[Wamvan] Super Rounds Lecture: Science vs. Moral Rhetoric: Sex Work, Policies and Public Health

[Meenakshi Mannoe]

Super Rounds Lecture: Science vs. Moral Rhetoric: Sex Work, Policies and
Public Health
April 02, 2012 5:00 PM
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Sex workers experience the worst health outcomes globally, with escalating
rates of violence, HIV infection and premature mortality worldwide.
Unfortunately recent history has shown that all too often moral debates
dominate the public health response in sex work, and science continues to
take a backseat to punitive approaches aimed at eliminating sex work and
"rescue" operations. This is despite the ample evidence of the failures of
criminalization in preventing harms among sex workers both locally and
internationally, and the inadvertent role of these policies and
enforcement-based approaches in exacerbating violence and poor health among
sex workers. Growing evidence points to the need for global account-ability
by policy makers, governments, scientists, and international bodies to
public health efforts that redress the health inequity gaps among some of
the most marginalized individuals.

Presenter: Dr. Kate Shannon.
Dr. Shannon is the Director of the Gender and Sexual Health Initiative at
the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, and Assistant Professor in the
Department of Medicine and Associate Faculty in School of Population and
Public Health at the University of British Columbia. She leads a large
program of CIHR and NIH-funded research on the social and structural
determinants shaping sexual health and HIV/STI prevention and care for
marginalized populations both in Canada and sub-Saharan Africa,
particularly youth and sex workers. Her work has contri-buted substantially
to local and global policy discussions, including expert witness testimony
and UNAIDS HIV updates. She is Associate Editor of the International
Journal of Drug Policy and is currently consulting with World Health
Organization on the development of international guidelines and best
practices on violence and HIV/STI prevention among sex workers and clients.
In 2011, she was the recipient of the Peter Lougheed Award (Top-Ranked New
Investigator in Canada in 2010) at the Canada Health Research Awards
Ceremony in Ottawa, and holds a MSFHR Career Investigator/Scholar Award.

Reception: 5:00 pm
Lecture: 6:00 pm
Theatre, Robson Square
800 Robson St, Vancouver BC V6Z 3B7
Contact Person Katherine Came <Katherine.came at ubc.ca>
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