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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryThe slow slog to decriminalized sex work in LouisianaThe path to decriminalized sex work in Louisiana leads through racism, poverty, homophobia, and predatory policing.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryThe false feminism of criminalising sex workers’ clientsFeminist arguments against sex work are as influential as they are dangerous.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryDebunking ‘Super Bowl sex trafficking’Effective outreach changed how the media reported on ‘sex trafficking’ for the 2018 Super Bowl. Will the lesson stick?
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaverySex workers can tell you why sex work is work – speak to themRegular interaction with sex workers allowed some of the founders of the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women to...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryGetting anti-trafficking advocates on board with decriminalised sex workSex workers rights’ advocates and anti-trafficking professionals have more in common than they think.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaverySex work, stigma, and the challenge of harm reduction in DenmarkHarm reduction does not exist in a vacuum.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryDecriminalise sex work to prevent trafficking and abuseNew Zealand has shown that decriminalisation helps keeps sex workers safe on the job. Who will follow their lead?
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryDo not dismiss the voices of returned migrants: a response to the IOMPolicies in practice are rarely the same as they are on paper. The IOM would do well to remember that.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryLessons from Bangladesh: six actions to take forward the Global Compact on RefugeesThe Global Compact on Refugees was a step forward on paper. Now we have to make it work.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryDespite progress gender-based violence and harassment is still a reality for global garment workersOnly putting workers in charge of enforcement will shift the needle.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryThe debts of undocumented Vietnamese migrants in EuropeDebt and trafficking were used to explain why 39 Vietnamese migrants were found dead in a lorry in Essex, but whom...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryLGBTQI+ asylum claimants face extreme social isolation in GermanyLGBTQI+ people seeking asylum in Germany are isolated, inadequately housed, and at risk of violence.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryRepressing sex work in France in the name of women’s rights and migrants’ controlFrance’s shift to the Nordic model of sex work is a sign of deeper issues lurking just beneath the surface.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryThe great Indian basic income debateBasic income has entered mainstream political discussion in India like nowhere else in the world. This is the story...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryThe uncertain fate of business and human rightsForefronting human rights in business is a tough sell, but doing anything less creates a lose-lose situation for everyone.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryWhen ‘business as usual’ costs lives: workers in Pakistan call for a binding safety agreementThe global garment industry meets in Pakistan this week, giving them a golden opportunity to accept the lessons of...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryCan you ‘see’ slavery? Black skins, brown skins, and the price of in/visibility in colonial India‘I know it when I see it’ is a problematic guiding principle for anti-slavery activities, yet it has been a feature...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryOnly the voices remained: a diary entry from ChiosOvercrowded, lacking vital supplies, and stinking of urine and garbage. I am ashamed.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryWhat we talk about when we talk about traffickingBeing a feminist anti-trafficking organisation means being against a lot of what passes for ‘anti-trafficking’ these days.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryReviving labour’s fortunes by centring the marginsLabour movements in Europe and the US should draw inspiration from migrant organising.