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Migration and Sex Work: Panel, Lecture, and Discussion

Date:
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Time:
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Event Type:
Panel Discussion
Organizer/Author:
5th Sex Worker Film & Art Festival
Phone:
415-99-ASIA-9
Location Details:
Ar+Space Gallery, 1286 Folsom Street (near 9th)

Event: We, Asian Sex Worker Exhibit: Migrant Sex Work Forum and Discussion
in conjunction with 5th Sex Worker Film and Arts Festival

Prices: Sliding Scale $5-? (no one turned away for lack of funds)

7pm: Migrant Sex Work Panel and discussion
Panelists include local experts in issues of sex worker and
migration. Topics include the underside of 'rescues,' adverse impact
of US trafficking policies, migrant rights and more.

8pm: Urban Justice Center presents "Taking the Pledge" USAID money,
anti-prostitution pledges and migrant sex work presentation/discussion

Taking the Pledge by Melissa Ditmore & Erin Siegel (Network of Sex
Worker Projects) - 13 min - Powerful activist detailing with
interviews spanning the globe, addressing the impacts of new US
funding restrictions under the Bush administration.

9pm Melissa Gira: Report Back from Cambodia
Representing Desiree Alliance, the Ms. Gira recently attended a
consultation in Cambodia held in conjunction with The Sexual Health
and Rights Project of Soros' Open Society Institute to organize cross
cultural efforts to support sex worker rights.

Added to the calendar on Mon, Jul 9, 2007 4:37PM
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