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/ 14 September 2008
Zeba, a 23-year-old model and actress says she’s found the perfect job. The money is great and her working hours are convenient.
Love at first sight, even through an air-conditioned prism of cheap beer, purple lights and men leering, is easy to find in Bangkok’s bars.
Like countless other Beijing sex workers, ”Kelly” had viewed the Olympic rings as akin to dollar signs, expecting a big pay-day.
Woman sacked for disobeying brothel owner has no protection from labour law, says judge.
Truckers are often blamed for spreading HIV, but new research suggests that they have been misunderstood.
Sex work should be decriminalised and regulated by the same labour legislation as other sectors of the economy, a report recommended on Thursday.
The Constitution promises that ”every citizen” shall be ”equally protected by law”. But how do we account for the violation of sex workers?
The sex industry in Kenya is on the rise, as is the prevalence of HIV/Aids. Child sex work is not uncommon along the coast.
A recent study recommends that prostitution be decriminalised. Chandré Gould explains the study’s purpose and its conclusions.
Organisations working against trafficking could stand to lose funding after a new book finds there is little trafficking in the sex industry
Ellen Machemba has a mop of curly hair and vivacious eyes, though at the moment they are troubled. She is talking about sex work.
HIV/Aids and human rights activists have called for commercial sex work to be decriminalised as a means of tackling the spread of HIV/Aids.