A Place at the Table: Sex Workers and Allies in the Redefinition of Brazil’s Anti-Trafficking Law

The present article is a brief account of the representational politics surrounding insertion Brazilian prostitutes’ movement into anti-trafficking policy-making, following 2013 death Gabriela Leite, one founders and principal leaders movement. Leite’s left an organizational hole in attempts by Brazil’s oldest sex worker NGOs, Davida, to secure place for workers at policy-making table rewriting country´s laws. Here, we relate how workers, academics, journalists, activists came together attempt patch that hole, successfully fighting representation governmental organs overseeing struggle against human trafficking Rio and, more broadly, Brazil. re-organization this project highlights multifaceted alliances between differently positioned actors can leverage visibility power culture politics, creating opportunities implement policies favor prostitute rights.