International Sex Worker Rights Day began on March 3, 2001, when the Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee, a Kolkata-based organization representing more than 50,000 workers, organized a festival attended by over 25,000 people. The event took place despite pressure from prohibitionist groups urging the government to revoke the workers’ permit. Since then, organizations around the world…
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Health Outcomes Associated with Criminalization and Regulation Policy Brief
Since the inception of International Sex Worker’s Rights Day on March 3rd, 2001 when a group of 25,000 sex workers in India defied governmental forces and gathered in community, sex across across the world have dubbed this day a cause for celebration and political action. Sex workers themselves are often not involved in the policy…