What You Can’t Say Might Hurt You
Heather Doyle
February 10, 2012
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Federal courts have repeatedly invalidated the U.S.'s anti-prostitution pledge. Now the Obama administration must decide whether to appeal to the Supreme Court or finally retire this harmful policy.

Centers for Change: Drop-In Centers Facilitate Sex Worker-Led Human Rights Advocacy
February 2012
Drop-in centers are often the only places where sex workers can access health care, legal counseling, and other social services. These centers also play a key role in mobilizing activism by sex workers to change the laws, policies, and practices that violate their human rights.

Why Are Doctors Still Performing Genital Surgery on Infants?
Lydia Guterman
January 30, 2012
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Medical studies show that performing genital reshaping surgery on intersex children at birth or soon after usually causes psychological damage to patients. Yet this remains the standard of care in most countries, despite protests from patient advocates.

The Dark Side of Protection: Forced Sterilization of Women with Disabilities
Tirza Leibowitz
December 2, 2011
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Women are sterilized without their knowledge or consent on various fallacious grounds. In some cases, proponents defend this practice as necessary to protect women. Nowhere is this argument invoked more than in the case of women with disabilities.

Sanctioned Cruelty: Reproductive Rights Violations as Torture
OSI-New York
December 7, 2011
As part of the Campaign to Stop Torture in Health Care, the Center for Reproductive Rights and Open Society Foundations will host a special screening of the Center’s new short documentary, Sanctioned Cruelty: Reproductive Rights Violations as Torture.

Legal Empowerment Program Increases Access to Justice for Sex Workers in South Africa
September 5, 2011
In response to high levels of police violence against sex workers, the Open Society Foundations are supporting Tshwaranang Legal Advocacy Centre and the Wits Institute for Sexual Reproductive Health and Related Diseases to establish a legal empowerment program for sex workers in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Research Papers Shed Light on Human Trafficking
August 31, 2011
The Program on Human Trafficking and Forced Labor at the American University Washington College of Law has launched a series of issue papers on human trafficking-related issues. The issue papers provide research and analyses on the intersection of human rights, trafficking, sex work, and sexual rights, and are intended for activists, governments, and donors to inform their policy positions and advocacy.