as a violation of human rights. Trafficking of women and girls within Nepal and from Nepal to India’s red light districts is thought to be extremely common. There is sharp debate within the anti-trafficking community, both within Nepal and globally, about why trafficking occurs and how to prevent it.

  Year of publication:  2011 Theme:  Health and HIV Theme:  Migration and Mobility Author:  Miranda Worthen Relevant URL:  [rsq.oxfordjournals.org]

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  GET THAT WOMAN OFF THE ROAD

  Posted: July 17th, 2011, 12:06am PDT by cheryl

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  Why the Global Commission on Law and HIV must recommend legalisation of ‘pimping’ too.

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  Policies on sex trafficking are changing conceptions of Europe, citizenship and labour markets

  Posted: July 13th, 2011, 8:25am PDT by cheryl

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  Sex trafficking is widely seen as modern slavery. But, in her new book, Rutvica Andrijasevic shows that this labelling process is not as benevolent as it appears.

  Year of publication:  2011 Theme:  Migration and Mobility Author:  Rutvica Andrijasevic Relevant URL:  [tinyurl.com]

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  Organizational policy recommendations for control of STI/HIV among female sex workers in China: regular examination of workers in social hygiene clinics

  Posted: June 13th, 2011, 4:58pm PDT by cheryl

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  Year of publication:  2011 Theme:  Health and HIV Author:  Donald E. Moriskya; Lianne A. Uradab Relevant URL:  [www.informaworld.com]

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  NEW INITIATIVE ON SEX WORK IN BOTSWANA

  Posted: June 12th, 2011, 12:54am PDT by cheryl

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  A new sex workers initiative in Botswana has included a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Questioning (LGBTIQ) component in their programme.

  Sisonke Botswana, a sex work group currently housed by Botswana Network on Ethics Law and HIV/AIDS (BONELA), joined the African Sex Workers Alliance and dedicated a week to the mapping of sex workers rights in Botswana with the aim to forming a coalition which will advance the human health rights of most key population (sex workers, transgender, MSM and drug users).

  Year of publication:  2011 Theme:  Health and HIV Theme:  Human Rights and Law Author:  By Skipper Mogapi

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  South Korean Sex Worker Protests

  Posted: May 26th, 2011, 7:40pm PDT by cheryl

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  Korean sex wokrers protest against a law against trafficking and sexual exploitation that has taken away the incomes and dignity of these women -  not a law against prostitution.

  News story in the Globe News, 17 May 2011.

  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – Hundreds of prostitutes and pimps rallied Tuesday near a red-light district in Seoul to protest a police crackdown on brothels, with some unsuccessfully attempting to set themselves on fire.

  Year of publication:  2011 Theme:  Economics and Development Theme:  Gender and Sexuality Theme:  Human Rights and Law Relevant URL:  Link to the article in the Globe News

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  ART causes 96% reduction in HIV transmission

  Posted: May 12th, 2011, 10:56pm PDT by cheryl

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  The news that people living wtih HIV who are on antiretoviral therapy will have a huge effect on HIV programming for sex workers. It  suggests that ARV therapy rather than condom promotion may account for the huge reduction in HIV transmissions during commercial sex over recent years.  It also raises the question of whether voluntary testing should be replaced by routine testing. What it definitely raises is the importance of free access to ARVs, nutrition and adherence support for all. 

   

  Year of publication:  2011 Theme:  Health and HIV Relevant URL:  [www.healthgap.org]

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  THE FIRST PAN-INDIA SURVEY OF SEX WORKERS

  Posted: April 27th, 2011, 2:37am PDT by cheryl

  feature This survey of female sex workers found that poverty and limited education push women into several kinds of work including sex work. Therefore, sex work cannot be considered as singular or isolated in its links with poverty, as other occupations are pursued before sex work emerges or is considered as an option. Sex work may also be regarded as offering a significant supplementary income to other forms of labour. Year of publication:  2011 Theme:  Economics and Development Theme:  Health and HIV Pan-India-Survey-of-Sex-workers.pdf Author:  Rohini Shani & V Kalyan Shankar

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  Sex workers present to Global Commission on HIV and the Law

  Posted: April 21st, 2011, 11:11am PDT by cheryl

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  Sex workers from throughout Asia and the Pacific present their arguments for recognition of sex work to the Global Commission on HIV and the Law In Bangkok in March 2011. This is a 'must watch' video and a perfect teaching or training aid.

