A leading HIV charity says criminalizing sex work can only endanger efforts to prevent HIV and other STIs, by forcing sex workers “to go underground”. Instead, the Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) has called for a change in sex work laws that would allow people involved in the sex trade to work together in a “safer” [...]
According to the World Health Organization, there is an estimate number of 33,3 million people, spread all across the globe, currently living with HIV. Violence perpetrated by clients or pimps, as well as possible difficulties to access sexual health services, have made sex workers one of the most vulnerable groups to the infection. Following the [...]
The Coalition Government has said it has “no plans” to change sex work laws in England and Wales – instead, the Home Office has set as a political priority to provide help to men and women willing to leave prostitution. The so-called “exit programmes” have managed to help sex workers tackle issues such as drug [...]
The debate around prostitution and its role in society is often punctuated with moral dilemmas. Whether endorsing the legalization or the criminalization of sex work, campaigners are frequently confronted with the questions: Is it moral to sell sex? What about buying: is it moral or immoral to purchase sexual services? Should sex workers be seen as a [...]
For eight years, photojournalist Mimi Chakarova tracked down women who were trafficked for prostitution. Her in-depth investigation took her from the Bulgarian village where she was born to the streets of Turkey and to nightclubs in Dubai. She is now sharing the stories of the women she met during her journey with her latest documentary [...]
