Societally, we need to recognize that sex workers have agency and deserve the same respect, dignity and aid as any other person selling their labour.
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The study reveals a consistently biased and negative depiction of sex workers by news media in Nigeria.
Transported to Van Diemen’s Land aged 11, Ellen Miles went on to riot in Launceston’s Female Factory, seek fortune in gold-rush Victoria and live to nearly 90.
Until Bolsonaro’s election win, sex workers had been gaining rights. His ultra-far-right, homophobic, racist and mysoginistic views have made the reality much worse.
Government support programs like CERB and EI provide a safety net. During COVID-19, sex workers accessed various financial support — future policy needs to address the rights and security of sex workers.
Wives were not a part of intellectual life – but sex workers were often seen as having captivating minds, as well as captivating bodies.
Higher education institutions should also consider how to respond should sex work take place on campus, such as in a residence.
The timely re-release of ‘Working Girls’ by Lizzie Borden brings sex work into the public eye as activists in Canada prepare for another Supreme Court challenge to laws criminalizing commercial sex.
Children are not routinely being snatched from pizza parlors and sold into sexual slavery. Sex trafficking more often looks like ‘vulnerable people struggling to survive’ through sex.
Why are sex workers routinely excluded from debates on their own legal and human rights?
More people are getting involved in sex work, especially online – and it can be a lifeline for marginalized people.
New research into sex work in the UK highlights some of the changes and challenges sex workers have faced.
Work in the sexual services industry has been disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic and workers have been left without access to government support.
After a change in the law which criminalises the purchase of sexual services, the French government is willing to help only those who wish to exit prostitution for good.
Citizens-watch programs designed by police to aid anti-trafficking efforts threaten the rights and safety of sex workers.
‘They went through my bins, they checked me for track marks. They made remarks to each other whether I was worth my advertised rate in front of me.’
If India really wants to stop sex trafficking, legislators might consider asking sex workers in Kolkata how they keep the Sonagachi red light district safe and exploitation-free.
The opinions of current sex workers must be sought before any changes are made to the law governing the websites they use.
The HIV epidemic is far from over and it’s not time to disengage, says International Aids Society President Linda-Gail Bekker.
Sex work using the internet is safer for sex workers and easier to police – why would MPs want to change that?
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Professor of Women's Studies and Political Studies, Mount Saint Vincent University
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Assistant Professor, School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Canada
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Associate Professor, Cultural Studies; Gender, Women, & Sexuality Studies, University of Washington, Bothell
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Research Associate, King's College London
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Adjunct professor, Carleton University
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Professor, Gender and Sexuality Studies, University of Calgary
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Lecturer in Literature and Film Studies, Keele University
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Director of Implementation Science, Wits Reproductive Health & HIV Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
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Lecturer at Brunel University, University of Kent
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Associate Professor and Director: Research at the Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute I, University of the Witwatersrand
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Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Loughborough University
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Professor in Criminology, University of Leicester
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Professor of medicine and deputy director of the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre at the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor of Operations and Industrial Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Northumbria University, Newcastle