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| UpdatedA major crackdown on massage parlours and brothels across Adelaide is forcing sex workers into risky private work where they are more vulnerable to aggression and crime, the Sex Industry Network says.
Topics: prostitution, sexuality, sexual-health, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedLNP Member for Surfers Paradise John-Paul Langbroek will repay taxpayers for accommodation costs in his electorate, while also using his sister's radio program to reject suggestions he hired prostitutes.
Topics: state-parliament, prostitution, surfers-paradise-4217
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| UpdatedA new app which works in a similar way to Uber aims to make it easier and safer for sex workers to meet their clients.
Topics: sexuality, community-and-society, prostitution, mobile-phones, information-and-communication, science-and-technology, internet-technology, australia
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Japan temporarily recalls its ambassador to South Korea over a statue commemorating Korean women forced to work in Japanese military brothels during World War II, which it says violates an agreement to resolve the issue.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, women, prostitution, foreign-affairs, world-politics, korea-republic-of, japan
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| UpdatedSex workers in the Northern Territory will be significantly safer if the industry is decriminalised, and the Northern Territory Government holds true to its promise to review the legislation, peak bodies say.
Topics: prostitution, laws, government-and-politics, occupational-health-and-safety, sexual-health, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedThe MP for Sumkar, Ken Fairweather, is defending his push to decriminalise prostitution in Papua New Guinea in the face of widespread criticism from government and church groups.
Topics: prostitution, law-crime-and-justice, pacific, papua-new-guinea
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To the outsider, Japan's hostess bars are a confusing mix of tradition blended with heavy drinking and womanising. But paying for praise and attention gives many Japanese men a chance to indulge a harmless fantasy.
Topics: prostitution, community-and-society, travel-and-tourism, lifestyle-and-leisure, japan
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| UpdatedThere's been widespread criticism of legislation being considered by MPs in Papua New Guinea that aims to legalise prostitution.
Topics: sexual-health, prostitution, pacific, papua-new-guinea
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Topics: prostitution, community-and-society, travel-and-tourism, lifestyle-and-leisure, japan
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Topics: prostitution, community-and-society, travel-and-tourism, lifestyle-and-leisure, japan
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Topics: prostitution, community-and-society, travel-and-tourism, lifestyle-and-leisure, japan
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Topics: prostitution, community-and-society, travel-and-tourism, lifestyle-and-leisure, japan
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Topics: prostitution, community-and-society, travel-and-tourism, lifestyle-and-leisure, japan
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| UpdatedFormer Australian sex workers who have spoken out about their experiences in the sex industry, claiming human rights violations are rampant, say they have been harassed and targeted by pro-prostitution groups since coming forward.
Topics: prostitution, community-and-society, health, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedThree South Australian MPs are spotted visiting Sydney brothels - but none are caught with their pants down, as it was all for research purposes.
Topics: prostitution, community-and-society, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, sydney-2000, nsw, sa, adelaide-5000
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Disney's new film Moana has Jo Fox wondering what makes a strong female hero.
Topics: family-and-children, feminism, prostitution, women, offbeat, film-movies, internet-culture
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| UpdatedA Gold Coast councillor says a website advertising sexual massages from young girls and boys may force children into the sex industry, and calls for massage parlours to be licensed like brothels before the Commonwealth Games.
Topics: community-and-society, sexuality, sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, massage, health, prostitution, southport-4215, qld
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Thailand's infamous sex industry is under fire, with the tourism minister pushing to rid the country of its ubiquitous brothels and a spate of police raids in recent weeks on some of the largest establishments providing sex services in Bangkok.
Topics: prostitution, law-crime-and-justice, thailand, asia
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| UpdatedA major report by the human rights organisation Amnesty International has highlighted the plight of sex workers in Papua New Guinea.
Topics: prostitution, rights, aids-and-hiv, police-sieges, law-crime-and-justice, corruption, pacific, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedMiddle Eastern men — young, wealthy and neither widowed nor divorced — make up a visible portion of Thailand's sex tourism population.
Topics: sexuality, law-crime-and-justice, prostitution, thailand, russian-federation, kuwait
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| UpdatedDo we have the courage to challenge the sacrosanct notion of consent, as it is deployed by the very rich and very determined sex industry to further its enslavement of women?
Topics: community-and-society, law-crime-and-justice, prostitution
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France introduces new prostitution laws, making soliciting sex legal, but activities around it, including brothels and pimping are now illegal.
Topics: sexual-offences, prostitution, crime, france
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A social enterprise cafe on a hilltop in Brisbane is supporting women trying to escape the sex industry.
Topics: charities-and-community-organisations, community-and-society, human-interest, women, prostitution, mount-gravatt-4122, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedA sex worker accused of knowingly transmitting HIV is being held in a male prison, despite identifying as female.
Topics: aids-and-hiv, sexually-transmitted-diseases, prostitution, law-crime-and-justice, perth-6000
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| UpdatedThe United Nations is investigating a dating service in Japan after allegations high school girls are being pressured into having sex with customers.
Topics: pornography, prostitution, human, japan