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“Fast Fashion”: Anne Elizabeth Moore on the Global Garment and Sex Trades
“Threadbare” explores the connections between garment manufacturers, anti-trafficking advocates and the sex trade, through comics.
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Inside the Sensational Business of “Rescuing” Sex Workers
An investigation into the movement to save sex workers from sex work raises serious questions about personal autonomy and human rights.
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Defending Backpage, Sex Workers Say Removing Online Ads Does Them More Harm
One woman's story reveals why recent crackdowns on websites like Backpage, where sex workers post ads, do more harm than good.
“Equality Is Far From at Hand”: A Conversation With the Authors of “Queer (In)Justice“
Truthout speaks with the authors of “Queer (In)Justice” about what, if anything, has changed in the years since its release.
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Sex Workers Say Decision by Visa and MasterCard to Leave Backpage Website Puts Them at Risk
Websites providing sex workers with forums to screen clients and stay safe on the job are under attack.
The American Rescue Industry: Toward an Anti-Trafficking Paramilitary
An investigation into US anti-trafficking organizations shows they are focused on intervening in women's lives without regard to their needs.
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Monica Jones to the UN: US Must Decriminalize Sex Work
The US must recognize that sex workers have human rights, just like everyone else.
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Sex Workers’ Lawsuit Claims California’s Prostitution Law Is Unconstitutional
Sex workers argue that selling consensual sex harms no one and should be decriminalized.
Special Report: Money and Lies in Anti-Human Trafficking NGOs
Despite enormous budgets, it's not clear anti-trafficking organizations can possibly be accomplishing what they claim.
The Japanese State’s New Assault on the Victims of Wartime Sexual Slavery
A strategy to denigrate and discredit women who survived comfort station internment is underway in Japan.