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On the Issues
27 Jan 2011
Many people are surprised to learn that some contemporary feminists work with Right-wing Christians on the issue of trafficking in persons – actions that sell out the rights of other women, particularly those who freely work in the sex trade.
guardian.co.uk
8 Nov 2010
The New York attorney general was disgraced for hiring escorts, but never went to jail – unlike the sex workers he prosecuted.
RH Reality Check
4 Oct 2010
On September 28th, 2010, in an unprecedented judicial move, an Ontario court struck down three provisions that criminalize activities related to prostitution. Prostitution itself is not illegal in Canada but ancillary activities like advertising and...
Global Health Magazine
28 Jul 2010
Since 2003, U.S. government funding to address the HIV/AIDS pandemic has been subject to an anti-prostitution clause forbidding the “promotion of prostitution” by grant recipients. There are few published articles about the effects of PEPFAR’s anti...
Feminist Review
27 Jul 2010
Vampire mania has taken hold and Sonia Shah’s “The Fever” goes back in time before Twilight and even Dracula to the first vampires: mosquitoes and their parasites. Shah tells a good story, and this story has everything from drama and risk to villains...
RH Reality Check
22 Jul 2010
A recent report by Human Rights Watch describes the abuse of sex workers by Cambodian police, who declared open season on sex workers in the wake of a new anti-trafficking law that criminalizes sex work. The new law was a response to the perennial...
guardian.co.uk
25 Jun 2009
As the global economy shrinks, human trafficking is on the rise – and it extends far beyond prostitution.
RH Reality Check
23 Jun 2009
The State Department’s new Trafficking in Persons report suggests that the Obama administration will opt for evidence-based responses to trafficking over putting restrictions on women “for their own good.”
guardian.co.uk
16 Apr 2009
Nevada’s innovative $5-a-time sex tax would have given something back to the state’s prostitutes.
RH Reality Check
17 Oct 2008
Around the world, people turn to sex work in the hopes of earning a living wage – and maybe even to support their families. But misguided policies routinely deny them that right.