Anna-Louise Crago
Anna-Louise Crago is a
and has had several works published.Sex work and activism
Crago worker as a
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network.[5]
She spoke out strongly against the Prostitution Bill (Bill C-36) proposed by the
decriminalizing sex work globally.[8]
Higher education, research and works
Crago received a
PhD candidate and Trudeau scholar at the University of Toronto,[7] researching sex work, violence and law and policy.[2]
In 2009 Crago co-ordinated and was the lead author[1] in research organised the Sex Workers' Rights Advocacy Network to study police violence against sex workers in Europe and Central Asia.[9][10]
Crago was involved as an expert during the 2012 preparation of the World Health Organization's Recommendations for Female, Male and Transgender Sex Workers.[2][1]
The Lancet produced a special issue for the XX International AIDS Conference, 2014. Crago was the co-editor and also co-author of the article An action agenda for HIV and sex workers[11] and co-author of Human rights violations against sex workers: burden and effect on HIV,[12] both articles appearing in this edition.[2]
Awards
- 2006 AIDS Action Award (co-recipient)[5]
- 2016 Canadian Governor General’s Award for advancing sex workers’ human rights and gender equality.[7][13]
Selected works
- "Queer & Young & So Much Else". Canadian Woman Studies. 16 (2): 15–17. 1 April 1996. ISSN 0713-3235.
- "Rights Not Rescue: A Report on Female, Trans, and Male Sex Workers' Human Rights in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa". Open Society Foundations. 2008. co-author Jayne Arnott
- "Our Lives Matter: Sex Workers Unite for Health and Rights". Open Society Foundations. 2008.
- "Arrest the Violence: Human Rights Violations Against Sex Workers in 11 Countries in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia". Sex Workers' Rights Advocacy Network. 2009.
- Ne dans le Redlight: The Sex Workers' Movement in Montreal in Meulen, Emily Van der; Durisin, Elya M.; Love, Victoria, eds. (2013). Selling Sex: Experience, Advocacy, and Research on Sex Work in Canada. UBC Press. ISBN 9780774824484. co-author: Jenn Clamen
- Beyrer, Chris; Crago, Anna-Louise; Bekker, Linda-Gail; Butler, Jenny; Shannon, Kate; Kerrigan, Deanna; Decker, Michele R.; Baral, Stefan D.; Poteat, Tonia; Wirtz, Andrea L.; Weir, Brian W.; Barré-Sinoussi, Françoise; Kazatchkine, Michel; Sidibé, Michel; Dehne, Karl-Lorenz; Boily, Marie-Claude; Strathdee, Steffanie A. (21 July 2014). "An action agenda for HIV and sex workers". The Lancet. 385 (9964): 287–301. , PhD et al.
- Decker, Michele R.; Crago, Anna-Louise; Chu, Sandra K H.; Sherman, Susan G.; Seshu, Meena S.; Buthelezi, Kholi; Dhaliwal, Mandeep; Beyrer, Chris (21 July 2014). "Human rights violations against sex workers: burden and effect on HIV". The Lancet. 385 (9963): 186–199. PMID 25059943. co-authors Dr Michele R Decker, ScD, Sandra K H Chu, LLM et al.
- Crago, Anna-Louise (2014). ""Bitches Killing the Nation": Analyzing the Violent State-Sponsored Repression of Sex Workers in Zambia, 2004–2008". Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. 39 (2): 365–381. S2CID 147278016.
References
- ^ a b c "Anna-Louise Crago". Fondation Trudeau (in French). 13 May 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f Crago, Anna-Louise (August 2014). "Submission to the Senate Justice Committee C-36" (PDF). Senate of Canada. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ^ "Anna-Louise Crago". HuffPost Canada. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ^ Bard, Kristy (19 October 2016). "Anna-Louise Crago Receives Governor General's Award in Commemoration of the Persons Case". anthropology.utoronto.ca. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ^ a b c "Sex-work research garners alumna doctoral award".
- ^ "Sex workers take to Canada's streets to protest prostitution legislation".
- ^ a b c "Canada: Racial and Gender Justice for Sex Workers". World Policy Org. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ^ "Sex Workers Rights Are Human Rights". HuffPost Canada. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ^ "Police Violence And Sex Workers in Europe, Central Asia". Rewire.News. 16 December 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ^ Sex Workers' Rights Advocacy Network 2009.
- ^ An action agenda for HIV and sex workers.
- ^ Human rights violations against sex workers: burden and effect on HIV.
- ^ Government of Canada, Status of Women Canada. "2016 Recipients Governor General Awards in Commemoration of the Persons Case". cfc-swc.gc.ca. Retrieved 2022-10-25.