Sex Work

Why We Need to Bridge the Gap between Sex Workers’ Movements and Abortion Rights Activism
A leafless tree with red umbrellas hung on its branches.

Abortion and sex work share the distinction of being topics on which even feminist activists sometimes find it difficult to remain non-judgmental, confronting feminists with the question: to what lengths are we really willing to go to respect and enable women’s choices and bodily autonomy?

By Kristin Francoeur and Surabhi Srivastava
April 5, 2016
Why We Need to Bridge the Gap between Sex Workers’ Movements and Abortion Rights Activism
मेरी अपनी बात
Five transgender people walking down on an Indian road. Someone behind them is carrying a placard "Save us from saviors". They are wearing bright-coloured sareers, gajras, bindis, and jewelery.

अनीता जो महाराष्ट्र में एक देवदासी हैं, के इस आत्म कथ्य से पता चलता है कि सहमति और हिंसा के मुद्दे हमेशा स्पष्ट और सीधे रूप में सामने नहीं आते। अनीता का कथ्य बताता है कि जीवन की कई परिस्थितियों में वो अपना रास्ता खुद मर्ज़ी अनुसार चुन पाई हैं ।

By Anita
April 5, 2016
मेरी अपनी बात
Sex and Sex Work: Same-Same But Different
In bright orange light, a toy train races around a track that surrounds a toy sized building

A discussion between sex workers of different ages, work contexts and backgrounds at the Empower Foundation centre in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

By Empower
April 5, 2016
Sex and Sex Work: Same-Same But Different
Brushstrokes: The Sound of Laughter*
Drawing of a cow sitting under a tree. But the face of the cow is that of a man wearing sunglasses. The ends of a red gamcha around his neck flow in the wind.

[slideshow_deploy id=’8255′] [slideshow_deploy id=’8268′] “I want to put forward laughter and detachment as ways of resisting and refusing patriarchy by…

By Debolina Dutta
January 18, 2016
Brushstrokes: The Sound of Laughter*
Building Solidarity Amongst Diverse and Marginalised Communities at SANGRAM, Sangli: Part 2
Condoms are distributed by sex workers who work with SANGRAM and VAMP to educate and empower their peers.

This is the second part in a two-part series on SANGRAM’s work in Sangli. Read the first part here. Finding…

By SANGRAM
December 15, 2015
Building Solidarity Amongst Diverse and Marginalised Communities at SANGRAM, Sangli: Part 2
Charlie Sheen Put a Spotlight on HIV and Sex Workers. But Here’s What’s Missing From the Conversation.
Charlie Sheen on The Today Show. Cameraperson is filming him.

In the wake of Charlie Sheen’s announcement that he was HIV-positive, there was talk of how it would affect the…

By Curated Content
December 15, 2015
Charlie Sheen Put a Spotlight on HIV and Sex Workers. But Here’s What’s Missing From the Conversation.
Building Solidarity amongst Diverse and Marginalised Communities at SANGRAM, Sangli: Part 1
Condoms are distributed by sex workers who work with SANGRAM and VAMP to educate and empower their peers.

A gradual process of inclusion; engaging and understanding exclusion  In 1992, health and human rights NGO, SANGRAM, recognised the need…

By SANGRAM
December 1, 2015
Building Solidarity amongst Diverse and Marginalised Communities at SANGRAM, Sangli: Part 1
Providing sexual services to clients with disability
A woman dressed in a black and red dress and holding up a big red umbrella is looking behind. She has long blonde hair and a smile on her face.

I’ve been a sex worker for over 20 years. I’m a migrant sex worker based in Sydney, Australia but have…

By Rachel Wotton
August 1, 2014
Providing sexual services to clients with disability
Review: Scarlet Road
A woman dressed in a red and black dress is seen walking with a red umbrella. She is caucasian and has blonde hair and is looking off into the distance contemplatively. Beside, there is a small polaroid image of the same woman woman lying in bed with an older man. The name of the movie, 'Scarlet Road', is written on top.
August 1, 2014
Review: Scarlet Road
Lives of Sex Workers living with disabilities from VAMP
Photo of a woman in a light blue salary standing leaning against a wall in what looks like arun-down neighbourhood. The text over the image reads: "Shanta Kamble was a sex worker for 15 years. She lives in Uttamnagar, Miraj, a town in southern Maharashtra. As a young girl with polio, Shanta ran away from home."

Following are some short clips made by Point of View, Mumbai  in collaboration with SANGRAM, Sangli about the lives of sex workers living…

By Point of View
August 1, 2014
Lives of Sex Workers living with disabilities from VAMP
I Column: Shades of Grey
Five transgender women dressed in colourful sarees, standing in the middle of the street.

Introduction: As this first-person account of Anita, a Devadasi in Maharashtra, Western India illustrates, issues of consent and violence/coercion cannot…

By Anita
February 1, 2014
I Column: Shades of Grey
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