Vanessa Ho, director of Project X Singapore, joins Eva Oh to unpack the legal, medical, and social realities for sex workers in Singapore. They discuss everything from navigating hostile systems and language barriers to launching a powerful anthology written by sex workers themselves. With 14 years on the frontline, Vanessa sheds light on criminalisation, community, and what real progress could look like.
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(00:00) - Welcome. What is #teakink
(00:21) - Vanessa, Director of Project X Singapore
(01:25) - How Project X Helps Sex Workers - a lot!
(04:30) - Sex Work Legalities in Singapore
(06:40) - Accessing Health Services Awkwardly as a Sex Worker
(08:58) - Their Book Project - A Singaporean Sex Worker Anthology
(12:40) - What We Have Learned in Our 14 Years around the Sex Industry
(14:50) - Who is Project X?
(15:45) - Singapore's Sex Work Landscape, Throwing OF Creators into Jail
(19:50) - Working with Parliament
(21:40) - Multi-multi-lingual Outreach Services and Woes
(28:33) - The Fight for Legitimacy and Hopes for Singapore
(31:45) - Trafficking, Domestic Workers and Singapore's Villainisation of the Other
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