This is a selection of some of the links to information about sex work published in the last months of 2010 by PLRI. To keep up with news about sex work, human rights and law around the world follow PLRI on Twitter. twitter.com/PLRI
Argentina Documentary about murder of Argentinian sexworker rights activist Sandra Cabrera http://bit.ly/d1VAC4
Macedonia Rights Not Violence for Sex Workers in Macedonia http://bit.ly/eWxzLv
Asia Pacific Witness blog about APNSW film advocacy for sex workers rights and challenging violence http://bit.ly/bdNsNo
Cambodia: sexworkers http://blip.tv/file/1176895/ See also Human Rights Watch Report ‘off the Streets’ speak about violence trafficking and HIV.
Uganda sex workers protest #HIV law http://plri.wordpress.com/2010/12/15/ugandan-sex-workers-petition-parliament-over-hiv-bill/
Global The NSWP: sexworkers rights in action http://bit.ly/aQTEKu
UK Sex workers protest in London http://tinyurl.com/27n4s9z
Botswana. Sex workers’ list of 10 recommendations to protect sex worker rights http://bit.ly/fBkntu
Zimbabwe Sex workers and gays banned from Sixteen Days of Activism by Police http://allafrica.com/c/-3xkBC
Nigeria: Women threaten to attack sexworkers http://allafrica.com/c/-3yN76
Criminalize hate, not HIV and read the Behind bars stories http:/bit.ly/criminalization
Macedonia sexworkershttp://t.co/0rQ0sLd
Behind Bars: When the System Falls Apart Public health prosecutions of sex workers
Australia: Man who failed to pay sexworker charged http://bit.ly/c62GCZ
USA . sexworkers convicted of prostitution in Colorado must submit to an HIV test. Results go to person tested and to district attorney
India Mob set Naroda guesthouse on fire – India http://t.co/PTRWkq5
Why Decriminalizing Sex Work is Good for All Women: Ms Magazine Blog http://bit.ly/9jhFzQ
Global /Canada Cheryl Overs & Valerie Scott discuss sex work and law www.aidslex.org
New Zealand: New book on decriminalisation of sexworkhttp://tinyurl.com/33uzlw8
Health benefits of legal services for criminalized populations including MSM, drug users #sex workers http://tinyurl.com/253agxf
Madagascar ‘volunteers’ are checking the ID cards of #sex workers to prevent trafficking http://j.mp/dDZCqz
South Africa: Sweat calls on Government to decriminalise sex work http://t.co/pMbJuPk
Namibia sex workers’ demand decriminalisation of trade http://bit.ly/eaMYfx #sexwork #Namibia
Swaziland: It is not illegal to rape a sexworker http://www.times.co.sz/News/23411.html
Colombia: Court says that sexworkhttp://bit.ly/9B03dX is legal and labour rights apply
India: Sex workers fight back against misrepresentation http://bit.ly/aqHhQ4
Decriminalisation of sex work is the starting point: what next for Canada? by Cheryl Overs wp.me/pnH01-di
Nigeria/Mali Thousands of Nigerian women ‘found in Mali slave camps’ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11438341
USA /Global The Obama admin questions the trafficking stats and human rights abuses generated by Bush admin http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2010/
Uganda: discussion of legalisation of sexwork http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/20/734245
Canada decriminalisation and the right to be protected from violence http://www.plri.org/story/sex-work-decriminalised-canada
Canada Prostitution Laws: What does this mean for Thailand? http://bit.ly/cSJWR8 sexwork
700 Guatemalans infected in unethical STI study. What were the sexworkers ‘used to infect’ the 700 humans? Martians !? http://bbc.in/9ssBB5
Video link. How to treat a sex worker. A must see for clients of all forms of sexwork http://fb.me/KA42Cq4s
Indonesia Police arrested dozens of sexworkers four underage, in raids conducted last weekend as part of Operation Supreme Concentration
Sexworkers welcome news of legalisation of sexwork in Taiwanhttp://tinyurl.com/2vua2yh
Ghana: The debate about legalizing prostitution http://bit.ly/ct6wHr
@UNAIDS Some countries arrest sex workers for carrying condoms. Punitive laws are barriers to HIV Prevention
Indonesia: Red lights districts better 4 #sexworkers http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/11/16/red-light-districts-‘ease-our-work’.html
Namibia: Another country considers legalising sexwork http://bit.ly/c7rqcF
Cambodia: NGO accused of illegally detaining minor http://t.co/rZfhUMk
Swaziland: An assessment of sexwork in Swaziland: barriers to and opportunities for HIV prevention http://tinyurl.com/2v2wwcu
Asia: sexworkers bosses will get blame for prostitution http://t.co/hI6PFgq
Stop putting sex workers at risk for HIV/AIDS through discriminatory global health policies http://bit.ly/dcW4pW
Should there be prison time for unknowingly transmitting HIV? Dollars and Sex http://bit.ly/cF7zcF
Outstanding new video ‘Transgendered Women & SexWork’: http://bit.ly/dzoS2m
Asia Pacific Decriminalise prostitution to curb HIV/AIDS epidemic: Asia-Pacific UNAIDS director http://econ.st/aOeefZ
Rwanda The regional coordinator for UNAIDS speaks out against criminalisation of sexwork http://bit.ly/c5b7Fh
Rwanda: Parliament May Decriminalise Prostitution http://allafrica.com/c/-3wR3A
USA Suicide rates in the transgender community see alarming spike http://bit.ly/acPoD6
The anti-trafficking industry is the biggest threat to migrants, Nathalie Rothschild http://ind.pn/b5mWPL
Cambodia http://www.transcontinental.com.au/news/world/world/general/un-funds-cambodias-prison-of-the-undesirables/1983520.aspx
Nepal: HIV rising and sexworkers arrested for carrying condoms PreventionRevolution needed http://bit.ly/cjwSYX
Myanmar: sexworker http://bit.ly/b5eFNm
Uganda: sexworker confronts politician at public rally http://blog.jaluo.com/?p=10401
Criminalisation of homosex identified as a problem in Lancet. Access to services is only consideration for sex workers http://bit.ly/bwk2S1
Cambodia: #sexworkers claims of abuse at detention centre confirmed. B K Moon refuses to discuss UN funding 4 centre http://gu.com/p/2kyme/tw
Indonesia: Sex workers raided for not having JakartaID card, not for sexwork www.beritajakarta.com/2008/en/newsview.aspx?idwil=0&id=17268
My International Transgender Day of Remembrance Podcast is now online http://bit.ly/du0OVG
Inexperienced sex workers, unscrupulous agents: recipe for trafficking http://bit.ly/9ylMfm
Jo Doezema on the White Slavery myth – always worth re-reading http://www.walnet.org/csis/papers/doezema-loose.html
China: Incarcerated sex workers and HIV prevention in China: Social suffering and social justice countermeasures http://bit.ly/9EPxLQ
Sex work in the US: a global human rights issue http://fb.me/JOReShDt
Indonesia: Red light district close and #sexworkers relocate to ‘informal’ venues. Implications for safe sex? http://tinyurl.com/3ydgjxy
Canada’s prostitution laws are rife with contradictions http://t.co/swZlTg5
Korea: Hundreds of clients, sex workers and bar staff charged in bizarre crackdown on sexwork http://bit.ly/aOxhp9
Asia. An inappropriate tool: criminal law and HIV in Asia http://is.gd/gBGB2
Global. This is a pretty thorough summary of the struggles/impasse in recent sexwork scholarship/activism http://huff.to/cxfMF8
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