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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) stands in solidarity with Ye Haiyan, human rights defenders, and sex workers who speak up against stigma, discrimination, and the criminalisation of our livelihoods 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

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Article in AIDS Care. 2010;22 Suppl 2:1670-8. This film from SANGRAM explores how organising as part of VAMP has affected sex workers’ lives. Ishdeep Kohli blogs on Meena Seshu’s plenary presentation at the International AIDS Conference in 2010. The original blog is available on the HealthDev.net site. An interview with PLRI member Meena Seshu on the PANOS website by Sandhya Srinivasan. 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

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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. Article in HIV AIDS Policy Law Rev. 2008 Dec;13(2-3):71-2. In their work and lives, sex workers experience disproportionate levels of violence

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Article in HIV AIDS Policy Law Rev. 2008 Dec;13(2-3):71-2. 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.

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

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. The International Women’s Health Coalition (IWHC), an international advocacy organization for women’s health and rights, has partnered with SANGRAM since 2006 and produced a documentary about their work called “SANGRAM: Sex Workers Organizing in India.” Paradigm Shift, a feminist organization in New York, screened the documentary during an event on sex work and human rights in March. Audacia Ray, program officer for IWHC visited SANGRAM. She told MediaGlobal about SANGRAM’s approach to reproductive health care

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

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