Editorial: Gains and Challenges in the Global Movement for Sex Workers’ Rights

Annalee Lepp; Borislav Gerasimov

doi:10.14197/atr.201219121

Editorial: Gains and Challenges in the Global Movement for Sex Workers’ Rights

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Annalee Lepp
Borislav Gerasimov

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https://doi.org/10.14197/atr.201219121

Abstract

Over the past two decades, there has been a growing body of excellent academic and community-based literature on sex workers’ lives, work, and organising efforts, and on the harmful effects of anti-trafficking discourses, laws, and policies on diverse sex worker communities. Importantly, a significant portion of this work has been produced by sex workers and sex worker organisations.^[1] When we decided to devote this Special Issue of Anti-Trafficking Review to the theme of sex work, we acknowledged this reality. However, we also thought that, given that the discourses, laws, and policies that directly impact sex workers globally are continually changing, the production of new evidence-based research and critical perspectives is constantly needed.

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Annalee Lepp

Annalee Lepp is Associate Professor in the Department of Gender Studies at the University of Victoria, Canada. She is a founding member of the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW)—Canada, which was established in 1996, and is a member of GAATW’s Board of Directors. Since 1997, she has been involved in various collaborative research projects that examine Canadian state policies and practices as they relate to trafficking in persons and irregular cross-border movements as well as the impact of anti-trafficking policies on sex workers’ rights in Canada. Email: alepp@uvic.ca

Borislav Gerasimov

Borislav Gerasimov is Communications and Advocacy Officer at the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women and the Editor of the Anti-Trafficking Review. He holds a degree in English Philology from Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski, Bulgaria and has previously worked at Animus Association, Bulgaria and La Strada International, the Netherlands. He has also been involved in the work of NGOs supporting Roma youth, LGBTI people, people living with HIV/AIDS, and sex workers in Bulgaria and the Netherlands. Email: borislav@gaatw.org

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29-04-2019

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Lepp, A., & Gerasimov, B. (2019). Editorial: Gains and Challenges in the Global Movement for Sex Workers’ Rights. Anti-Trafficking Review, (12), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.14197/atr.201219121

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