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From cupcakes to construction: Resource center to assist sex-trafficking survivors

Dec 03, 2021

A Las Vegas nonprofit that assists sex workers and survivors of trafficking has a big vision for a modest building in downtown Las Vegas.

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Above: N., a sex worker at a bar in Pattaya, Thailand. The sex trade has offered good-paying jobs for many people from rural areas who were facing a life of tending rice paddies and digging up cassava roots.

How The Pandemic Has Upended The Lives Of Thailand's Sex Workers

Feb 03, 2021
Many of them left rural areas to earn their living in the sex trade and send money home to help their families. COVID-19 restrictions have changed all that.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
The entrance to Herbertstrasse, the heart of the red-light district in Hamburg, Germany. Prostitution is legal in Germany, but the coronavirus pandemic prompted lawmakers to ban sex work in March.

Germany Bans Prostitution During Pandemic. Sex Workers Say That Creates New Dangers

Aug 26, 2020
Prostitution is legal in the country, but lawmakers have banned it to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Sex workers say that has put them at risk, and they want to work legally again.
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COVID-19 Business Closures Put The Squeeze On Sex Workers

Apr 16, 2020

When Governor Steve Sisolak ordered all nonessential businesses to close in order to slow down the COVID-19 outbrea

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Nye County Abandons Plan To Restrict Brothel Workers Leaving

Oct 12, 2019

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada county has decided to abandon a controversial proposal that would have further limited the hours when legal prostitutes were allowed to leave licensed brothels.

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Urmi Basu, center in red dress, with some of the children who live at New Light, the shelter she established.

A Ray Of Hope For The Children Of Sex Workers

Aug 01, 2019
The New Light shelter in Kolkata offers a safe home. Founder Urmi Basu was inspired by a walk through the city's red-light district. This year, she was given India's highest civilian honor for women.
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Sex Workers, Supporters Rally In Downtown Las Vegas

Jun 04, 2019

More than 200 people rallied in downtown Las Vegas this weekend to support sex workers.

The event was hosted by the Las Vegas Sex Worker Collective and sought to highlight the issues sex workers face around the world.

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Siddharth Dube, a longtime public health advocate, has written a memoir: <em>An Indefinite Sentence: A Personal History of Outlawed Love and Sex.</em>

Taunted As A 'Sissy Boy,' Siddharth Dube Shares His Life Story In New Memoir

Apr 13, 2019
The public health advocate came of age in India when homosexuality was outlawed. He reflects on his experiences in An Indefinite Sentence: A Personal History of Outlawed Love and Sex.
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Effort To Study Brothels Gets General Support From Industry

Mar 29, 2019
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Sex, Stigma, And Nevada's Brothels

Dec 30, 2019

The sex workers in Nevada's brothel industry have complex lives but they are not ones filled with self-loathing and regret. 

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Catherine Healy, a former sex worker turned advocate is being made a dame by Queen Elizabeth II, for work championing the rights of those in the sex trade.

Queen Honors Activist Who Fought To Decriminalize Prostitution

Jun 04, 2018
Catherine Healy has spent more than 30 years as an activist and was instrumental in drafting legislation that legalized prostitution in New Zealand. Now she's becoming a dame.
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Critics Say Sex Trafficking Law Will Backfire

Apr 24, 2018

This month, President Trump enacted a new law that led to the closure of some personal ads on Craigslist.

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Craigslist said Friday that it is taking the site's personals section offline.

Craigslist Shuts Down Personals Section After Congress Passes Bill On Trafficking

Mar 23, 2018
Craigslist says it made the change because of the Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act, which is meant to crack down on sex trafficking of children. Free speech advocates are critical of FOSTA.
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The Surprising Wishes Of India's Sex Workers

Apr 30, 2017
A researcher found that some of them don't want to be "rescued." And that in one community, sex work is a traditional occupation for married women.
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Protesters hold signs reading, "Prostitutes are angry. Don't touch our clients," during a protest Wednesday in Paris against legislation combating prostitution and sex trafficking.

In France, It's Now A Crime To Pay For Sex

Apr 07, 2016
The country has passed a law meant to be a comprehensive approach to reducing sex work. But some sex workers say it puts them at greater risk. Clients will be fined about $1,700 for the first offense.
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When Cambodia's government closed the brothels, sex workers in Phnom Penh scattered to bars and entertainment venues.

The Hidden World Of Cambodia's Sex Workers: New Risks, New Hope

Jun 06, 2015
The government closed brothels to clamp down on human trafficking. But that move put the country's prostitutes in grave danger.
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