{"id":223,"date":"2011-05-05T23:43:04","date_gmt":"2011-05-06T04:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eminism.org\/blog\/?p=223"},"modified":"2011-05-06T05:00:19","modified_gmt":"2011-05-06T10:00:19","slug":"peer-run-support-service-for-sex-workers-loses-funding-while-more-and-more-anti-trafficking-monies-pour-into-incompetent-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/eminism.org\/blog\/entry\/223","title":{"rendered":"Peer-run support service for sex workers loses funding while more and more anti-trafficking monies pour into incompetent &#8220;experts&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, I posted scanned images of the <a href=\"http:\/\/eminism.org\/blog\/entry\/222\" target=\"_blank\"> handout made by a service provider<\/a> which works with trafficked youth (among others). I pointed out that the set of words and phrases juxtaposed to each other in the handout showed a complete lack of cultural awareness and competency on the part of the people who designed it.<\/p>\n<p>I thought I should also post an example of good handouts. Images below come from the handouts for SAVVY, a now-defunct project that provided peer support and resources for women working in the sex industry (I edited the image to disguise date\/time and address, because the group is defunct and I don&#8217;t want to mislead people that it&#8217;s still there):<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/eminism.org\/blog\/img\/savvy-squares.gif\" width=\"612\" height=\"396\" alt=\"*\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Text says: <\/p>\n<div class=\"quote\">\n<p>Ladies,<\/p>\n<p>Are you tired&#8230; Of police harassment, haters, and the dangers of the sex trade?<\/p>\n<p>Do you need&#8230; Free, discreet, non-judgmental assistance and support?<\/p>\n<p>We offer&#8230; Confidential support from current and former sex workers; Cute clothes box; Healthcare info and Legal referrals; Condoms and safer sex supplies; Work-related safety tips; Needle exchange; Free. Just drop-in.<\/p>\n<p>SAVVY<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The other side of the sheet showed the comic below:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/eminism.org\/blog\/img\/savvy-comic.gif\" width=\"396\" height=\"612\" alt=\"*\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are many differences between the SAVVY material and the handout I posted yesterday, but the main difference is: <em>SAVVY was a peer-run program run by former and current sex workers themselves<\/em>. As such they know how to reach out to their peers.<\/p>\n<p>SAVVY existed until several years ago, but its funding was cut. In the meantime, more and more public and private monies are pouring into the anti-trafficking groups, many of which are not just incompetent, but clearly out of touch with reality. That is the sad state of the movement right now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, I posted scanned images of the handout made by a service provider which works with trafficked youth (among others). I pointed out that the set of words and phrases juxtaposed to each other in the handout showed a complete lack of cultural awareness and competency on the part of the people who designed it. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sex-trade"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/eminism.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/eminism.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/eminism.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eminism.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eminism.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/eminism.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/eminism.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eminism.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eminism.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}