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KESWA and Winnipeg Working Group Participate in ‘Love Positive Women’ Campaign

Sex workers and members of the LGBTQ community in Winnipeg, Canada held three Valentine’s card-making events in February 2016. The events in Winnipeg were organised by members of the Winnipeg Working Group, Genderfest Winnipeg, and the International Community of Women Living with HIV (ICW).

Posted 2 March 2016 by NSWP

The Impact of New York’s Human Trafficking Intervention Courts on Sex Workers

In 2013, the Human Trafficking Intervention Courts (HTICs) were launched in New York. These courts were the USA's first statewide human trafficking intervention within a justice system. This research explores the impact of these courts through studying 364 cases in 2013 and 2014. It concludes that the HTICS do not respect the human rights of the people they process and distort the line between consent and coercion. This makes it more difficult for people who are victimised – by clients, ‘pimps’, police, and courts – to seek justice.

Posted 25 February 2016 by NSWP

Mandatory Registration and Condom Use Proposed in Germany

Germany is considering a new law which proposes the mandatory reigstration of sex workers and will require men to wear condoms during sex with sex workers.

The draft law is meant to protect sex workers, according to its authors.

Posted 19 February 2016 by NSWP

Community Guide: HIV and STI Testing and Treatment Policies

This is a 7-page Community Guide to the HIV and STI Testing and Treatment Policies briefing paper. It focuses on sex workers' experiences of HIV and STI testing and treatment programmes around the world. Contents include:

Posted 19 February 2016 by NSWP

Charges Dropped Against Six Rentboy.com Staff

The US government has dropped criminal charges against six Rentboy.com employees, it was announced Wednesday. The news comes a week after Rentboy.com CEO Jeffery Hurant plead not guilty to charges.

Posted 18 February 2016 by NSWP

Support for Sex Workers as Occupational Support

This research investigates sex workers’ opinions on support services in Berlin, Germany. In Berlin, support services for sex workers range from financial, health and legal support to psychosocial counselling and support with issues of migration, etc. Most are carried out by social workers at NGOs targeted at sex workers. While some of these NGOs advocate for sex worker rights, many aim to ‘rescue’ sex workers and to abolish sex work. The researcher concludes there is a discrepancy between support services demand and supply. This article was published in Research for Sex Work 14: Sex Work is Work.

Posted 17 February 2016 by NSWP