News Archive: Enero 2018

The Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+) has launched a global survey to inform their strategic planning 2018-2022. They are keen to hear from people living with HIV around the world to learn more about the situation in different countries, including issues relating to treatment access, stock outs, discrimination in health settings, and arrests - including for carrying condoms, distributing syringes, or having sex while HIV positive.  

24 Enero 2018

A little more than a year ago, Romina Rosales, a Latin migrant 43-year-old sex worker, started “Queens of the Underworld”, a non-profit organisation based in L.A., California. According to their website, the organisation “provides community for women-identifying and femme sex workers that serves as a resource for learning coping-skills and self-care”.

23 Enero 2018

Sex workers took to the streets in Kisii, Kenya, demanding action against the killers of their colleague Jescah, known as Msupa Brown. Jescah was reportedly gang-raped before being brutally murdered in December last year. The sex workers, who came from various parts of the country, demonstrated to stand in solidarity with local sex workers following the heinous killings in Kisii.

22 Enero 2018

December saw another raid on a sex workers’ workplace in Tel Aviv, with 11 people arrested on charges of running a ‘prostitution ring'. The raids targeted a number of workplaces around the city’s old central bus station.

8 Enero 2018

The Anti-Trafficking Review, published by the Global Alliance Against Trafficking in Women, is seeking submissions for a themed issue entitled 'Sex Work'. The deadline for submissions is Friday 8th June 2018. 

Call for Papers

8 Enero 2018