Political Memories
I’ll never forget the evening after the release of my first issue as editor of Feminist Voices. I remember the clothes I wore, the snowy…
Protest Backpage.com with CATW and PRE, New York
These prostitution ads in Houston and Las Vegas were located on Backpage.com June 15, 2012. Although they appear to be written by the women, most…
Letter from Prostitution Survivors Regarding Backpage.com Protest
As survivors of prostitution, we stand in solidarity with those boycotting Backpage.com for the following reasons. Some women who identify as prostitutes are also pimps…
California’s Red Light Abatement Act shuts down motels that were assisting pimps
A judge ordered two Oakland, California motels to close for a year and to pay hefty fines after being sued by the city for decades…
Trafficking and Prostitution – and the Differences that Don’t Exist
Trafficking and Prostitution are two areas that are very easy to separate; and they would be, as they are inhabited by two groups of women…
Pimps Will Be Pimps Whether Male or Female or Posing as “Sex Worker Activists” & Other Conflicts of Interest (Part 1 of 2)
Well meaning people think most “sex workers activist” organizations/unions speak for women in prostitution. They are mistaken. A shocking number of these “sex worker” organizations…
SAVE THE DATE: Protest Backpage.com’s Facilitation of Sex Trafficking
The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW) in partnership with Prostitution Research and Education (PRE) and other co-sponsors will hold our second protest in front…
Village Voice is no ally in the fight against human trafficking
Just as the argument that the regulation of prostitution makes it safer for women is patently misleading, the argument that Backpage.com should keep its “adult…
Running
Today I ran through north Minneapolis, the ‘hood. The middle of January, the weather a balmy 45, my heart stocked with joy like a fishery…
Prostitution Linked to Organized Crime
British National Party members outside of Liverpool Crown Court as 9 gang members sentenced for child exploitation. Prostitution around the world is linked to organized…
Racism and Prostitution
I recently went to Las Vegas for a business conference. As I walked through the prestigious casino, I quickly felt lustful eyes on me, a…
Campaign to Raise Awareness of Prostitution’s Harms
Copyright © 2012 Ruhama. All rights reserved. Ruhama, a Dublin-based NGO, is running a radio and poster campaign to raise awareness about the harms to…
Prosecutors Focus on Pimps and Clients, Instead of Women
It was not exactly a run-of-the-mill prostitution case: the men accused as ringleaders were a father and his son, a pimp team coercing women to…
More Survivors are Stepping Up to Lead
Survivors Connect Network, an international online network of trafficking/prostitution survivors, now has 44 members from seven different countries. It’s been recognized that the absence of survivor leaders in most major anti-trafficking NGOs has created a void. Survivor knowledge and insight is essential. But it’s become increasingly clear to the NGOs that survivor leadership will make the movement’s success inevitable. Demand Abolition is setting an example by inviting seven survivors to participate in their Arresting Demand colloquium May 3rd and 4th in Boston. We are extraordinarily grateful.
Discussion of Harms to Women in Prostitution Absent from Coverage of Secret Service Scandal
Secret Service agents in Cartagena, Colombia. Photo by Fernando Llano/AP Prostitution hurts women in it, including the women in Cartagena’s legal brothels. NPR’s Scott Simon…
Library/Mental and Physical Health Effects of Prostitution and the Sex Trade/Pimps/Traffickers/Prostitution/Trafficking
Prostitution Ring in Madrid Tattooed 19-year-old Woman with Bar Code
CNN reported that Spanish police rescued a 19 year old woman who had been branded with a bar code by trafficking gang members. STORY HIGHLIGHTS…
Prostitution and Trafficking – Quick Facts
Introductory facts and descriptive summaries for those wanting to get more involved and have a deeper understanding of the issues. Carefully documented.
New law criminalizing sex buyers is an important step to abolishing sexual exploitation in Israel
On Sunday, February 12, 2012 the Ministerial Committee for Legislation gave its initial approval to a new bill that targets sex buyers in Israel. The…
Under New Law, France Would No Longer Be Sexual Playground of Men Like Dominique Strauss-Kahn
In the aftermath of the scandal surrounding Dominique Strauss-Kahn last year, the French National Assembly signed a Resolution that “reaffirms the abolitionist position of France,…
Nickels: A Tale of Dissociation
Nickels: A Tale of Dissociation follows a biracial girl named Little Miss So And So, from age 4 into adulthood. Told in a series of…