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Fostering Enabling Legal and Policy Environments for Sex Workers' Health and Human Rights: A Compendium
This working compendium contains key materials and resources which can be used to support efforts to protect the rights of people in sex work. It draws heavily on the experiences of groups organized to do this work and seeks to add connections and gateways to new ideas and resources internationally. Please note this list of resources is not exhaustive. Suggestions for revisions and additions as well as requests for CD versions of this compendium should be sent to sharp@sorosny.org.
Due to copyright restrictions, articles marked with an * are not available here. They can be accessed through university library systems or Internet search engines such as Google Scholar. The views expressed in the contributions to this compendium are solely those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the Open Society Institute.
Contents
Grassroots Declaration of Rights
Human Rights–Style Reports/Case Studies (for Advocacy and Policy Reform)
Comparative Legal Framework Analyses
Implications of Anti-trafficking Policy and Practice
Right to Work/Collectivization/Unionization
Open Society Institute Materials
Acknowledgments
This document was compiled by the Sexual Health and Rights Project and the Law and Health Initiative as part of the June 2006 Open Society Institute meeting held in Johannesburg, South Africa, entitled “Fostering Enabling Legal and Policy Environments for Sex Workers’ Health and Human Rights.” The meeting brought together activists, researchers, policy analysts, and health and law professionals in an effort to share knowledge and develop advocacy strategies. OSI would like to thank everyone who contributed their expertise and materials to this project, in particular Alice Miller, Jennifer Friedman, and Penelope Saunders.
