HUMAN TRAFFICKING, HIV/AIDS AND THE SEX SECTOR
Presented by
American University Washington College of Law and
The Center for Gender Health and Equity
March 18, 2009
9:00 am - 2:30 pm
American University Washington College of Law
4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Room 603, Washington, DC
Human trafficking and forced labor are global human rights abuses. Over the past eight years, the United States has supported some excellent programs=
but it has also adopted an ideologically-driven approach to the sex sector
that harms women and their families, increases the vulnerability of people
in the sex sector to violence, trafficking and HIV infection, prevents health care workers from accessing sex workers and does nothing to prevent trafficking. Sex workers who do not want to be 'saved' are being subjected to violent raids and rescues and some of them are being arrested, abused and deprived of their livelihood. Recipients of U.S. funding must sign a pledge that undermines their ability to work non-judgmentally and collaboratively with sex workers to stop trafficking, child prostitution and violence, and fight HIV/AIDS. This symposium brings together international and U.S. experts to share experiences and discuss the ways in which the Obama Administration can create new U.S. policies on human trafficking and HIV/AIDS that=
are consistent with international human rights standards, best practices in public health, and grounded in reality.
9:00 - 9:15 Welcome
Ann Jordan, Director, Program on Human Trafficking and Forced Labor, Center=
for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Serra Sippel, Executive Director, Center for Gender Health and Equity
9:15 - 10:30 Anti-Prostitution Policies and Human Rights
Human Rights Framework: Serra Sippel
Legal framework and U.S. policy: Ann Jordan
Legal challenges to U.S. anti-prostitution policy: Zoe Hudson, Open Society=
Institute
Moderator: Martina Vandenberg, Jenner and Block
10:30 - 10:45 Coffee break
Video: Cambodia's new anti-trafficking law: Sex Workers speak out
10:45 - 11:30 The Impact of Anti-Trafficking and Anti-Prostitution Campaign=
s on Sex Workers in Cambodia
Sara Bradford, Asia Pacific Network of Sex Work Projects
Moderator: Christina Arnold, Executive Director, Prevent Human Trafficking
11:30 - 12:15 Sanghamitra: A Journey Towards Social and Economic Empowermen=
t
Dr. Shilpa Merchant, Population Services International and the Sanghamitra =
Project
Moderator: Sneha Barot, Senior Public Policy Associate, Guttmacher Institut=
e
12:15 - 1:00 Lunch
Video: Taking the Pledge
Video: Compelled To Act: The Theatre of Sex Workers in Mali
1:00 - 1:45 Danaya So: Bringing Hope to Women and their Families
Sylvia Mollet, DANAYA SO
Moderator: Pauline Muchina, Ph.D., Senior Partnership Advisor, UNAIDS
1:45 - 2:30 The Government of Brazil and Sex Workers Collaborate to Address=
HIV/AIDs
Gabriela Leite, President, Davida
Moderator: TBA
General Registration - no charge, but required.
To register, please go to www.wcl.american.edu/secle/registration
For further information about registration, please contact:
Office of Special Events & Continuing Legal Education,
American University Washington College of Law
202.274.4075 or secle@wcl.american.edu
Presented by
American University Washington College of Law and
The Center for Gender Health and Equity
March 18, 2009
9:00 am - 2:30 pm
American University Washington College of Law
4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Room 603, Washington, DC
Human trafficking and forced labor are global human rights abuses. Over the past eight years, the United States has supported some excellent programs=
but it has also adopted an ideologically-driven approach to the sex sector
that harms women and their families, increases the vulnerability of people
in the sex sector to violence, trafficking and HIV infection, prevents health care workers from accessing sex workers and does nothing to prevent trafficking. Sex workers who do not want to be 'saved' are being subjected to violent raids and rescues and some of them are being arrested, abused and deprived of their livelihood. Recipients of U.S. funding must sign a pledge that undermines their ability to work non-judgmentally and collaboratively with sex workers to stop trafficking, child prostitution and violence, and fight HIV/AIDS. This symposium brings together international and U.S. experts to share experiences and discuss the ways in which the Obama Administration can create new U.S. policies on human trafficking and HIV/AIDS that=
are consistent with international human rights standards, best practices in public health, and grounded in reality.
9:00 - 9:15 Welcome
Ann Jordan, Director, Program on Human Trafficking and Forced Labor, Center=
for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Serra Sippel, Executive Director, Center for Gender Health and Equity
9:15 - 10:30 Anti-Prostitution Policies and Human Rights
Human Rights Framework: Serra Sippel
Legal framework and U.S. policy: Ann Jordan
Legal challenges to U.S. anti-prostitution policy: Zoe Hudson, Open Society=
Institute
Moderator: Martina Vandenberg, Jenner and Block
10:30 - 10:45 Coffee break
Video: Cambodia's new anti-trafficking law: Sex Workers speak out
10:45 - 11:30 The Impact of Anti-Trafficking and Anti-Prostitution Campaign=
s on Sex Workers in Cambodia
Sara Bradford, Asia Pacific Network of Sex Work Projects
Moderator: Christina Arnold, Executive Director, Prevent Human Trafficking
11:30 - 12:15 Sanghamitra: A Journey Towards Social and Economic Empowermen=
t
Dr. Shilpa Merchant, Population Services International and the Sanghamitra =
Project
Moderator: Sneha Barot, Senior Public Policy Associate, Guttmacher Institut=
e
12:15 - 1:00 Lunch
Video: Taking the Pledge
Video: Compelled To Act: The Theatre of Sex Workers in Mali
1:00 - 1:45 Danaya So: Bringing Hope to Women and their Families
Sylvia Mollet, DANAYA SO
Moderator: Pauline Muchina, Ph.D., Senior Partnership Advisor, UNAIDS
1:45 - 2:30 The Government of Brazil and Sex Workers Collaborate to Address=
HIV/AIDs
Gabriela Leite, President, Davida
Moderator: TBA
General Registration - no charge, but required.
To register, please go to www.wcl.american.edu/secle/registration
For further information about registration, please contact:
Office of Special Events & Continuing Legal Education,
American University Washington College of Law
202.274.4075 or secle@wcl.american.edu
