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THE NICHOLAS KRISTOF MONOLOGUES?

Kingston, RI

In her March 1 "Subject to Debate" column, "Kristof to the Rescue?," Katha Pollitt briefly mentions my work against the global sex trade, but in a way that leaves a false impression of the scholarship and advocacy I do. Pollitt writes that I oppose the distribution of condoms in brothels. This is absolutely false. My research has documented that AIDS prevention programs have a policy of overlooking slavery when they distribute condoms. I have criticized the priority of distributing condoms over freeing women and children. I advocate for policies that require NGO workers to report slavery when they encounter it and for laws that penalize pimps, traffickers and the men who go to brothels.

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