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…
‘Crime After Crime’: Documentary on Debbie Peagler Debbie Peagler was serving a life sentence for her involvement in her boyfriend’s murder – a boyfriend who…
Candice Trummell is Co-Director of Nevada Coalition Against Sex Trafficking. She was the Chair of the Nye County Commission. Trummell cooperated with the FBI, wearing…
United Press International SAN FRANCISCO, May 20 (UPI) — An advertisement placed in a California newspaper said Craiglist’s adult services section is “the choice of…
They say prostitution is a choice? How did I choose prostitution? I didn’t choose prostitution, it chose me. Just as child sexual assault and neglect…
This is an extremely helpful guide available in Spanish and English from Women’s Justice Center, Santa Rosa, California. A Guide for Mothers, Grandmothers, and Others,…
Let’s clear up a misunderstanding. Men do not go to strip clubs and use prostituted women so that they can have sexual pleasure. All you…
“Someplace safe,” she said. “Someplace to be a girl. Someplace where I won’t have to have sex with men anymore.” Read the rest of the…
This is an excellent documentary about Oakland prostitution, about 22 minutes long. Internet prostitution is described by one young woman, and the valuable work of…
A woman with a history of pimping (and a conviction for pimping in Seattle) has proposed that San Francisco decriminalize prostitution. It will be voted…
Taking On the Traffickers The Federal Trafficking and Victims Protection Act of 2000 was an ambitious attempt to rescue women and children who are smuggled…
Both Sweden and the Republic of Korea do. And – no surprise – both countries have progressive laws on the books that focus on buyers…
Not For Sale was produced by the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW) and the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) in 2006. This documentary by filmmaker…
I spoke with a public official this past week regarding the decriminalization of prostitution. When I talked with her, she told me she saw a…
With the recent economic downturn, businesses all over the US are suffering. But to further commodify women through the use of prostitution, legal Nevada pimp,…
Don’t miss this article by R.F. Blader at Counterpunch.
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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…