GLAA says ‘prohibition’ creates more problems than it solves
By LOU CHIBBARO JR
Jun. 27, 2008
The Gay & Lesbian Activists Alliance (GLAA), the local gay group credited with persuading the D.C. government to adopt far-reaching gay and transgender rights legislation since the 1970s, added to its 2008 election year agenda a call for legalizing prostitution in the [...]
Gay group calls for legalizing prostitution in D.C.
Govt urged to legalise sex industry in South Africa
Liesl Hattingh GARDEN ROUTE CORRESPONDENT
A GROUND-BREAKING study on sex work and human trafficking in Cape Town, authored by Chandré Gould, of Hoekwil near George, was launched last night with a critical thinking forum that aims to encourage legalisation of the industry.
The two-year study, entitled Selling Sex in Cape Town: Sex work and trafficking in a [...]
In Egypt, “Prostitute” Is a Slippery Term
By L.L. Wynn, American Sexuality Magazine
Posted on June 26, 2008, Printed on October 15, 2009
It was 2000 and I was at a dinner party in Cairo. I was sitting with *Malak, a belly dancer, and we were eyeing up a young woman who had large oval eyes thickly lined with black kohl and a wide [...]
Punishing Sex Workers Won’t Curb HIV/AIDS, Says Ban-Ki Moon
Published on Reproductive Health | RHRealityCheck.org (http://www.rhrealitycheck.org)
By Melissa Ditmore
Created Jun 24 2008 – 8:00am
Add United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the list of people who understand that arresting and punishing sex workers is counter-productive in the battle against HIV/AIDS. And take the government of Cambodia off that list.
The Global Working Group on HIV and Sex [...]
The politics of human trafficking
http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/08/06/26/10223831.html
06/26/2008 07:38 PM | By Joseph A. Kechichian, Special to Gulf News
When Ronald Reagan was president of the United States, the US Department of Defence published a series of glossy annual reports titled Soviet Military Power, which annotated thousands of minute details about the USSR’s armed capabilities.
They were impressive documents but full of exaggerations and, [...]
Cabaret owners lash out at sex trafficking claims
By Nassos StylianouCABARET owners launched a scathing attack against the authorities as the House Equal Opportunities Committee yesterday found that there were too many loopholes in attempts to tackle the sexual exploitation of women.
The Association of Cabaret Owners was furious that they had not been invited to yesterday’s meeting of the Equal Opportunities Committee on [...]
India: Tirupati-Tirumala hills grapple with rising AIDS cases
Shwetal Rai
CNN-IBN
SCARY STATS: AP AIDS Control Society says there are over 200 sex workers in the Tiruptai-Tirumala hills area.
Hyderabad: There has been a steep rise in the number of HIV/AIDS cases in one of India’s holiest Hindu pilgrimage sites, the Tirupati-Tirumala hills.
Andhra Pradesh AIDS Control Society has found out that over 200 commercial sex workers [...]
South Beach brothel/bus pulled over
By ADAM H. BEASLEY
abeasley@MiamiHerald.com
Posted on Wed, Jun. 25, 2008
Clyde Scott — a 41-year-old with the words ”trust no man” tattooed on his back — was the driver and money holder.
Leah Harriss, Princess Thigpen and Kimberly Daniels allegedly lured the potential clients aboard and, along with Leighann Redding, offered sex for cash.
And Christine Morteh, 29, was [...]
NV: Hospital District concerned about Renown’s purchase of ESMG
June 25, 2008Staff Report
SILVER SPRINGS–The Silver Springs-Stagecoach Hospital District Board of Trustees voted at its meeting last Thursday’s to direct District General Manager Kari Larson, legal counsel Mike Pavlakis and Board member Bill Brown to attend a meeting on July 3 with officials from Eastern Sierra Medical Group and Renown Hospital concerning a change [...]
AP reports “345 arrested, kids rescued in prostitution busts” in five day arrest binge
From Claudine’s blog, Rethink Resources
“345 arrested, kids rescued in prostitution busts,” that’s the headline from the Associated Press this evening. But when you read the article it turns out even though it’s framed as
Hundreds of people have been arrested and 21 children rescued in what the FBI is calling a five-day roundup of networks of [...]