  Year of publication:  2011 Theme:  Health and HIV Theme:  Human Rights and Law Author:  APNSW Relevant URL:  [blip.tv]
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  Sex Workers Protest in Lagos

  Posted: March 15th, 2011, 5:37am PDT by cheryl

  Obviously sailing with the wind of change rocking the globe, sex workers at the weekend gathered for a protest and massive rally in Lagos to force the government to legitimise their age long profession practiced in secrecy.

  The  sex workers who marched through the streets of Ikoyi with fanfare, brandished placards and banners with inscriptions such as "Sex workers have right, African Sex Workers Alliance," stormed the streets in their numbers demanding justice and recognition 

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  Sex worker rights are Human Rights – it’s official!

  Posted: March 11th, 2011, 8:02am PST by cheryl

   
  The U.S. was recently subjected to a Universal Periodic Review by the United Nations, in which they received 226 recommendations in regards to human rights issues. This is the very first review of the U.S.

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  Redtrasex Latin America Celebrates International Womens Day

  Posted: March 10th, 2011, 12:28am PST by cheryl

   

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  Over here, it's just drugs, women and all the madness”: The HIV risk environment of clients of female sex workers in Tijuana, Mexico

  Posted: March 10th, 2011, 12:01am PST by cheryl

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  HIV vulnerability depends upon social context. Based in broader debates in social epidemiology, political economy, and sociology of health, Rhodes’ (2002) “risk environment” framework provides one heuristic for understanding how contextual features influence HIV risk, through different types of environmental factors (social, economic, policy, and physical) which interact at different levels of influence (micro, macro).

  Year of publication:  2011 Theme:  Health and HIV Author:  Shira Goldenberga, Steffanie A. Strathdeeb, Manuel Gallardoc, Tim Rhodesd, Karla D. Wagnerb and Thomas L. Patterson Relevant URL:  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VBF-529CNS3-3&_user=1...

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  KENYAN SEX WORKERS CELEBRATE THEIR RIGHTS

  Posted: March 8th, 2011, 12:23am PST by cheryl

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  Kenyan sex workers, drawn from different cities, converged at Tononoka Social Hall in the Coastal town of Mombasa to celebrate the March 3rd International Sex Workers Rights Day. This day is celebrated since 2001 when over 25,000 sex workers gathered in India for a sex worker festival. It has been designated to highlight the human rights challenges, success and failures facing sex workers.

  Year of publication:  2011 Theme:  Health and HIV KENYAN SEX WORKERS CELEBRATE THEIR RIGHTS.pdf

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  Who gets to choose? Coercion, consent and the UN

  Posted: February 16th, 2011, 6:08pm PST by cheryl

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  Year of publication:  2002 Theme:  Economics and Development Theme:  Gender and Sexuality Theme:  Health and HIV Theme:  Migration and Mobility doezema02.pdf Author:  Jo Doezema

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  When "Help' is the Problem

  Posted: February 15th, 2011, 9:46pm PST by cheryl

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  Current policies and conversations about human trafficking are having a detrimental effect on those they are designed to help. This is because there is a sharp disconnect between stereotypes and images of the typical "trafficked victim" and the reality of forced labor and migration globally. The result: a series of policies that actually operate to the detriment of migrant workers in the Middle East and worldwide.

