Anna-Louise Crago

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Anna-Louise Crago is a Canadian activist, researcher and author in the field of Sex workers' rights. She has also researched violence and other human rights abuses against sex workers, the homeless and drug addicts in more than 25 countries. [1] Crago is a former sex worker, [2] and has had several works published.

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Sex work and activism

Crago worker as a prostitute for several years on the streets in Montréal, and in indoor locations in Montréal, Gatineau, Toronto and Niagara Falls. [2] She joined Stella, l’amie de Maimie, a Montréal organisation run by, and for, sex workers, later becoming their coordinator of health, legal and social services. [3] She was part of the team that received the AIDS Action Award in 2006, awarded by the NGO Human Rights Watch [4] and leading advocacy organization, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network. [5]

She spoke out strongly against the Prostitution Bill (Bill C-36) proposed by the Stephen Harper government, including attending protests [6] and making a written submission to the Senate of Canada. [2] Since the bill passed into law Crago has campaigned for its repeal. [7] She also campaigns for decriminalizing sex work globally. [8]

Higher education, research and works

Crago received a BFA in 2003 and an MA in 2010, both from Concordia University in Montreal. [5] She was granted a Trudeau Foundation Scholarship in 2013 to pursue research on the experience of sex workers during armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She is currently 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

Selected works

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Anna-Louise Crago". Fondation Trudeau (in French). 13 May 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Crago, Anna-Louise (August 2014). "Submission to the Senate Justice Committee C-36" (PDF). Senate of Canada . Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  3. ↑ "Anna-Louise Crago". HuffPost Canada. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. 1 2 3 "Sex-work research garners alumna doctoral award".
  6. ↑ "Sex workers take to Canada's streets to protest prostitution legislation".
  7. 1 2 3 "Canada: Racial and Gender Justice for Sex Workers". World Policy Org. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  8. ↑ "Sex Workers Rights Are Human Rights". HuffPost Canada. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  9. ↑ "Police Violence And Sex Workers in Europe, Central Asia". Rewire.News. 16 December 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  10. ↑ Sex Workers' Rights Advocacy Network 2009.
  11. ↑ An action agenda for HIV and sex workers.
  12. ↑ Human rights violations against sex workers: burden and effect on HIV.
  13. ↑ 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.
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