sex workers
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.
UPDATED: Federal Appeals Court Overturns United States "Prostitution Pledge" for U.S. Groups; Int'l Orgs Still Subject to Pledge
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
July 6, 2011 - 2:21pm (Print)
A federal court today ruled that the government cannot force U.S. organizations to "denounce" prositution and sex trafficking as a condition for recieving international HIV and AIDS funding. The ruling applies only to U.S.-based non-governmental organizations and does not relieve non-U.S. organizations recieving U.S. funds from being subject to restrictions.
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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.
A New Generation of Sex Work
reader diary by pheasantweber, University of Illinois at Chicago
April 21, 2010 - 3:50pm (Print)
Sex work should be legal. Think of the possibilities of types of brothels and the job creation!
D.C.’s Punitive Sex Work Laws Endanger Women
by Aziza Ahmed and Brook Kelly
January 7, 2010 - 7:00am (Print)
DOJ Drops Appeal of "Prostitution Pledge" Injunction
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
July 22, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)
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Trafficking Report: Less Sensationalism, More Reality
by Melissa Ditmore, Independent consultant
June 23, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)
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."
Gates Foundation Program to Fight HIV in India Wasted, Says Forbes India
June 17, 2009 - 3:17pm (Print)
Good News On U.S. Anti-Trafficking Policy
by Katherine Franke, Columbia Law School
April 2, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)
Harm Reduction Lessons for Reproductive Justice
by Jaspreet Chowdhary, National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum
March 23, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)
