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More Harm Than Good: Sex Trafficking Law in Anchorage, Alaska
Alaskan lawmakers passed a law against sex trafficking, but who does it really affect?
Is the State of Alaska Fighting Sex Trafficking or Targeting Women?
Sex workers in Alaska describe a new trafficking law and police harassment.
Want the Truth About New York’s Human Trafficking Courts? Ask a Sex Worker
Sex workers and even trafficking victims are far more likely to end up in handcuffs than the sex traffickers allegedly lurking in the shadows.
The Connecting Threads
With this strip, our Fashion Year culminates a year-long comics journalism investigation into connections between the garment trade and the sex trade.
Ladydrawers: The Somaly Problem
The Somaly Problem does not lie in one sex trafficking activist's trustworthiness, but in a vast network of media makers, celebrities and professional do-gooders with surprisingly imperialist agendas.
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From Somaly Mam to “Eden”: How Sex Trafficking Sensationalism Hurts Sex Workers
After one investigation surrounding an anti-sex trafficking activist, Somaly Mam, sex worker rights activists have been working to expose another former sex worker's story as a sensational, dishonest trafficking …
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Cutting Off Sex Work Advertising Sites Disrupts Communities, Not Trafficking
Shutting down advertising sites used by sex workers silences peer-to-peer harm reduction channels that help sex workers in the absence of formal services and does little to address trafficking.
Ladydrawers: Out of the Factories Part Two
For many women in Cambodia, the occupational alternatives are limited to sex work or garment work and conditions are such that sex work may be the preferred option.
Ladydrawers: Thin Line Between Garment and Sex “Trades“
Anne Elizabeth Moore visits an NGO in Cambodia that aims to offer women in the sex industry “fair trade” employment opportunities.
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Arizona’s Tenacious Laws Against Sex Workers
US state's initiative that aimed to improve prostitutes' lives has brought “no real reform” as harsh penalties persist.