Audacia Ray's Diary

Sex Worker Movement Building: What I've Learned From a Year of Professional Feminism

Reader diary posted by Audacia Ray, International Women's Health Coalition

November 25, 2009 - 9:56am

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The American sex worker rights movement has a long way to go, and we can learn a lot from activists in other parts of the world. For example, there are eight countries in Europe that accept sex workers trade unions branches in pre-existing unions. In India, I met sex workers who are illiterate and live in one room buildings without electricity - but they can talk fiercely about human rights, language which is all but absent from our movement.


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U.S. Ban on HIV-Positive Travelers Eliminated

Reader diary posted by Audacia Ray, International Women's Health Coalition

October 30, 2009 - 11:57am

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This morning President Obama announced the end of travel restrictions that have long prevented HIV positive foreign nationals from entering the United States.


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A Choice and a Chance: Child Marriage Prevention Act

Reader diary posted by Audacia Ray, International Women's Health Coalition

June 3, 2009 - 5:01pm

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To succeed in strengthening U.S. foreign policy, including reducing poverty and maximizing our development assistance, and upholding the human rights of girls and women around the world, ending child marriage must continue to be a policy priority for Congress and the Obama Administration.


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