by Furry Girl
07.01.10
"See, the problem with raids is that you have the people who want to rescue women and children who are in prostitution, using the oppressive arms of the state - the most oppressive arm of the state, which is the police - to conduct this 'rescue operation' through a raid. [...] The community is never ever going to respond to anybody who is bringing in the police to rescue them, because they do not view that as a 'rescue'. They view that as another oppressive thing that's done to them."
-- Meena Seshu, founder of SANGRAM in India, in Caught between the tiger and the crocodile on sexworkerspresent.blip.tv
Posted in: International, Quotes, Sex Work, Trafficking / "Rescue", Violence Against Sex Workers | | Comments (2)
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- I operate SWAAY.org, an accessible sex workers' rights site that educates the general public about our lives and our issues.
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