Pink Space and the Pleasure Approach to Sexuality and the Development Industry in China

In 2008 I attended a workshop organized by Andrea Cornwall and Susie Jolly at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) in Brighton, UK. The workshop discussed the links between sexuality and development industry, analysed the impacts of development on sexuality, and looked at how to engage in both fields in more constructive ways. The many activists and academics gathered at the event shared their knowledge, offered their insights and provided analysis. I found it theoretically and practically inspiring and stimulating for my work at Pink Space, a sexual rights NGO in China.