  Year of publication:  2011 Theme:  Human Rights and Law Theme:  Migration and Mobility Author:  Parvis Mahdavi Relevant URL:  Huffington POst

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  ‘Who is Helsinki?’ Sex workers advise improving communication for good participatory practice in clinical trials

  Posted: January 28th, 2011, 6:32pm PST by cheryl

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  This article looks at the 'premature' closure of trials of anti retoviral medicines for prevention due to communities recognising that the trials were unethical. It recommends how researchers can avoid such problems in the future.

   

  Year of publication:  2011 Theme:  Human Rights and Law Theme:  Research Ethics and Methods Who is Helsinki.docx Author:  D Allman, M Ditmore
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  CREA's Count Me In conference website is now up and running

  Posted: January 20th, 2011, 8:09pm PST by cheryl

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  The Count Me In! conference will take place from April 16 - 18, 2011 in Kathmandu, Nepal. It is part of CREA's Count Me In! initiative that demonstrates their commitment to addressing the marginalisation and exclusion of sex workers, lesbians, single and disabled women, and trans people.
  Count Me In! will bring together sex workers, lesbians, single, young, HIV-positive, disabled women, and trans people from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, to discuss violence against women and strategies of resistance.

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  Sex Work, Criminalisation and HIV

  Posted: January 17th, 2011, 7:20pm PST by cheryl

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  This article examines the reasons that there is less support for legalising sex work than homosexuality and drug use.

  Theme:  Health and HIV Theme:  Human Rights and Law ForbesBETASexWorkers2[1].pdf Author:  Anna Forbes
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  Sex Work, Criminalisation and HIV

  Posted: January 17th, 2011, 7:20pm PST by cheryl

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  This article examines the reasons that there is less support for legalising sex work than homosexuality and drug use.

  Theme:  Health and HIV Theme:  Human Rights and Law ForbesBETASexWorkers2[1].pdf Author:  Anna Forbes
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  Stigma and sex work from the perspective of female sex workers in Hong Kong.

  Posted: January 16th, 2011, 7:24pm PST by cheryl

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  While the stigma surrounding sex work is both well documented and easily recognised, few studies examine stigma in this context from the perspective of the sex workers themselves. In this article we report on a study using a modified grounded theory approach to analyse a series of semi-structured interviews with 49 female sex workers in Hong Kong, in order to examine the ways in which this group experiences and negotiates the stigma which arises from their employment in the sex industry.

  Year of publication:  2010 Theme:  Gender and Sexuality Theme:  Health and HIV Theme:  Human Rights and Law Author:  Wong WC, Holroyd E, Bingham A. Relevant URL:  [www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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  What Do Transgender Women’s Experiences Tell Us about Law? Towards an Understanding of Law as Legal Complex

  Posted: January 16th, 2011, 3:40pm PST by cheryl

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  Based on ethnographic study conducted in Istanbul, this thesis investigates the effects of law and legal operations on transgender women’s sex work and daily lives, and seeks to disentangle the multidimensional ways through which they and their conduct are governmentalized by law in Turkey. The first part of the thesis discusses the legal dynamics surrounding transgender sex work and delineates how transgender women are expulsed from regulated sex work by the interaction of the socially produced desire around their bodies and law.

  Year of publication:  2011 Theme:  Gender and Sexuality Theme:  Human Rights and Law Author:  Esen Ezgi Tascioglu Relevant URL:  [ssrn.com]

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  "Estrellas de la Linea," (The Railroad All-Stars)

  Posted: January 13th, 2011, 9:51pm PST by cheryl

  

   

   

   

   

   

   

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  Hungarian Court Rejects Mandatory Health Certificates for Sex Workers

  Posted: January 12th, 2011, 6:36pm PST by cheryl

  Hungary's Constitutional Court has annulled a legal provision requiring sex workers to provide a doctor's certificate on the ground that it conflicts with article 17 of the 1950 New York Convention. The ruling is to come into force on December 31 this year.

