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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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

BON PRAKA-Solidarity Ceremony

Monk Speaking about how sex workers cannot be discriminated against in Buddhism.