Establishing Support and Recognition for Women’s Work
I think that creating a sense of civic responsibility on the local and global level is an extremely important value to instill in people. Especially in times of economic hardship, it is important that...
View ArticleA Choice and a Chance: Child Marriage Prevention Act
In May, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman (D-CA) and the House Foreign Affairs Committee incorporated provisions to confront child marriage in the State Department Reauthorization...
View ArticleU.S. Ban on HIV-Positive Travelers Eliminated
This morning President Obama announced the end of travel restrictions that have long prevented HIV positive foreign nationals from entering the United States. Until today, the United States was one of...
View ArticleSex Worker Movement Building: What I’ve Learned From a Year of Professional...
At the end of October, I celebrated one year of working full time at the International Women’s Health Coalition. In that year, I’ve done a lot – launched a successful blog that has become a daily part...
View ArticleNeither Victims Nor Voiceless: Sex Workers Speaking for Themselves (VIDEO)
Since becoming a part of the U.S. sex worker rights movement five years ago, talking about contentious issues concerning bodies, labor, money, and rights has very much become my calling. In the past...
View ArticleIn The Interest of “Equality,” Malawian Woman’s Identity Is Erased
With the ongoing interest in Uganda’s state-sponsored homophobia and a bill in the country that would make homosexual acts punishable by death, there’s been more press than usual about sexuality...
View ArticleThe Work of Sangram: Sex Workers Claiming Their Rights
This article is published in partnership with the International Women’s Health Coalition as part of a series of articles and opinion pieces on global AIDS and HIV in conjunction with the International...
View ArticleSaving Face, Endangering Sex Workers: The Craigslist Saga
Craigslist’s self-censorship of its adult services ads will do nothing to end sex trafficking, though it might make it a little more challenging to post adult ads on the site. As a former Craigslist...
View ArticleSpeak Out Against Endemic Violence Against Women Throughout Africa
The below statement is a collaborative initiative in which the International Women’s Health Coalition’s South African partner Sonke Gender Justice Network is taking part. Press Statement Issued by...
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