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RAIDED: How Anti-Trafficking Strategies Increase Sex Workers' Vulnerability to Exploitative Practices

RAIDED was developed to forefront the experiences of women in sex work who have been raided, rescued and rehabilitated under the provision of anti-trafficking initiatives in India. It examines women’s narratives along with quantitative data about the strategies of raid, rescue and rehabilitation deployed to combat trafficking of women into sex work. The study unravels the impact of laws and policies on the lives of sex workers.

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RAIDED: Executive Summary, SANGRAM, VAMP - 2018

Theme: Migration & Trafficking

Behind the Rescue: How Anti-Trafficking Investigations and Policies Harm Migrant Sex Workers

Behind the Rescue: How Anti-Trafficking Investigations and Policies Harm Migrant Sex Workers is a report produced by Butterfly (Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network), featuring the testimony of 18 Asian migrant sex workers, who contacted Butterfly when they were arrested, detained, and/or deported between May 2015 and August 2016 in Canada.

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Behind the Rescue, Butterfly - 2018

Theme: Migration & Trafficking

Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee bulletin 23: 15 February 2013

The bulletin of the DMSC, discussing common financial scams, police violence, and the work to tackle HIV, human rights violations by the police, and the stigma that prevents sex workers from accessing services.

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DMSC Bulletin23 (2) 04_Jul_2013.pdf

Theme: Human Rights

Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee bulletin: May 15th 2013

The bulletin of the DMSC, discussing common financial scams, police violence, and the work done to tackle HIV, human rights violations by the police, and the stigma that prevents sex workers from accessing services. It also discusses the success that self-regulating sex worker boards have had in tackling trafficking, in contrast to the more well-resourced non-sex worker-led programmes.

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Bulletin26.pdf

Theme: Human Rights

Public Health Crisis: The Impact of Using Condoms as Evidence of Prostitution in New York City

PROS Network (Providers and Resources Offering Services to sex workers) participated in two studies in New York around the impact of policies that use of condoms as ‘evidence of prostitution’. This report written by the PROS Network and Leigh Tomppert of the Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center, which was funded by Open Society Foundation and the Elton John Foundation, compares the findings of the two studies.

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20120417-public-health-crisis[1].pdf

Theme: Legislation and Policy

Report on the Impact of China's 2010 "Strike Hard Campaign": A Crackdown on Sex Work

Source: AsiaCatalyst.org

The 2010 "Strike Hard Campaign" (police crackdowns) put in place a zero tolerance policy on sex work, gambling and drugs all across China. While many brothels and popular clubs were closed ultimately sex workers continued work out in more remote areas. This geographic shift cut people off from essential health services, HIV/AIDS education, and even funeral services for women who die while cut off from their families.

Here in its first major report The China Sex Worker Organization Network Forum trained its members to document the effects of the crackdown.

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EN_Research_on_the_Impact_of_Crackdown_on_Sex_Work_and_HIV_Interventions_in_China[1].pdf

Theme: Health, Legislation and Policy, Stigma & Discrimination, Violence