sex work Archives - AWID

Don’t talk to us about sewing machines, talk to us about workers rights

Posted in Labour & Work on March 12th, 2013 by AWID Staff

Sex work is work. Trafficking is as an issue of poverty that causes many women to willingly/unwillingly enter into agreements with traffickers because they seek to escape / explore better livelihoods. This session – one of the top ten breakout sessions as voted for by Forum participants – reflected on the evidence base and the […]

The Power of Pleasure

Posted in Access to and control of resources, Labour & Work, Sexuality on November 2nd, 2012 by AWID Staff

Morning plenary Experiences of Resistance and Collective Organizing to Transform Economic Power showed how different grassroots movements across the globe have been challenging the current overarching system. Plenary take aways: Include men. Given from the rural organizing perspective: when women are meeting to organize themselves – men tend to step aside – we have to educate and […]

Linking sex worker rights with feminism and development

Posted in Labour & Work on November 2nd, 2012 by AWID Staff

The AWID Forum will be an opportunity for women working in international development to come together to strategize, network, celebrate, and learn from each other. A mix of activists, academics and people from programmes for women will hear presentations and engage in dialogues around this year’s theme which is the impact of economic power on women. This […]

“Feminists have made sex workers’ work so much more difficult”

Posted in Labour & Work on November 2nd, 2012 by AWID Staff

A Guest Post from Sarah van Brussel. “One thing I kept hearing over and over again was how feminists have made sex workers’ work so much more difficult.” The following is a guest post from Sarah van Brussel. I’m a regular reader of your blog and a big fan of your work. I’m a feminist […]

Why the Women’s Rights Movement Must Listen to Sex Workers

Posted in Labour & Work, Sexuality on November 1st, 2012 by AWID Staff

In 2008 the US Government gave Malaysia the lowest rating in its annual Trafficking In Persons Report. Rather than address the real labour trafficking issues, the government set out to close down the sex industry. Now nearly all brothels in KL have been shut. Sex workers are forced to work in dangerous and difficult conditions […]

Sexuality

Posted in Sexuality on October 25th, 2012 by AWID Staff

The current dominant economic system has profound impacts on women’s sexual and reproductive rights and LGBTQI rights—including and beyond the commodification of sex, sexuality and women’s bodies. Times of economic crisis often lead to even greater attempts to control sexuality and further limit access to sexual and reproductive health services and rights, especially for women […]