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South Africa has launched a plan to tackle HIV, TB and sexually transmitted infections – but much depends on its implementation over the next five years.
Rio’s sex workers were hoping the 2016 games would also boost their trade – but they were wrong.
When we think of post-traumatic stress disorder, we tend to think of soldiers returning from war. But other sections of society are far more likely to suffer from repeated bouts of trauma.
Governments and campaigners are keeping schtum when it comes to webcamming. It’s time to break the silence.
The laws regulating the sex industry are a mess – MPs are doing an important job examining them.
Empirical evidence and a recommendation from Amnesty International are making it increasingly difficult for naysayers to ignore the ways that sex workers are harmed by criminalization.
Verbatim theatre is being adopted more and more to give a voice to marginalised communities in the hope of instigating social change.
It’s been more than 40 years since a French sex workers strike kicked off a lively global human rights movement, but their legacy lives on.
Is the status quo really that bad? Our expert talks us through the arguments about the ‘oldest profession’.
Ignoring the protests of Hollywood actresses, Amnesty International has come out for the decriminalization of prostitution.
Both sides of the debate claim to have the evidence, but only one is right.
It’s time to listen to sex workers about how best to keep them safe.
What do Northern Ireland, France, Norway, Sweden and Iceland all have in common? They’ve already gone where Scotland is debating following.
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Professor of Women's Studies and Political Studies, Mount Saint Vincent University
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Adjunct professor, Carleton University
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Research Associate, King's College London
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Associate Professor, Cultural Studies; Gender, Women, & Sexuality Studies, University of Washington, Bothell
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Professor, Gender and Sexuality Studies, University of Calgary
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Assistant Professor, School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Canada
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Professor of Sport and Social Sciences, Bournemouth University
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Knowledge Exchange Fellow/Project Lead, University of Strathclyde
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Senior Research Fellow, Monash University
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Professor of Political Science and Chair of the South African Research Initiative in Gender Politics, Stellenbosch University
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Lecturer in Criminology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Central Lancashire
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Associate Professor and Director: Research at the Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute I, University of the Witwatersrand
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Director of Implementation Science, Wits Reproductive Health & HIV Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
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Reader in Psychology and Social Policy, Birkbeck, University of London