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  The Ethnography of Prostitution: New International Perspectives

  Posted: January 8th, 2011, 3:20pm PST by cheryl

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  Prominent US sociologist Weitzer reviews books on sex work. he says 'The best recent research on prostitution is  ethnographic and centered outside the United States. The books under review are multi faceted, rich, novel contributions to the  literature, throwing a spotlight on previously hidden worlds. Each presents a microcosm of commercial sex that is linked to macro-level structures. And each focuses on indoor prostitution, a welcome counterbalance to the voluminous literature on street prostitution.'

  Year of publication:  2010 Theme:  Gender and Sexuality Theme:  Human Rights and Law Theme:  Research Ethics and Methods The ethnography of prostitution Weitzer 2010 Contemp Sociol 39(3) 262-9(2).pdf Author:  Ronald Weitzer Relevant URL:  Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews

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  Developing human rights-based strategies to improve health among female sex workers in Rwanda. Health and Human Rights

  Posted: December 19th, 2010, 3:55pm PST by cheryl

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  How governments should address sex work is a topic of current debate in Rwanda and other countries. Some constituencies propose harsher punishment of sex workers as the cornerstone of an improved policy. We argue that an adequate policy response to sex work in the Rwandan context must prioritize public health and reflect current knowledge of the social determinants of health.

  Year of publication:  2010 Theme:  Health and HIV Theme:  Human Rights and Law Author:  Binagwaho, A.; Agbonyitor, M.; Mwananawe, A.; Mugwaneza, P.; Irwin, A.; Karema, C.. Relevant URL:  [www.hhrjournal.org]

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  Wards of the state: Young sex workers' special vulnerability to HIV and AIDS under the law

  Posted: November 12th, 2010, 5:04am PST by cheryl

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  Young people of all ages have seen increased attention in HIV and AIDS discussions, yet there exists little to no policy guidance on providing rights-based universal access to HIV prevention, care, treatment and support for young people under the age of majority involved in the sex trade, especially those involved in what is legally defined as prostitution. The “Wards of the State” project begins an evaluation of current laws, policies and practices affecting young people in the sex trade's access to rights-based services on a country to country basis.

  Year of publication:  2010 Theme:  Gender and Sexuality Theme:  Health and HIV Theme:  Human Rights and Law WardsoftheState.pdf Author:  Will Rockwell Relevant URL:  [www.nswp.org]

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  Papua New Guinea considers sex work law reform

  Posted: November 8th, 2010, 4:55am PST by cheryl

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  The minister for Community Development, Dame Carol Kidu, has asked the Law Review Commission to review the sex laws, with a possibility of prostitution and homosexuality being legalised.

  The director of the Aids Council Secretariat, Wep Kanawi, says the current laws are archaic and stop sex workers from getting help.

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  PNG Cabinet endorses review on country’s sex laws

  Posted: October 25th, 2010, 1:50am PDT by cheryl

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  Colombia Court Recognises Sex Workers Legal Status and Labor Rights

  Posted: October 5th, 2010, 11:31pm PDT by cheryl

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  After reviewing the case of a woman who was fired from an establishment providing sexual services because she was pregnant, the court upheld the rights of sex workers to work, equality, security, and maternal leave.

  The establishment where she worked must now pay her 12 weeks of maternity leave. While there was no formal written contract, there was an informal "employment contract" which was broken off suddenly. However, the court did not demand that she be able to return to work, because while the work is legal, it is contrary to the liberal principles of the law.

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  Sex Work is Decriminalised in Canada

  Posted: October 5th, 2010, 11:20pm PDT by cheryl

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  Removal of criminal law removes the main barrier to sex workers achieving justice. It creates a space that can be filled by effective rights based policy and labour regulations and law.

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  HIV and Sex Work in Pakistan

  Posted: October 5th, 2010, 11:07pm PDT by cheryl

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  Until recently, Pakistan was considered as a ‘low HIV prevalence, high risk country’ in relation to HIV. The country is now classified as having a concentrated epidemic, with an HIV prevalence of more than 5% among injecting drug users (IDUs) in at least eight major cities in three of the four provinces and among Hijras sex workers in at least one city [1, 2]. At the end of 2009, it was estimated that were 97,400 people living with HIV and AIDS, with 2,917 patients registered across the country, among whom 1,320 are on antiretroviral drug therapy [2].

