Commentary on the Draft Protocol To Combat International Trafficking In Women And Children Supplementary To The Draft Convention On Transnational Organized Crime
(A/AC.254/4/add.3)
January 1999
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PRESS RELEASE
Dated: April 30, 1998
Today at 12 midnight, around six hundred sex workers observed May Day resolving to continue their fight till the establishment of their rightful position ( right of a worker) in the society and constitute a self regulatory board to prevent exploitative practices rampant in different red light areas at College Square in Calcutta.Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee being the National Secretariat of the National Network of Sexworkers had organised the celebration.
Theme: Human Rights
PRESS RELEASE
Monday, November 23, 1998
A two-day follow-up meet of the First National Conference of Sexworkers organised by Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (DMSC) began in Calcutta yesterday at the University Institute Hall. This National level meet of sexworkers and non-government organisations (NGOs) working among them was participated by 32 delegates from Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Tamilnadu, Mumbai, Delhi etc.It is held in line with the resolution adopted by the National Network of sexworkers during the second phase of the First National Conference of Sexworkers held on March, 1998.
Theme: Human Rights
Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (DMSC) & The Usha Multipurpose Co-operative Society Ltd.
In November 1997, the First National Conference of Sex Workers in India was held in Calcutta. The conference was convened by Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (Committee for Co-ordination of Women), a forum exclusively of sex workers and their children.
ALL ISSUES OF RESEARCH FOR SEX WORK CAN BE FOUND HERE.
Table of Contents:
Appropriate health services for sex workers - I. Wolffers (Vrije Universiteit) 1
“There aren’t even any written materials in the clinic to read” - R. Montgomery
(AIDS infoshare) 3
Starting to work with sex workers in Cambodia: The need for context - C. Khus 5
HIV/AIDS interventions for street-based sex workers in Dhaka City - M. Bloem 7
Migrant sex workers in Europe - L. Brussa (TAMPEP) 8
Theme: Legislation and Policy
Research for Sex Work 6: Sex Work and Human Rights is a peer-reviewed publication for sex workers, activists, health workers, researchers, NGO staff and policy makers. It is available in English. All issues of Research for Sex Work can be found here.
Theme: Legislation and Policy