Full Disclosure with Eric Barry

Full Disclosure with Eric Barry


FD 149: Amnesty International and Decriminalizing Sex Work with Maggie McNeill

August 04, 2015

A draft proposal from Amnesty International was recently leaked, in which the human rights giant advocated for the worldwide decriminalization of sex work, or prostitution. The recommendation, which will be voted upon this week in Dublin, is based off years of data which shows that when sex work is decrminalized, crimes against sex workers and other human rights violations decrease. Unfortunately, this has many Hollywood power players from Lena Dunham to Meryl Streep, who have years aligned themselves with the advocacy group, calling for Amnesty International to reverse its position.
But sex workers, the actual professionals who the proposal is designed to protect, aren't in agreement with Hollywood. 
Joining the show this week is sex worker rights advocate, author of The Honest Courtesan, and veteran sex worker Maggie McNeill.
Maggie and I have an in-depth conversation about why Amnesty International is making this proposal, what the data shows, the length to which government institutions have gone to strip sex workers of autonomy, and why Hollywood isn't on the same page as human rights advocates on this issue.
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