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  No Excuses: A Living Experience of the Struggle for Rights

  Posted: August 24th, 2010, 9:02am PDT by kate

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  PLRI partner Meena Seshu gave the prestigious Jonathan Mann Memorial Lecture at the 2010 International AIDS Conference.

  Meena reflects on the approach that her organisation SANGRAM has used to support the work of VAMP the collective of women in sex work.

  She introduces SANGRAM’s Bill of Rights which sets out guidelines for programming interventions around HIV and AIDS:

  Theme:  Health and HIV Theme:  Human Rights and Law Author:  Meena Seshu Relevant URL:  Link to the film on the International Women's Health Coalition website

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  AIDS 2010, Conference Wrap Up

  Posted: August 19th, 2010, 8:23am PDT by kate

  by Cheryl Overs

  For me AIDS 2010 was the culmination of months of work as a Community Programming Committee (CPC) member and co-chair of the Global Village. It was also the first time in several years that I have seen all the global and regional sex workers rights activists. In that time the Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP) and other networks have formalised and gathered funding and rights awareness has spread to more countries. So it was wonderful to see old friends and to meet the wonderful new activists from countries as diverse as Guyana, Kenya, USA, South Africa, UK, China and Uganda.

  It was great to catch up with people who have gone from being peer educators to managing programmes and public advocacy, to see the materials sex workers are producing and to see the NSWP itself thriving under the leadership of my old friend Ruth Morgan Thomas (three months older than me). I am sure that for many people the Red Umbrellas would be the most potent symbol of the struggle for human rights they remember from the conference.

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  Chinese Government Detains Sex Worker Activist Calling for the Decriminalisation of Sex Work

  Posted: August 11th, 2010, 3:37am PDT by kate

  On Monday August 2, 2010 police in Beijing detained Ye Haiyan, an activist with community based organisation the China Women's Rights Workshop, after she joined other sex workers in publicly petitioning for the Chinese government to decriminalise prostitution.

  The Global Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP) have released a statement in which they explain how they stand in solidarity with Ye Haiyan, human rights defenders, and sex workers who speak up against stigma, discrimination, and the criminalisation of their livelihoods.

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  NEW! When I dare to be powerful - Sex Worker Oral Herstory

  Posted: March 16th, 2010, 4:03am PDT by kate

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  A Publication by Akina Mama wa Afrika (AMwA), written by Zawadi Nyong’o and edited by Christine Butegwa and Solome Nakaweesi-Kimbugwe.

  AMwA has been working in partnership with sex worker activists in Uganda and other countries in East Africa. This oral history project allowed women to speak for themselves to try and better understand the politics behind sexuality, sexual rights and sex work.

  The research tries to present the multiple dimensions of women’s lives,

  Year of publication:  2010 Theme:  Economics and Development Theme:  Gender and Sexuality Theme:  Health and HIV Theme:  Human Rights and Law Author:  Zawadi Nyong’o Relevant URL:  Link to the pdf on the NSWP website

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  NEW! Update from Rwanda on proposed law reform

  Posted: February 26th, 2010, 3:31am PST by kate

  By Matthew Greenall, independent consultant

  According to reports, the new penal code currently being considered by Rwanda's Senate includes a provision to criminalise sex work.  The existing penal code, which dates from the 1970s, gives judicial authorities the option of placing restrictions on the movement of sex workers, and contains a number of provisions against facilitating or promoting sex work, running sex work establishments and living off the earnings of prostitution.  The proposed new article would introduce jail terms and fines for sex workers themselves. 

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  NEW! A right to be: A film about sex work in the Caribbean

  Posted: February 25th, 2010, 1:37am PST by kate

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  A film from the Caribbean Treatment Action Group and the Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition about the problems faced by sex workers in the Caribbean. There is a focus on migrant workers, HIV, abuse from the state, stigma and discrimination from the community and efforts to overcome them.

  Year of publication:  2010 Theme:  Economics and Development Theme:  Health and HIV Theme:  Human Rights and Law Theme:  Migration and Mobility Author:  The Caribbean Treatment Action Group and the Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition

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  NEW! The Curious Sex Workers Guide to attending the 18th International AIDS Conference

  Posted: December 21st, 2009, 5:37am PST by kate

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  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.

  Year of publication:  2009 Theme:  Health and HIV Theme:  Research Ethics and Methods The Curious Sex Workers Guide to Attending the IAC2010.pdf Author:  International Network of Sex Work Projects

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  NEW! PLRI website launched on International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers

  Posted: December 16th, 2009, 1:33am PST by kate

  Welcome to the website of the Paulo Longo Research Initiative. We are launching the site on December 17, the Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers in support of sex worker organisations in dozens of countries who are demanding action to stop violence.

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  NEW! The Global Network of Sex Work Projects, the Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers and the Paulo Longo Research Initiative will produce a new version of Making Sex Work Safe

  Posted: September 11th, 2009, 4:38am PDT by kate

  Making Sex Work Safe was developed by sex workers from the early International Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP). It was written by Paulo Longo and Cheryl Overs. It provides global perspectives on information about sex workers, analysis of law and policy and guidance about how to ensure that programmes on sex work are rights based and grounded in communities.

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  PLRI on the Internet

  Posted: June 23rd, 2009, 7:11am PDT by kate

  The Paulo Longo Research Initiative blog provides easily accessible snippets of sex work news from colleagues and the media. Visit the blog and sign up for alerts.  The current theme on the blog is Human Rights and Law.  [plri.wordpress.com] .

  We are also on Twitter. Please become a follower to keep an eye on news, resources and studies about issues that affect sex workers  [twitter.com] .