UNHCR

Report: Sex Workers Face Widespread Abuses of Civil and Human Rights

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by Penelope Saunders

November 4, 2010 - 12:48pm (Print)

A recent report on the sex trade illustrates how stigmatization and criminalization of sex workers in the United States result in widespread abuses of civil and human rights.

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Survival Sex

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by Gaiutra Bahadur

October 18, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)

Hundreds of women of the 1.5 million Iraqi refugees in Syria have turned to prostitution. But advocates understand it for what it really is - "survival sex."
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Lack of Prevention for the Displaced

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by Masimba Biriwasha, RH Reality Check, Africa & Asia

August 20, 2007 - 9:27am (Print)

AIDS education is key to empowering internally displaced populations but often neglected, argues a new UNESCO/UNHCR report.

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