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

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

· Sep 22, 2016 · 05:30 am

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

· Aug 12, 2015 · 06:40 am