Street Beat: Sex Workers at 2008 AIDS Conference

One of the many controversial issues to emerge at International AIDS Conference is a long-standing divide between those forming HIV/AIDS policies and those most affected, who are often left at the sidelines. One marginalized group - sex workers - has struggled for years to get their voices included in the discussion. But some sex workers at the conference in Mexico City reported being told there was no scholarship money for registration fees, while others were told that they needed to speak English. Some did get into the events, which drew some 25,000 people, and FSRN contributor Darby Hickey was there to record their messages in our latest edition of Street Beat.

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