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Thu, Jul 26 2012 02:56:42

The Aids 2012 summit in Washington & sex workers gather in Kolkata for alternative summit

Tweets from the official International AIDS Conference in Washington, and the week-long summit and protest in Kolkata, sex workers organised in response to US visa restrictions that prevent them traveling to the US.

  1. In Kolkata
  2. RT @zoescrogings The #sexworker satellite in Kolkata watching live Washington coverage #SWFF http://pic.twitter.com/JYYZ794k #aids2012
    Scarlet Alliance@scarletalliance
    ·
    Mon, Jul 23 2012 17:19:10
  3. KaneSexworker
    Kane Matthews@KaneSexworker
    #swff It’s important that #sexworkers answer for ourselves and not our allies talking on our behalf. That is why we are here!
    Wed, Jul 25 2012 01:56:21
  4. melissagira
    Melissa Gira Grant@melissagira
    "Sex workers in Kolkata watched again in frustration as they were talked *about* half a world away." Liz, from EMPOWER #SWFF #aids2012
    Wed, Jul 25 2012 06:43:07
  5. APNSW+ leads sex workers can end AIDS march in Kolkata. #SWFF #wecanendaids http://pic.twitter.com/88GDCZ3E
    apnsw@apnsw
    ·
    Tue, Jul 24 2012 15:20:58
  6. RT @aids2012: So many interesting and exciting updates from the #SWFF. Keep it going! http://pic.twitter.com/0nxGm9mI
    AIDS Community@AIDSCommunity
    ·
    Mon, Jul 23 2012 19:51:39
  7. In Washington
  8. mklavers81
    Michael K. Lavers@mklavers81
    Just watched a live-stream of the sex workers conference in Kolkata from the Global Village's Main Stafe #AIDS2012 #dc #LGBT
    Wed, Jul 25 2012 08:53:53
  9. RT @michelmaietta: Hillary Clinton committed to support Most At Risk Populations (MARPs) in the fight against AIDS #AIDS2012 http://pic.twitter.com/L69l8VQt
    Sidaction@Sidaction
    ·
    Mon, Jul 23 2012 12:03:39
  10. Blair Palmer repping @Medic at #AIDS2012. Pictured here w/ Dr. Benedict Xaba, Swaziland's Minister of Health http://pic.twitter.com/2Qx5GYsG via @Medic
    Jessica Qu@Jessica_Qu
    ·
    Wed, Jul 25 2012 17:03:16
  11. Cluster of red umbrellas = #sexworkers at #IAC2012 march heading for the Whitehouse. via @Babettchen http://pic.twitter.com/tiTTXFtm #hivrights
    Tracy Quan@TracyQuanNYC
    ·
    Tue, Jul 24 2012 11:50:09
  12. HIV_SpeakingUp
    Silvia@HIV_SpeakingUp
    Dr Gupta: we do so much to get children born HIV free but we are not doing enough to keep adolescent girls safe from acquiring HIV #AIDS2012
    Wed, Jul 25 2012 07:46:21
  13. Great turnout at the #RRA Special Session at #AIDS2012 yesterday! @aids2012 @UNAIDS http://pic.twitter.com/GW34WL2h
    Red Ribbon Award@RedRibbonAwards
    ·
    Thu, Jul 26 2012 02:12:09
  14. @RickWarren & others on panel at Summit on Christian Role in HIV/AIDS response. #aids2012 #iacfaith http://pic.twitter.com/o9VwT879 via @gdbrekke
    EAA@e_alliance
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    Thu, Jul 26 2012 02:36:04
  15. RT @MdM_France: Fight HIV & HCV not People using drugs ! #Washington #AIDS2012 http://pic.twitter.com/pq3K3fRk
    monique perez@moniqueperez2
    ·
    Thu, Jul 26 2012 02:30:25
  16. Allan Clear of @HarmReduction and Kelli Dorsey of Different Avenues on travel ban vs drug users/sex workers. #AIDS2012 http://pic.twitter.com/iZkN9Npw
    Melissa Gira Grant@melissagira
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    Mon, Jul 23 2012 13:26:05
  17. melissagira
    Melissa Gira Grant@melissagira
    Rule for my last day of #AIDS2012 : if session presenters use "they" language (re: HIV work) nearly exclusively, find a new session.
    Wed, Jul 25 2012 08:27:31
  18. Drug users
  19. hul_gil
    eliot albers@hul_gil
    In Kolkata drug users are forming strong links with sex workers - you can't 'turn the tide without us' #SWFF
    Mon, Jul 23 2012 06:32:36
  20. TaMa_Le
    Tatyana M. @TaMa_Le
    'When you criminalize people, you cannot stop #HIV' - Alexei Kurmanaevsky on barriers to treatment for drug users in #Russia. #AIDS2012
    Wed, Jul 25 2012 09:00:53
  21. LizHughesDD
    Elizabeth Hughes@LizHughesDD
    #AIDS2012 no prog will work unless stigma and discrim is tackled, this goes beyond HIV to marginalised grps LBGT, drug users, sex workers
    Mon, Jul 23 2012 12:08:41
  22. audaciaray
    Audacia Ray@audaciaray
    We can't end AIDS without sex workers and drug users. Nothing about us without us. Travel ban pushes us to the side. #aids2012 #swff
    Sun, Jul 22 2012 07:33:01
  23. DarbyBPPP
    Darby Hickey@DarbyBPPP
    @PauloNYC all the technology cant substitute for the presence of sex workers, drug users at the conference in DC! #AIDS2012 #SWFF #hivrights
    Sun, Jul 22 2012 07:23:46
  24. Gender
  25. PathfinderInt
    Pathfinder Int.@PathfinderInt
    "Gender inequality, violence against women, the inability to negotiate sex, are huge factors in #HIV for #women." @Purnima_Mane #AIDS2012
    Wed, Jul 25 2012 16:24:14

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