http://www.laurenandemira.com/2008/0307our-very-own-holiday/ For women who run businesses. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:38:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://www.laurenandemira.com/2008/0307our-very-own-holiday/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Gayle Broad Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:46:45 +0000 http://laurenandemira.com/2008/0307our-very-own-holiday/#comment-91 This year I celebrated IWD with my daughter at an event she helped to organize - a showing of the film "Tales of the Night Fairies" , a film about sex trade workers in Calcutta. This was followed by two sex trade workers from Canada discussing their belief that de-criminalization would greatly benefit workers, providing much greater safety, and vastly improved working conditions. Linking it to the global efforts of sex trade workers organizing, it provided amazing insight into a world that many view only at a surface level. To fundraise for the event, a group of women in the community had earlier hosted a dinner (all made by volunteers) called 'Hot! Sexy! Curry!' - so I had a chance to have 2 great evenings out for IWD. This year I celebrated IWD with my daughter at an event she helped to organize – a showing of the film “Tales of the Night Fairies” , a film about sex trade workers in Calcutta. This was followed by two sex trade workers from Canada discussing their belief that de-criminalization would greatly benefit workers, providing much greater safety, and vastly improved working conditions. Linking it to the global efforts of sex trade workers organizing, it provided amazing insight into a world that many view only at a surface level. To fundraise for the event, a group of women in the community had earlier hosted a dinner (all made by volunteers) called ‘Hot! Sexy! Curry!’ – so I had a chance to have 2 great evenings out for IWD.

]]> http://www.laurenandemira.com/2008/0307our-very-own-holiday/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Emira Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:33:56 +0000 http://laurenandemira.com/2008/0307our-very-own-holiday/#comment-82 And just for the record, this is also something we give our staff. So, even our resident guy gets IWD off as a stat (meaning they get paid). And just for the record, this is also something we give our staff. So, even our resident guy gets IWD off as a stat (meaning they get paid).

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