“ Social justice for girls and young women in the sex trade means having the power to make all of the decisions about our own bodies and lives without policing, punishment, or violence. Our community is often represented as a “problem” that needs to be solved or we are portrayed as victims that need to be saved by someone else. We recognize that girls have knowledge and expertise in matters relating to our own lives that no one else will have. We are not the problem—we are the solution.
Girls do what they have to do to survive: methods used by girls in the sex trade and street economy to fight back and heal (pdf) from the young women’s empowerment project. (via igather)
2 years ago
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