AIDS 08: Pisey Ly from Womyn's Agenda for Change on Sex Worker Rights
By: AIDS 08 Conference
Posted: Aug 8 08
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Regions: Cambodia, Mexico
Issues: HIV-AIDS, Labor, Sexual rights
Tags: aids, Cambodia, hiv, labor, labour, méxico, sex workers, sexworkers, sopha@fhi.org.kh, women human rights defenders, womyn's
Pisey Ly, an organizer and human rights activist from Cambodia, speaks out about her experiences of working for sex worker rights, and dealing with her own cultural assumptions; filmed as part of a participatory video project at the International AIDS Conference, Mexico City, 2008.
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