ABSTRACT
Despite the shift in international definitions of trafficking, from prostitution to broader migration processes and situations of forced labor, the global sex trade remains a target for many anti-trafficking policies and agencies. This chapter presents excerpts from public statements and appeals by sex worker rights organizations about anti-trafficking interventions and politics. Zi Teng is a non-governmental organization established for the purpose of providing much needed services to Hong Kong and Mainland Chinese sex workers. In addition to its primary concern with sex workers in Hong Kong, Zi Teng also has implemented joint projects with related organizations in different parts of Mainland China since the mid-1990s. The sex workers of Sonagachi and of other red light areas in West Bengal have collectivised themselves under Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (DMSC)—an organisation of and for sex workers. As a result of DMSC's successful intervention activities among sex workers, Sonagachi had forgotten police raids for a while.
