Sex Trade

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
· Jul 01, 2019 · 10:18 am
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
· Apr 25, 2018 · 07:45 pm
How Conservative Christian women are shaping public attitudes towards sex work

Mostly, they promote moral panic.

Carly Daniel-Hughes, The Conversation
· Jan 09, 2018 · 11:30 pm

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
· Aug 12, 2017 · 09:30 pm
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
· Mar 01, 2017 · 10:30 pm
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
· Oct 29, 2016 · 11:30 pm

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