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A “Whistleblower” screening at U.N. headquarters recently turned heated. When the secretary-general cast the problem of peacekeeper abuse as a “dark period” in the past, the movie’s director took issue, saying more movies are to be made.
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The media portrayal of the hotel housekeeper who is bringing sex-assault charges against DSK, former head of the IMF, has swung from angel to “maid-hooker.” Another possibility exists: she is a victim of trafficking.
When the U.S. State Department recently agreed to a U.N. human rights recommendation for sex workers it joined one side of an anti-sex-for-hire argument. The other side believes prostitution is never safe for women and must be abolished.
A notorious fire that killed New York City female garment workers 100 years ago is good reason to remember another group of predominantly female workers–nurses–who would benefit from New York lawmakers’ passage of a safety bill this spring.
Iraqi women who have fled to Syria to escape the U.S.-led war face another form of violence: sales to brothels by male relatives desperate for money. Damascus is escalating its legal response to trafficking, but the risks remain high.
Ruchira Gupta and Anurag Chaturvedi started the Red Light Despatch–by and for sex workers in India’s booming brothels–to help contributors network and understand their rights. Fifth in a series on the changing role of women in India.
The world’s oldest profession is one of its most dangerous. Prostitutes are raped, battered and at risk for HIV. Now, a new study says medical and social scientists ignore the reality of prostitute’s lives, harming them further.
