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Saving Face, Endangering Sex Workers: The Craigslist Saga

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by Audacia Ray, International Women's Health Coalition

September 22, 2010 - 6:00am (Print)

Craigslist’s self-censorship of adult services ads will not end sex trafficking. As a former advertiser, I know not all commercial sex is sex slavery.

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The Work of Sangram: Sex Workers Claiming Their Rights

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by Audacia Ray, International Women's Health Coalition

July 25, 2010 - 11:30am (Print)

Watch Meena Seshu, co-founder of SANGRAM, a sex-worker's rights organization, deliver the Jonathan Mann Memorial Lecture at the International AIDS Conference (IAC) Thursday in Vienna.

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Neither Victims Nor Voiceless: Sex Workers Speaking for Themselves (VIDEO)

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by Audacia Ray, International Women's Health Coalition

January 11, 2010 - 7:34pm (Print)

The exercise of human rights should not be contingent on whether or not you think a person’s choices or circumstances are a good way to live or be. Entangling morality with a conversation about rights and painting a portrait of people in the sex industry as victims without voices only perpetuates their disempowerment.

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Establishing Support and Recognition for Women's Work

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by Audacia Ray, International Women's Health Coalition

April 1, 2009 - 9:35am (Print)

Part of equal sharing of responsibilities means establishing standards for compensation and other forms of support and recognition for women’s work, especially in the caretaking context.
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