  Year of publication:  2010 Theme:  Health and HIV Theme:  Human Rights and Law sex_work_hiv_pakistan[1].pdf Author:  UNAIDS

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  HIV and Sex Work in Indonesia

  Posted: October 5th, 2010, 11:03pm PDT by cheryl

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  Although the prevalence of HIV in the general population is low (0.2%) and is mainly concentrated among injecting drug users (IDUs) in Jakarta, West Java and Bali, the epidemic has now spread to other key populations at higher risk such as non‐injecting partners of IDUs, sex workers and their clients [1].

  Year of publication:  2010 Theme:  Health and HIV Theme:  Human Rights and Law sex_work_hiv_indonesia[2].pdf Author:  UNAIDS

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  HIV and Sex Work in Myanmar

  Posted: October 5th, 2010, 10:57pm PDT by cheryl

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  Myanmar has one of the largest HIV epidemics in Asia. The first case of HIV was detected in 1988 while the first AIDS case was reported in 1991. HIV prevalence among the general population reached its peak at 0.94% in the year 2000 and was estimated to be 0.61% in 2009 [8]. The estimated number of adults and children living with HIV in 2009 was 238,000 (with a range of 160,000 to 320,000) [9].

  Theme:  Health and HIV Theme:  Human Rights and Law sex_work_hiv_myanmar[1].pdf Author:  UNAIDS

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  HIV and Sex Work in Thailand

  Posted: October 5th, 2010, 10:43pm PDT by cheryl

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  Beginning in the late 1980s, the HIV epidemic increased rapidly in Thailand, particularly in the upper Northern region [1, 2]. In 1990‐91, soon after it was observed that the HIV epidemic was spreading among injecting drug users and sex workers, the government acted decisively, launching a nationwide campaign to reduce HIV transmission.

  Year of publication:  2010 Theme:  Health and HIV Theme:  Human Rights and Law sex_work_hiv_thailand[1].pdf Author:  UNAIDS

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  HIV and Law in China

  Posted: October 4th, 2010, 4:24pm PDT by cheryl

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  Theme:  Health and HIV Theme:  Human Rights and Law sex_work_hiv_china[1].pdf Author:  UNAIDS

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  HIV and Sex Work in Cambodia

  Posted: October 4th, 2010, 4:04pm PDT by cheryl

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  Cambodia is internationally recognized for having successfully reduced its HIV prevalence among the general population from about 3% in 1997 to 0.7% in 2009 [1]. Sex work played a significant role in the spread of the HIV epidemic during the nineties. Since 1999, HIV prevalence has declined among direct and indirect sex workers, although levels remain high. The 100% condom use promotion strategy has been credited for having played a major role in the decline of HIV.
   

  Theme:  Gender and Sexuality Theme:  Health and HIV Theme:  Human Rights and Law sex_work_hiv_cambodia[1].pdf Author:  UNAIDS

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  "What countries have legal prostitution?"

  Posted: September 13th, 2010, 12:02am PDT by cheryl

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  This is a list of countries laws on sex work. Many of the entries are not accurate. All vary in their use of terms and their judgment on whether sex work is 'legal' or 'illegal'.

  This resource provides celar evidence of the lack of clarity about sex work law that prevents constructive discussions at the international level.

  Year of publication:  2008 Theme:  Economics and Development Theme:  Human Rights and Law What countries have legal prostitution.doc Author:  sexwork.com
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  UNAIDS Reference Group on HIV and Human Rights Submission to the Global Commission on HIV & the Law

  Posted: September 10th, 2010, 10:33pm PDT by cheryl

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  The Human Rights  Reference Group challenges the Commission o go beyond existing statements [about decriminalisation] and to contribute to greater knowledge and action on how to break the impasse in human rights-based law reform, enforcement and access to justice related to HIV.  It offers six recommendations of which this is the first.

