Escape from Las Vegas
[Part 2 of a 3 part series, Part 1, Part 3] Amber is 19 years old and on Sunday she caught a flight out of…
City As Predator
[Part 1 of a 3 part series, Part 2, Part 3] Las Vegas There is probably no city in America where women are treated worse…
A new feminist antipornography website
Maggie Hays in Glasgow has put up a new website. Check it out! Go to www.againstpornography.org It’s great to have this new site up, especially…
101 things you can do to combat the harms of pornography
Go to click here This site is a sweet firecrackerish 4th of July present. Here’s to freedom from pornography and prostitution. This site really DOES…
Journalist Lydia Cacho and Mexican (in)justice
CASE LYDIA CACHO-MARIO MARIN Justice for the abused children of Mexico! Please contact Jorge Zepeda at zepeda@diasiete.com to sign a statement of support for Lydia…
Reclaiming Their Lives and Breaking Free: An Afrocentric Approach to Recovery From Prostitution
Qualitative study addressing the specific healing needs of prostituted African American women. Description of culturally specific services at an Afrocentric program for women escaping prostitution
Sigma Huda, UN Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons
The government of Bangladesh has unlawfully detained Sigma Huda who is currently United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights Aspects of the Victims of…
10 Things You Can Do To Stop Commercial Sexual Exploitation
Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation https://www.caase.org/ 1. Work to help women gain supportive housing and jobs that pay a living wage 2. Advocate for shelters…
prostitution, sex trafficking and choice
In April 2007, an illegal Las Vegas massage brothel was busted by 2 law enforcement agencies+ ICE+IRS. 25 women were rounded up in the sting,…
Betsy’s Brilliant Blog
There’s a lot to be said for looking at prostitution and trafficking through the eyes of a 5th grader. Here is comedian Betsy Salkind talking…
Message About Virginia Tech Tragedy
What about addressing the physical and sexual abuse of children as a national emergency? Andrew Vachss wrote in Mask Market, pages 103-104: “Producers spun their…
Library/Mental and Physical Health Effects of Prostitution and the Sex Trade/Pornography/Racism, Colonialism/Trafficking
Prostitution and Trafficking in Nevada: Making the Connections
A 2-year research study of Nevada legal and illegal prostitution and sex trafficking reveals human rights violations against women in the Nevada legal brothels. This…
Aboriginal Women’s Statement on Legal Prostitution, Canada
As Aboriginal women on occupied Coast Salish Territory, we, the Aboriginal Women’s Action Network (AWAN) implore you to pay attention to the voices of Aboriginal…
Renting an Organ for 10 Minutes:’ What Tricks Tell Us About Prostitution
This article explores the perspective of a “trick”, the perspective of a woman in prostitution, research on the effects of pornography on women in prostitution,…
Aboriginal Women’s Statement on Legal Prostitution
As Aboriginal women on occupied Coast Salish Territory, we, the Aboriginal Women’s Action Network (AWAN) implore you to pay attention to the voices of Aboriginal…
Prostitution: Consent or Men’s Violence Against Women?
Scott Hampton, Psy.D. wrote this article for the New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault Fall 2007 Newsletter. He is Director of Ending the Violence. 90…
Ex-Prostitutes Against Legislated Sexual Servitude
Contact: xpalss@shaw.ca A statement by members of Ex-Prostitutes Against Legislated Sexual Servitude. Includes a version of the statement in French. “We are women who have been…
Starbuck’s & Ethiopian prostitution
What’s the connection between coffee bean prices and prostitution in Ethiopia? You guessed it: control of prices by US and EU multinationals which is resulting…
Pornography/prostitution/trafficking are connected to other violence against women
It is not possible to separate prostitution from trafficking, or prostitution from other kinds of violence against women. Incest usually precedes prostitution, pornography teaches men…
T-shirts Support Victimization: New Orleans, Katrina, and the Portrayal of Women in Prostitution
Last week I traveled to New Orleans to join Habitat for Humanity in their noble attempt to clean up the mess left by Katrina. After…