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.
Submitted September 15, 2010 to Civil Society Section, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, via email to HR&HIVconsultation@ohchr.org
This report was prepared by the Best Practices Policy Project with support from the following organizations working with sex workers, people in the sex trade and other groups in the United States: the Desiree Alliance, Bayswan, Women with a Vision, HIPS, Madre Tierra, St James Infirmary, SWOP-USA, SWOP-Tucson, SWOP-NYC and SWANK, SWOP-Colorado, SWOP-Chicago and other organizations.
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In September 2010 the Best Practices Policy Project reported on key human rights questions in regards to HIV/AIDS in the United States for sex workers, people in the sex trade and vulnerable communities in general. This report was submitted to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in partnership with the Desiree Alliance, Bayswan, Women with a Vision, HIPS, Madre Tierra, St James Infirmary, SWOP-USA, SWOP-Tucson, SWOP-NYC and SWANK, SWOP-Colorado, SWOP-Chicago and other organizations. Key issues emerging included the lack of mention of sex work in the US National HIV Strategy, human rights violations of people living with HIV who are arrested for solicitation, and the use of condoms as evidence. Read the report and download it as a pdf.