To Live Freely in This World : Sex Worker Activism in Africa /

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"Sex worker activists throughout Africa are demanding an end to the criminalization of sex work and the recognition of their human rights to safe working conditions, health and justice services, and lives free from violence and discrimination. To Live Freely in This World is the first book to t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Mgbako, Chi (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : New York University Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Family and Relationships.
Prostitutes > Crimes against.
Prostitutes > Civil rights.
Human rights movements.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > Afrique.
Prostituees > Crimes contre > Afrique.
Prostituees > Droits > Afrique.
Prostituees > Activite politique > Afrique.
Human rights movements > Africa.
Prostitutes > Crimes against > Africa.
Prostitutes > Civil rights > Africa.
Prostitutes > Political activity > Africa.
Africa.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: "We Have Voices"
  • "Our House's Foundation": Understanding Sex Work in Africa
  • "In a Dark Place There's No Light": Criminalization and Human Rights Abuses against African Sex Workers
  • Out of the Shadows: Multiple Stigmas against African Transgender, Queer, Migrant, and HIV-Positive Sex Workers
  • "Each Other's Keeper": The Birth of Sex Worker Organizing in Africa
  • "Solidarity Is Beautiful": Intersectionality of Sex Worker, Feminist, HIV, LGBT, and Social Justice Organizing
  • Watering the Soil: Key Organizing Strategies and Law Reform
  • "Hearts Strong Like Storms": Confronting Anti-Protitution Activists, Religious Opposition, and Political Whorephobia
  • Epilogue: Africa and the Global Sex Workers' Rights Movement.

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