Best Practices for Online Classified Advertising without Sexual Exploitation
On the heels of the closure of Craigslist’s online trafficking – er, “adult services” – section of its classified ads, Fair Fund has released a…
King of the Creeps: Hugh Hefner
“To make a documentary about Hugh Hefner–indisputably the world’s most famous pornographer and unrepentant chauvinist–and omit his enormously influential role in negatively shaping ideas about…
Sexpo and the Death of Sex
Billed as the world’s biggest health, sexuality and lifestyle exhibition, Sexpo came to Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion last weekend. According to its website, “This show will…
Against Prostitution and Human Trafficking for Sexual Purposes (Sweden)
Prostitution and human trafficking are sustained by demand. Prostitution and human trafficking for sexual purposes represent a serious obstacle to social equality, to gender equality…
10 Things Men And Boys Can Do To Stop Human Trafficking
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Washington Post Rejects Massage Prostitution Advertising
The Post, long criticized for running massage-parlor ads, has decided it will no longer accept them. An internal note, e-mailed Tuesday to The Post’s advertising…
PRE Congratulates the Center for Young Women’s Development
RE congratulates the Center for Young Women’s Development, San Francisco, for their principled and courageous refusal to accept $100,000 of blood money from Craigslist. A…
Trafficking, Prostitution and the Sex Industry: The Nordic Legal Model
There is no doubt that the Nordic countries lead the world on most indicators of gender equality. Gender equality experts and advocates have long pointed out that in economics, politics and social services, the Nordic countries top the charts.
Protest on Craiglist Doorsteps in San Francisco to End “Adult Services” Section
On July 8, 2010, the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW), Prostitution Research and Education (PRE) plus more than 75 Co-Sponsors including Innocents at Risk,…
Filipinos Protest Craigslist for Adult Services
SAN FRANCISCO -Filipino community leaders joined dozens of people who protested in front of the Craigslist headquarters, calling on the popular website to close its…
Craigslist Facts
My first introduction to prostitution was arranged through Craigslist. I answered an ad for online modeling which turned out to be an agency recruiting for…
Protest at Craigslist San Francisco Headquarters
The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW) in partnership with Prostitution Research and Education (PRE) and other co-sponsors held a protest in front of Craigslist…
City of Las Vegas Finally Cracks Down on Neighborhood Brothels
LAS VEGAS – It’s been two and a half years since Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman told reporters, “I’ll take a baseball bat and break…
Intelligence Squared Debate “It’s wrong to pay for sex”
Rockefeller University, New York, NY The goal of IQ2 US is to raise the level of public discourse on our most challenging issues. To provide…
Update on Lydia Cacho, Mexican Feminist
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) – A Mexican journalist who was arrested and threatened with rape after exposing a child prostitution ring in Cancun involving prominent…
Canada’s Prostitution Laws – 2009
Supporters of the prostitution industry want us to believe that women would be safe if men’s purchase of women for sex is legalized. In the…
Japanese Videogames Promote Violence Against Women
For Immediate Release23 September 2009 EQUALITY NOW CALLS ON NEW JAPANESE ADMINISTRATION TO BAN ALL GAMES THAT PROMOTE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS JAPAN MUST…
Book Uses SAGE Clients’ Stories Without Their Permission
Dear Colleagues & Allies of The SAGE Project, Recently a book titled, Hos, Hookers, Call Girls, and Rent Boys was published by Soft Skull Press….
Indoor Versus Outdoor Prostitution in Rhode Island
“Nobody really wants to be sold,” a woman in a Nevada legal brothel explained to me. Even if you know that simple fact — that…
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Trafficking by Craigslist Challenged by Cook County Sheriff and CATW
Amicus brief filed by Coalition Against Trafficking in Women and colleagues against Craigslist, citing simple legal arguments showing the connection between online advertising for prostitution…