  Year of publication:  2010 Theme:  Health and HIV Theme:  Human Rights and Law RG Statement for GCHL. 5-9-10.doc Author:  UNAIDS Reference Group on HIV and Human Rights

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  Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) - Including Condom Programming

  Posted: September 7th, 2010, 7:32pm PDT by cheryl

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  This discussion paper was developed for the  for the 1st Asia and the Pacific Regional Consultation on HIV and Sex Work, 12 – 15 October 2010. Among its recommendations are

  Year of publication:  2010 Theme:  Health and HIV Sexual Repro Health Discussion Paper.pdf Author:  Thematic Task Team on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

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  Migration & Mobility in the Context of HIV and Sex Work

  Posted: September 7th, 2010, 7:23pm PDT by cheryl

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  This is a discussion paper prepared for the 1st Asia and the Pacific Regional Consultation on HIV and Sex Work,
  12 – 15 October 2010 in Pattaya, Thailand. Among its recommendations are : 

  Year of publication:  2010 Theme:  Health and HIV Theme:  Migration and Mobility Migration Discussion Paper.pdf Author:  Thematic Task Team on Migration and Mobility in the Context of HIV and Sex Work

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  Creating an Enabling Legal and Policy Environment for Sex Workers

  Posted: September 7th, 2010, 7:15pm PDT by cheryl

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  This thematic discussion paper for the October 2010 Consultation on Sex Work and HIV in Asia and the Pacific captures many of the complex issues around sex work and law. Among its recommendations are: 

  Year of publication:  2010 Theme:  Health and HIV Theme:  Human Rights and Law Enabling Environment discussion paper.pdf Author:  Thematic Task Team on Creating an Enabling Legal and Policy Environment

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  Understanding Sex Work Part 2

  Posted: September 6th, 2010, 6:31pm PDT by cheryl

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  Contents

  Part 1

  Introduction  

  Who is involved in Sex Work?  

  Year of publication:  2006 Theme:  Health and HIV Theme:  Human Rights and Law Theme:  Migration and Mobility Understanding Sex Work part2.pdf Author:  Cheryl Overs

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  Understanding Sex Work (Part 1)

  Posted: September 6th, 2010, 6:15pm PDT by cheryl

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   This basic resource from 2006 remains relevant

  Year of publication:  2006 Theme:  Health and HIV Theme:  Human Rights and Law Theme:  Migration and Mobility Understanding Sex Work part1.pdf Author:  Cheryl Overs

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  Consultation on HIV/AIDS and the 2010 World Cup

  Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 11:07pm PDT by cheryl

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  A report by a South African NGO  that shows how wrong the predications about commercial sex in South Africa during the world Cup were. The question is will it prevent disinformation and hysteria surrounding sporting events in future.

  Year of publication:  2010 Theme:  Health and HIV Theme:  Human Rights and Law Theme:  Migration and Mobility Consultation-on-HIV-Sex-work-and-2010.pdf Author:  SWEAT South Africa Relevant URL:  http://sasexwork.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Consultation-on-HIV-Se...
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  SEX WORK IS LEGAL IN BANGALDESH

  Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 9:07pm PDT by cheryl

  
  
  Brothel evictions last year sparked angry protests
  

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  A Conference for All? Travel Ban Threatens IAC 2012

  Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 8:29pm PDT by cheryl

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  Who's really welcome at IAC 2012?

  Year of publication:  2010 Theme:  Health and HIV Theme:  Human Rights and Law Relevant URL:  [www.thebody.com]

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  Community-based Organisations in Policy and Practice Sex Workers, HIV/AIDS and the Social Construction of Solutions Flora Cornish, Riddhi Ghosh Banerji and Anuprita Shukla

  Posted: August 26th, 2010, 6:30pm PDT by cheryl

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  This fascinating article offers a critical analysis of the role of sex workers community groups in HIV prevention and care in India.

