Sex Trade
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Noida: Police arrest 35 people for allegedly running sex rackets at spas
The police claimed three of the spas were indulging in prostitution.
Scroll Staff
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Tamil Nadu sex scandal: Madurai Kamaraj University professor arrested
Assistant Professor V Murugan is accused of working with another accused Nirmala Devi to lure students into sex work.
Scroll Staff
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How Conservative Christian women are shaping public attitudes towards sex work
Mostly, they promote moral panic.
Carly Daniel-Hughes, The Conversation
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An Indian nun is fighting a lone battle to rescue Cameroonian sex slaves from West Asia
Sister Vanaja Jasphine and her organisation work hard to rescue victims and get them back on their feet.
Inna Lazareva, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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Brothel patrols are keeping minors and trafficked women away from Kolkata's red light district
Self-help boards were set up to stop the trafficking of girls from Nepal, Bangladesh and West Bengal
Anuradha Nagaraj
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Prostitution is legal in Israel, but there is a growing demand to criminalise men who pay for sex
The narrative about whether men should be able to pay women for sex is changing.
Shulamit Almog, The Conversation
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How the American online sex trade continues to thrive
Two criminologists wanted to learn the tricks of the trade so they went to the source, interviewing over 70 pimps.
Loretta Stalans and Mary Finn, The Conversation
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Celebrity activists get it wrong on Amnesty International’s sex work policy
There is a wider social, economic and cultural context in which sex work occurs. The criminalisation of consensual adult sex work does not prevent violence – it exacerbates it.
Rebecca Hiscock, The Conversation