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Crossroads of vulnerability. Collision course or place of
solidarity?
• Sex work and religion in Asia.
• By Fatimah binti Abdullah, APNSW
• Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers
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APNSW 2
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PT works in Malaysia
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people think that sex workers are either not religious of are in some way against their religion.
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Sex workers and other vulnerable communities have worked with religious leaders and in many cases they have helped us in fighting stigma
and discrimination.
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Leadership and Advocacy by religious leaders:
• In Cambodia a temple accepted sex workers and transgenders. A procession to the temple was held and the monk welcomed sex workers and talked about their rights and their place in society
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• Procession to temple of sex workers and family
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Sex workers collect donation for temple
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BON PRAKA-Solidarity Ceremony
Monk Speaking about how sex workers cannot be discriminated against in Buddhism.