“We have the right not to be ‘rescued’…”

When Anti-Trafficking Programmes Undermine the Health and Well-Being of Sex Workers

Datos Bibliográficos

ID17824930
AutoresAziza Ahmed (autor de correspondencia), Meena Seshu
Año2012
Número1
Fecha de publicación2012-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAnti-Trafficking Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2286-7511 • E-ISSN: 2287-0113
EditorialGlobal Alliance Against Traffic in Women (PUBLISHER • TH)
DOI10.14197/atr.201219
OpenAlexW2087577887
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas33
Referencias citadas5

This paper highlights the impact of raid, rescue, and rehabilitation schemes on HIV programmes. It uses a case study of Veshya Anyay Mukti Parishad (VAMP), a sex workers collective in Sangli, India, to explore the impact of anti-trafficking efforts on HIV prevention programmes. The paper begins with an overview of the anti-trafficking movement emerging out of the United States. This U.S. based anti- trafficking movement works in partnership with domestic Indian anti- trafficking organisations to raid brothels to “rescue and rehabilitate” sex workers. Contrary to the purported goal of assisting women, the anti-trafficking projects that employ a raid, rescue, and rehabilitate model often undermine HIV projects at the local level, in turn causing harm to women and girls. We examine the experience of one peer educator in Sangli to demonstrate and highlight some of the negative consequences of these anti-trafficking efforts on HIV prevention programmes

Business · Criminology · Economic growth · Economics · Family medicine · General partnership · Harm · Human trafficking · Political science · Public relations · RAID · Sex trafficking · Sociology · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Law · Medicine · Sex work and related issues · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology