Prostitution
Police Abuse of Sex Workers: A Global Reality, Widely Ignored
by Chi Mgbako
December 15, 2011 - 6:05pm (Print)
Sex workers deserve the basic respect and protection from violence that each nation owes its citizens. But in many settings, police abuse of sex workers receives scant public attention despite its entrenched global reality.
The "H" Word
by Stigma Shame and Sexuality Series, Gender Across Borders
September 22, 2011 - 8:30am (Print)
It would seem that no one enjoys being called a “hooker,” whether you are a sex worker or not.
3-Year-Old's Prostitute Costume on "Toddlers & Tiaras"
On TLC's "Toddlers and Tiaras" child pageant TV show, a toddler is dressed up as Julia Roberts' character - a prostitute-to-socialite Cinderella-type character - from the movie Pretty Woman. The toddler, Paisley, wears two outfits in this act, one a "hooker" outfit (shown in the video here) and another a more tasteful dress created in the image of one that Julia Roberts dons later in the Pretty Woman film. Of these two, Paisley's mother (Wendy Dickey) announced that the "hooker" outfit would be given to an anti-choice fundraiser.
Louisiana Sex Workers Will No Longer Be Labeled as Sex Offenders
June 29, 2011 - 12:20pm (Print)
Louisiana's era of forcing certain convicted sex workers to register as sex offenders appears to be over. Governor Jindall's office announced today that he had signed into law a bill, sponsored by Louisiana State Representative Charmaine Marchand Stiaes, that effectively moves prostitution convictions back to the level of misdemeanor.
RH Reality Check's Most Read Stories of 2010
by Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check
December 22, 2010 - 1:59pm (Print)
The ten most read stories on RH Reality Check this year include Christine O'Donnell's crusade against masturbation, a look at how universities deal with sex in dorms, and early reporting of the Utah legislation that sought to criminalize miscarriage.
Treating Violence Against Sex Workers as a Hate Crime
by Rosie Campbell and Shelly Stoops
December 16, 2010 - 6:40pm (Print)
Over the last decade sex work projects, the police and other agencies in Liverpool (United Kingdom) have been addressing violence against sex workers, encouraging reporting and taking crimes committed against sex workers seriously.
Can We End Violence Against Sex Workers?
by Chi Mgbako
December 16, 2010 - 6:29pm (Print)
Our staunch moral judgment of individuals who by choice or circumstance participate in the sex industry results in the shattering silence around incidents of rapes, assaults, and murders of sex workers.
Police Violence And Sex Workers in Europe, Central Asia
by Anna-Louise Crago and Aliya Rakhmetova and Acacia Shields
December 16, 2010 - 6:23pm (Print)
The state consistently fails to punish police who commit violence against sex workers.
Violence Against Indigenous Canadian Sex Workers
by Emily van der Meulen and Jessica Yee and Elya M. Durisin
December 16, 2010 - 6:17pm (Print)
Aboriginal sex workers are subject to dual discrimination, experience high rates of violence, including murder, and high rates of HIV among other outcomes associated with violations of their human rights.
Domestic Violence Against Sex Workers in Cambodia
by Chan Dyna and Keo Sichan and Melissa Cockroft
December 16, 2010 - 6:13pm (Print)
Little attention is given to violence experienced by sex workers from those closest to them: their husbands, boyfriends and partners.
