sex work
Coverage of sex work in the Nexus archive.
- Analysing the Supreme Court’s judgment on sex work
The Supreme Court delivered a 300-page judgment analyzing sex work, challenging long-standing assumptions in global anti-trafficking discourse.
- Sex work or starve: Aid workers in Nepal left jobless by USAID cuts turn to sex work to survive
Aid workers in Nepal have resorted to sex work to survive after losing jobs due to USAID funding cuts. Over 280,000 aid workers globally were jobless following the United States reducing foreign aid funding.
- Malawi: Alarm As Over 100 Underage Girls Trapped in Sex Work in Rumphi, Campaigners War
Over 100 girls under 18 are involved in sex work in Rumphi, Malawi, according to warnings from campaigners at a stakeholders' meeting. The issue has raised alarm among advocates.
- India: The Sex Workers
A 2004 FRONTLINE/World documentary examined India’s AIDS crisis through the experiences of girls and young women in sex work. At the time, over two million women and girls were navigating the sex trade amid the crisis.
- Oakland approves barriers and street closures in fight against sex work, trafficking
The Oakland City Council has approved a plan to install barriers on several streets along International Boulevard to curb sex work and human trafficking in the area known as 'the Blade.' The initiative aims to address illegal activities by implementing street closures and physical barriers in the targeted neighborhood.