UN Considers Rights of U.S. Sex Workers

Ms. Magazine blogger Cara Kulwicki concluded that the recommendations in BPPP/Desiree Alliance submission to  the Universal Periodic Review about sex workers’ health and rights “should be seen as straight up common-sense.” The full article is available at the Ms. Magazine Blog.

Sex Workers Face Widespread Abuses of Human Rights

Penelope Saunders summarized the debates at the United Nations in an article for RH Reality Check.

Sex work in the US: a global human rights issue

Allyn Gaestel of the Foreign Policy Blog Network interviewed Penelope Saunders of BPPP about the intersection of efforts to end human trafficking and sex worker rights advocacy.

Report on The United States of America, 9th Round of the Universal Periodic Review – November 2010

1. This report is submitted by the Best Practices Policy Project,[1] Desiree Alliance,[2] and the Sexual Rights Initiative.[3] It focuses on civil and human rights violations of those engaged, or perceived to be engaged, in sexual trade and sex work in the U.S.

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