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“Many successful social movements are driven by the same combination- strong activism and the ability to take pain without passing it on. Anyone who can combine those two finds a voice within moral force.”

“By coming together and sharing their stories, they gained a sense of belonging, and the sense of belonging gave them a feeling of self worth, and the feeling of self worth gave them the courage to band together and demand their rights”

“Clients would beat up the women if they insisted on condoms. The police would beat them up if they were carrying condoms- because it proved they were sex workers. So to avoid getting beaten up, they wouldn’t carry condoms. Finally we saw the connection between preventing violence and preventing HIV.”