Category Archives: sex education
What Is Prevention Justice? Why a Mobilization?
HIV prevention programs are not handouts from the government – they are reparations, a redistribution of wealth, only a beginning of what’s needed to end the AIDS epidemic and the systemic injustice that fuels it. Continue reading
The AFIYA Center: La Cisha Crear and Marsha Jones
— Suzy Subways, Editor, Solidarity Project November 2007 • Issue 7 *Activist Snapshots #3* When La Cisha Crear and Marsha Jones heard about the Prevention Justice Mobilization, the Dallas activists knew they had to get involved. “Our vision was already … Continue reading
The Global Impact of the U.S. Anti-Prostitution Pledge
In 2003, Congress passed the Global AIDS Act and the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA), which bar the use of federal funds to “promote, support, or advocate the legalization or practice of prostitution.” These laws require any organization applying for or receiving U.S. funding to combat global HIV/AIDS or human trafficking (forced labor) to sign a statement that it “does not promote, support, or advocate the legalization or practice of prostitution” – parroting the
lawmakers’ words. Continue reading
Kumjing’s Activist Passport: Migrant sex workers in Thailand become HIV prevention leaders, despite U.S. groups’ attempts to “rescue” them
EMPOWER Foundation was started by sex workers and activist allies in 1985 and produced Thailand’s first HIV educational materials. Now EMPOWER runs its own bar, “Can Do,” collectively owned and run by sex workers, with best-practice occupational health and safety standards, a sex worker-designed security system, condom distribution, and workers who are trained as safe sex counselors. Continue reading
Excerpt: Durbar Policy Document on HIV Positive Sex Workers
The following is an excerpt from Durbar’s policy document on the inclusion of HIV positive sex workers in its work and leadership. It also offers insight into how stigma, violence and
criminalization fuel HIV risk. Continue reading
TAKE ACTION — WHAT YOU CAN DO
If you’re part of a sex worker activist project and would like to learn from others doing this work, contact the following groups for insight and inspiration: Continue reading
RESOURCES
Addressed to sex workers and supporters of the Zapatistas’ Other Campaign (a movement of marginalized people against capitalism and allied with the massive teachers’ strike in Oaxaca), the CNUC (Women’s Rights Network Collective) of Apizaco, in the state of Tlaxcala, Mexico, calls for sex workers across Mexico to fight for their rights together. Continue reading
Top Ten Positive Changes for Agency Staff
This document was created by YWEP, a group of girls and young women in Chicago, aged 12 to 23, with experience in the sex trade and street economies. Based on their firsthand knowledge of what has worked – or not worked – for them both as young girls looking for help and youth organizers offering help, these guidelines can help adult activists and social service providers make their efforts more respectful and effective. Continue reading
Harm Reduction and Crystal Meth
The community websites described below were created and maintained with the participation of current and former crystal users. Both sites are geared toward gay and bisexual men, but the content is relevant for anyone using or interested in understanding crystal meth. They offer a harm reduction approach, providing individuals with various tools to help them make informed personal decisions. Continue reading
Katrina’s Aftermath: Stranded Without Medication and Medical Care
by Suzy Subways APRIL 2007 • Issue 4 A disaster that uproots large numbers of people causes an immediate public health emergency, and the effects continue to be felt if the damage isn’t quickly repaired. Soon after the hurricane, P. … Continue reading
