2010.02.04, 5:00 PM
The February 2010 edition of No One Is Illegal Radio focuses on migration and sex work, specifically on the root causes of migration, the effects of anti-trafficking legislation on women-identified (im)migrants, and the criminalization of sex work.
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This month’s edition of No One Is Illegal Radio features:
- A member of EMPOWER, a sex-workers rights organization in Thailand;
- Jackie from the No Human Is Illegal campaign working with Burmese non-status sex workers in Thailand;
- Nandita Sharma, author of "Home Economics: The Making of Migrant Workers in Canada";
- Jessica Yee of Native Youth Sexual Health Network;
- and (name withheld), a migrant sex worker in Montreal.
For a previous No One Is Illegal Radio interview with Nandita Sharma - "Smuggling, trafficking and open borders" (January 2008) - visit: http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/2008/01/no-one-is-illegal-radio-january-2008.html
No One Is Illegal Radio reports about the frontline struggles for justice, dignity and self-determination by migrants, refugees and indigenous peoples. For previous editions of No One Is Illegal Radio, visit:
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No One Is Illegal-Montreal is part of a worldwide movement of resistance, fighting for justice and dignity, and the right to self-determination for migrants, refugees and indigenous people. Our campaign is in public confrontation with the Canadian state, denouncing and taking action to combat racial profiling, police brutality, detentions and deportations, as well as opposing the displacement and genocide of indigenous peoples on Turtle Island.
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