TAG: sex work
Third Session – Sexuality and Economics: visibilities and invisibilities
Third Session – Sexuality and Economics: visibilities and invisibilities Morning – August 25, 2009 The overview paper, Prostitution as economic activity in urban Brazil, was written by Ana Paula Silva, professor at the Centro Universitário Augusto Motta (UNISUAM), in Rio de Janeiro, and Thaddeus Blanchette, professor at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) e […]
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Argentina uncategorized: Debates about human trafficking, prostitution and sex work In this article, Carolina Justo von Lurzer and Santiago Morcillo present the main points debateted during a meeting organized by the Sexualities Studies Group of the Gino Germani Research Institute of the University of Buenos Aires to discuss the public policies related to prostitution. Sexual […]
Read moreA Briefing of Two Meetings on Human Trafficking
Svati Shah* Along with shifts in the global economy and a new presidential administration in the U.S.A., 2008 also brought the possibility of change in international policies and perspectives on human trafficking. The debates among feminist organizations and governments on the definition of and response to human trafficking are well documented. In the late 1990s, […]
Read moreInterview: Elena Reynaga
In its eleventh edition, the International AWID Forum, held in Cape Town, South Africa, in November of 2008, has for the first time opened the space for the participation of sex workers and provided them with an opportunity to share their experiences not as subjects of research, but as agents of transformation. Elena Eva Reynaga, […]
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