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2 results foundAuthor: Rao, Sandhya Title: Who Stole the Tarts? Sex Work and Human Rights Summary: The title of this monograph and all the chapter headings are drawn from Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Besides the allusion to tarts, the pejorative term for sex workers, the farcical fantasy of Alice’s adventures in the mythical Wonderland seems an apt reference to the unfamiliarity of the terrain, and Alice’s experiences echo much of our experiences in writing this paper. Coming as we do from decades of work using the human rights framework, it is indeed difficult for us to critique it. But we see the need to revisit this framework and do a reality check as to where it has succeeded and where it has failed. The successes are well documented and therefore we choose to dwell on areas where it has not delivered as promised. We claim that the human rights framework is a necessary but not a sufficient condition to address the problems faced by some populations, in particular the sex workers. We do not claim that it has failed entirely here either. However, there is a need to take into account the issues highlighted in this monograph. In addition the title reflects some of the absurd ways human rights are constructed and applied to sex workers. The attitudes of morality that surround sex work are mirrored in much of the tale. From ground experience, the human rights framework, in the context of sex work seems to be as farcical as the trial in Alice in Wonderland. Human rights, their violations, and lack of access to the universal justice that it purports to offer, and indeed the framework itself, is the focus of this paper. How does it work with sex workers? Through a literature survey and by talking to sex workers in unstructured interviews, this paper critically engages with the dilemma that human rights presents to those in sex work. The paper attempts to inspire a lively discussion on this topic rather than provide answers. Details: Maharashta, India: Sampada Gramin Mahila Sanstha (SANGRAM), 2009. 38p. Source: Internet Resource: Monograph Series 4: Accessed April 4, 2012 at: http://sangram.org/Download/D1.pdf Year: 2009 Country: Asia URL: http://sangram.org/Download/D1.pdf Shelf Number: 124817 Keywords: Human RightsProstitutesProstitutionSex Workers (Asia) |
Author: Kaur, Manpavan Title: 'Recognising the Economic Relationship between Sex Workers and Sex Businesses Summary: This NTS Alert discusses the economic relationship between sex workers and sex businesses in Southeast Asia in order to critically examine hitherto narrow interpretations which posit an integral link between sex work and sex trafficking. Economic motivations of the sex industry can induce the voluntary entry of sex workers into the industry. This undermines the presumption that all sex workers are ‘victims ’ of trafficking. Hence, this NTS Alert highlights the importance of broadening the interpretation of sex work if the exploitation experienced by sex workers in Southeast Asia is to be adequately addressed. Details: Singapore: RSIS Centre for Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studies for NTS-Asia, 2011. 9p. Source: Internet Resource: NTS Alert May 2011 (Issue 1): Accessed April 6, 2012 at: http://www.rsis.edu.sg/nts/HTML-Newsletter/alert/NTS-alert-may-1101.html Year: 2011 Country: Asia URL: http://www.rsis.edu.sg/nts/HTML-Newsletter/alert/NTS-alert-may-1101.html Shelf Number: 124858 Keywords: ProstitutesProstitutionSex TraffickingSex Workers (Asia) |