  Year of publication:  2010 Theme:  Health and HIV 60435-Cornish_Banerji_Shukla_2010_CBOs_social_construction_of_solutions.pdf Author:  Flora Cornish, Riddhi Ghosh Banerji and Anuprita Shukla

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  Conference on Migration, Feminism and the Sex Industry

  Posted: August 5th, 2010, 3:08pm PDT by cheryl

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  Time: September 15-17, 2010
  Venue: University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
  Deadline: August 15

  Migration has transformed feminists’ ideological conflict about the meaning of prostitution. From being a two-sided debate about whether ’sex work is work’ or ‘violence against women’, the discussion now must consider migration policies that favour ‘highly skilled’, white-collar and technical professionals over those willing to take less prestigious jobs in the informal sector, including the sex industry.

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  Effectiveness and Safety of Tenofovir Gel, an Antiretroviral Microbicide

  Posted: August 2nd, 2010, 9:42pm PDT by cheryl

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  The CAPRISA 004 trial assessed effectiveness and safety of a 1% vaginal gel formulation of tenofovir, a nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitor, for the prevention of HIV acquisition in women. A double-blind, randomized controlled trial was conducted comparing tenofovir gel with placebo gel in sexually active, HIVuninfected18 to 40 year-old women in urban and rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa HIV serostatus, safety,sexual behavior and gel and condom use were assessed at monthly follow-up visits for 30 months.

  Year of publication:  2010 Theme:  Health and HIV science.1193748v1[1].pdf Author:  Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Salim S. Abdool Karim, Janet A. Frohlich, Anneke C. Grobler, Cheryl Baxter, Leila E. Mansoor, Ayesha B.M. Kharsany, Sengeziwe Sibeko, Koleka P. Mlisana, Zaheen Omar, Tanuja N Gengiah, Silvia Maarschalk, Natasha Arulappan, Mukelisiwe Mlotshwa, Lynn Morris, Douglas Taylor, on behalf of the CAPRISA 004 Trial Group Relevant URL:  Sciencexpress

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  Assessment of the Human Rights Impact of Anti-Trafficking Policies

  Posted: August 2nd, 2010, 3:26pm PDT by cheryl

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  This is a report of a meeting to discuss a research tool specifically designed to  assess this issue by measuring the impact of Human Rights & Trafficking  programmes and policies.

  Over the last few years the need for a human rights approach to trafficking in human beings has been increasingly recognised. Underlying this need are two concerns:

  1.The lack of protection and assistance that current policies offer to trafficked persons, despite the fact that trafficking is generally recognised as a serious violation of human rights

  Year of publication:  2010 Theme:  Human Rights and Law Theme:  Migration and Mobility assessing impact of anti-trafficking.pdf Author:  Aim For Human Rights

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  HIV Gel Called Poor Substitute for Women's Rights

  Posted: July 29th, 2010, 5:18pm PDT by cheryl

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  VIENNA, Austria (WOMENSENEWS)--The preventive benefits of an HIV vaginal gel dominated the headlines of the International AIDS Conference in Vienna last week, but failed to allay the concerns that Mabel Bianco has about the public-health response to the epidemic.

  Year of publication:  2010 Theme:  Gender and Sexuality Theme:  Health and HIV Author:  Allyn Gaestel Relevant URL:  Link to the Womensnews website

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  A map of law and human rights activities at AIDS2010

  Posted: July 13th, 2010, 8:27am PDT by cheryl

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  A list of sessions compiled by Mathew Weait

  Theme:  Health and HIV Theme:  Human Rights and Law human rights vienna timetable.doc
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  Wonetha

  Posted: June 29th, 2010, 1:40pm PDT by cheryl

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  In Uganda sex workers are moblising and empowering themselves under their red Umbrella. See Wonetha's Creative Space Workshop Report. http://www.plri.org/resource/creative-space-workshop-wonetha-members

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  Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health

  Posted: June 3rd, 2010, 12:42am PDT by cheryl

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  This report considers the denial of sex workers’ enjoyment of the right to health that results from the criminalization of sex work and related practices (such as solicitation). Impacts on the right to health are discussed along with issues particular to sex work. Specifically, the failure of legal recognition of the sex-work sector results in infringements of the right to health, through the failure to provide safe working conditions, and a lack of recourse to legal remedies for occupational health issues.

