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| Sex Work Explored: Rethinking Laws Regulating Prostitution |
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| 1-4 p.m., Thursday, March 23rd, 2006
Hart Auditorium in McDonough Hall, Georgetown University Law Center 600 New Jersey Ave, N.W. Washington, DC 20001 Key Note Address [1 pm] The Key Note address will explore the theoretical and practical underpinnings of the sex workers’ rights movement and will highlight recent legal initiatives and goals pertaining to the health, safety, and human rights of those involved in sex work. Carol Leigh, Sex Worker Activist and Performer, Director of the Bay Area Sex Worker Advocacy Network Robyn Few, Executive Director, Sex Workers' Outreach Project Panel Discussion [2 pm] The Panel discussion will entertain divergent viewpoints related to alternative legal regimes for regulating prostitution, the maximization of health and safety for sex workers, and how normative feminist, queer theory, and sexuality discourses engage the issue of sex work. Juhu Thukral, J.D., Director of the Sex Workers Project Melissa Ditmore, PhD, Coordinator of the Global Network of Sex Work Projects Denise Brennan, PhD, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Georgetown University Marc Spindelman, J.D. Associate Professor of Law at Mortiz College of Law, Ohio State University G.G. Thomas, Client Advocate and Program Assistant at Helping Individual Prostitutes’ Survive ~Refreshments and snacks will be provided~ For further information on this event please visit their website. |
| The Ninth Annual Symposium of Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law features Different Avenues Board Member Denise Brennan and many friends of Different Avenues |
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