1. www.global-campaign.org Not just participants: sex workers’ voices Not just participants: recognizing the critical need for sex workers’ voices in microbicide research & development Anna Forbes, Microbicides 2008

2. www.global-campaign.org Microbicide Research Agenda: Sex Workers Concerns Will researchers meet with sex worker advocates? Is higher risk arising from therapeutic misconception addressed? Does consent form cover “industrial level” use?

3. www.global-campaign.org Microbicide Introduction: what does it mean for Sex Workers? Condom migration = Disproportionate negative impact on sex workers Could work against their insistance on condoms

4. www.global-campaign.org “It is as if you are a factory worker who needs steel-toed boots to do your job safely … but the factory owner will only gives you soft slippers!” USA voice

5. www.global-campaign.org STIGMA !! Painting from Cambodia

6. www.global-campaign.org Girls’ and Women's Protection Strategies Protection Technology Economic Opportunities Social Power Brady, Martha. Population Council, Conceptual Framework. 2005. Woman- controlled HIV prevention Interventions that address gender power imbalances between men and women

7. www.global-campaign.org re: NGOs “When they call meetings with us, they do not talk about our problems. All they talk is AIDS.” Bangladeshi voice

8. www.global-campaign.org “It is the power structure and not the lack of the right cream that makes sex workers vulnerable.” Australian voice

9. www.global-campaign.org Critical strategies needed to address Sex Workers unique risks and needs Sex Workers and their advocates have the  expertise  access and  credibility needed. But as paid, respected partners in research --- not just participants.

10. www.global-campaign.org See: “Questions for Researchers” in “Making Sex Work Safe in Asia and the Pacific” (pages 23-24) -- a publication available on-line at the AsianPacific Network of Sex Workers web site http://apnsw.org/images.html?n=1710

11. www.global-campaign.org Thanks to my teachers… Meena Seshu, SANGRAM/VAMP (India) Nandinee Bandyapadhyay, PATH/India Andrew Hunter, APNSW (Thailand) Khartini Slamah, INSWP (Malaysia) Hazera Begum, Durjoy Nari Shangha (Bangladesh) Cheryl Overs, NSWP (Thailand) Melissa Hope Ditmore (US) any many, many others!