  Year of publication:  2010 Theme:  Health and HIV Theme:  Human Rights and Law HR Council.pdf Author:  Anand Grover Relevant URL:  Human Rights Council

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  Crackdown in South Africa

  Posted: June 1st, 2010, 1:26am PDT by cheryl

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  South African special operation police, HAWKS, have successfully rescued 21 Thai woman operating at an illegal South African brothel on Saturday. Police have detained 2 suspects for further interrogation in relation to the incident.

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  Crackdown in South Africa

  Posted: May 31st, 2010, 11:43pm PDT by cheryl

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   South African special operation police, HAWKS, have successfully rescued 21 Thai woman operating at an illegal South African brothel on Saturday. Police have detained 2 suspects for further interrogation in relation to the incident.

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  South Africa. Court decision for sex worker may result in state sanctioned prostitution.

  Posted: May 31st, 2010, 8:23am PDT by cheryl

  A decision by the Labour Appeal's Court, to overturn a 2008 ruling by the Labour Court that a sex worker is not entitled to protection against unfair dismissal as the field of work itself is criminal, could be opening up a Pandora's Box.

  In effect it means that the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) would need to be able to establish a quantum to compensate "Kylie" for her loss as a result of her dismissal because the alternative - ordering reinstatement - may be considered state sanctioned criminal activity.

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  Sex workers in India combat stigma to demand rights and health care

  Posted: May 10th, 2010, 3:52am PDT by cheryl

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  Sampada Grameen Mahila Sanstha (SANGRAM) is an HIV/AIDS organization that works primarily with sex workers. SANGRAM is based in the Sangli district in Maharashtra state. 

  Year of publication:  2010 Theme:  Health and HIV Author:  Allyn Gaestel Relevant URL:  mediglobal

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  A New Website From South Africa

  Posted: May 10th, 2010, 2:36am PDT by cheryl

  www.sasexwork.org is a new website from Cape Town based NGO SWEAT. It focuses on the human rights of sex workers and the legal debates  around sex work. You will be able to follow SWEAT as they respond to the publicity about the World Cup and lobby for a  legal framework that protects sex workers rights.  

   

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  The UN and NSWP Advisory Group on Sex Work

  Posted: May 2nd, 2010, 11:26pm PDT by cheryl

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  It is an exciting time for sex work policy. Governments, UN agencies and key civil society institutions are beginning to focus on reforming laws and policies that can reduce abuses of sex workers and enable HIV prevention and care programmes to develop and work effectively.

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  AIDS 2010 Vienna Austria

  Posted: May 2nd, 2010, 7:40pm PDT by cheryl

  The 18th International AIDS Conference, will take place in Vienna, Austria, from the 18th to the 23rd of July 2010. The International Network of Sex Work Projects has been working hard to ensure that sex workers are a strong presence at the conference as always. Sex workers will have a Networking Zone and several exhibition booths, some dedicated sessions, speakers, a pre-meeting, a rally and, as always, a party.

  Date:  18 July 2010 (All day)

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  Independent Commission on AIDS and the Law

  Posted: May 2nd, 2010, 7:18pm PDT by cheryl

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  “I urge all countries to remove punitive laws, policies and practices that hamper the AIDS response… Successful AIDS responses do not punish people; they protect them…We must ensure that AIDS responses are based on evidence, not ideology, and reach those most in need and most affected.”
  Ban Ki Moon

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