Research For Sex Work

Sex Work and Money

Research for Sex Work No. 9 (August 2006)

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Editorial: Melissa Ditmore
Condom shortages in Sub-Saharan Africa: Anna-Louise Crago
Contributing to 'development': Money made selling sex: Laura María Agustín
Show me the money: A sex worker reflects on research into the sex industry: Jo Weldon
Money and politics in Cambodia: Women's Network for Unity
Money and sex: What economics should be doing for sex work research: Alys Willman-Navarro
Sex workers and finances: A case study of New York City: Juhu Thukral
"I did it … for the money": Sex work as a means to socio-economic opportunity: Melissa Petro
Chinese migrant sex workers in Hong Kong: Ziteng
Money and sex work in Jamaica: Marlene Taylor
The TRIPS Agreement, HIV, and international sex work: Amit Sen Gupta and Ananya Mukherjea
Announcements

Chinese Edition produced by COSWAS, Taiwan

Sex Work and Law Enforcement

Research for Sex Work No. 8 (June 2005)

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Editorial: Melissa Ditmore
Cambodian sex workers conduct their own research: Carol Jenkins
Sex workers' experiences with the local law enforcement in South Africa: Nicolé Fick
Human rights and legal services for sex workers in Central Asia republics: Points for consideration: Yury Sarankov, Vera Dite, Adrian Webster, Robin Montgomery
The relationship between street-based sex workers and the police in the effectiveness of HIV prevention strategies: Rachel Wotton
Decriminalisation as partnership: An overview of Australia's sex industry law reform model: Kate Demaere
Regulating the world's oldest profession: Queensland's experience witha regulated sex industry: Charrlotte Woodward, Jane Fischer
Law unreasonably enforced: Experiences of female sex workers in Hong Kong: Kendy Yim
Sex workers and police in New York City: Juhu Thukral, Alexandra Murphy
The impact of new UK legislation on street-based sex workers: Anti social behaviour orders: Teela Sanders
US sponsored entrapment: Empower Chiang Mai
Rescue?
Tenofovir trial and ethics update
Legal glossary
Announcements

Sex Workers' Health, HIV/AIDS, and Ethical Issues in Care and Research

Research for Sex Work No. 7 (2004)

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Editorial: Ivan Wolffers
Ethical dilemmas in sex work research: Stephanie Wahab and Lacey Sloan
Alternate ethics, or: Telling lies to researchers: Laura Agustín
Collaborative research-community partnerships: The CAL-PEP case: CAL-PEP
From subjects to partners: Experience of a project in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Paulo Longo
The Tenofovir trial controversy in Cambodia: Can a trial be considered ethical if there is no long-term post-trial care?: Kao Tha et al.
Hijras in sex work face discrimination in the Indian health-care system: Venkatesan Chakrapani, Priya Babu and Timothy Ebenezer
Argentinean sex workers taking care of themselves: The experience of AMMAR: Gabriela Irraz´bal
Discrimination of sex workers in health-care settings in France: Gaelle Téqui
Health-care projects and the risk of NGO goal displacement: Wim Vandekerckhove
Female sex workers in Hong Kong: Moving beyond sexual health: William Wong and Ann Gray
Expanding HIV treatment options for female sex workers in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside: Janice Duddy
Social evils and sex work in Vietnam: Rosanne Rushing
Mandatory testing: The fear that feeds the falsehood: Veronica Monet

Sex Work, HIV/AIDS, Public Health and Human Rights

Research for Sex Work No. 6 (2003)

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Editorial: Ivan Wolffers
100% Condom Use Programmes: Empowerment or abuse?: Paulo Longo and Melissa Ditmore
Brothel raids in Indonesia: Ideal solution or further violation?: Rebecca Surtees
"We don't want rescue, we want our rights!" Experiences on anti-trafficking efforts in Thailand: Ping Pong
Sex work and the law in Namibia: A culture-sensitive approach: Dianne Hubbard and Evelyn Zimba
Why sex workers believe 'Smaller is Better:' The faulty implementation of decriminalization in New South Wales, Australia: Erica Red and Saul
The consequences of the Dutch model on prostitution, particularly from the point of view of migrant sex workers: Licia Brussa
Everything under control?! Regulation, stress factors and health consequences of prostitution in Austria: Luzenir Caixeta
The regulation of STI/HIV/AIDS control among sex workers in two cities along the southern border of Mexico: Silvia Cuadra, Rene Leyva, Daniel Hernandez and Mario Bronfman
Human rights violations: The acceptance of violence against sex workers in New York: Melissa Ditmore and Catherine Poulcallec-Gordon
Restoring human dignity: The first step to effective, responsible research and programming with street-based female sex workers: Aimee Campbell, Catherine Poulcallec-Gordon and Susan Witte
HIV prevention and rights awareness for transgender sex workers in Argentina: Fabiana Pardo and Lorenzo Vargas Cornejo
Absence of rights for women in prostitution in India: A major obstacle to improving their health: Meena Seshu
Labour organizing in the sex industry: The way forward? The IUSW experience: Jenn Clamen and Ana Lopes

Health, HIV and Sex Work: The Influence of Migration and Mobility

Research for Sex Work No. 5 (2002)

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Editorial: Ivan Wolffers (VU University Medical Center, the Netherlands)
How immigration status affects sex workers' health and vulnerability to abuse: A comparison of two countries: Melissa Ditmore
Women, migration and health in France: The experience of Cabiria: Gaëlle Téqui and Françoise Guillemaut (Cabiria, France)
Migration and mobility of sex workers in The Netherlands: Thérèse van der Helm (Municipal Health Service Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
Prostitution in Spain, health and policies: Angeles Rodriguez Arenas (Médicos del Mundo, Spain)
Colombian women, sex work and health in Galicia, Spain: Laura Oso (University of La Coruña, Spain)
Migrant sex workers in Europe: STI/HIV prevention, health and rights: Licia Brussa (TAMPEP, The Netherlands)
The vulnerability to HIV/AIDS of migrant sex workers in Central America and Mexico: Anahí Dreser et al.
Human rights issues in semi-legal foreign sex work in Panama: Carmen Carrington-Betts and Claude Betts (Nueva Era en Salud, Panama)
Displacement and Risk in Colombia: Young people selling sex in the streets of Bogot´: Timothy Ross (Fundacion Renacer, Colombia)
A profile of mobile sex workers in Belo Horizonte, Brazil: Alessandra Chacham and Monica Maia (MUSA, Brazil)
Niger: Sex workers at the market: Sani Aliou et al. (CARE Niger)
'Like plastic that blows in the wind:' Mobile sex workers in southern Africa: Louise Robinson and Tamara Rusinow (CARE Lesotho)
Trafficking and HIV/AIDS: The case of Nepal: Padam Simkhada
Mapping for the health and well-being of mobile sex workers and the communities they serve: The case of Cambodia: Lee-Nah Hsu and Jacques du Guerny
The (crying) need for different kinds of research: Laura Agustín (Connexiones para Migrantes, Spain)

Spanish Edition published by the Spanish Ministry of Health, National Plan on AIDS

Risk and Violence

Research for Sex Work No. 4 (2001)

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Violence, repression and other health threats: Sex workers at risk: Ivan Wolffers (VU University Medical Center, the Netherlands)
Contextual risk versus risk behaviour: The impact of the legal, social and economic context of sex work on individual risk taking: Priscilla Alexander (North American Task Force on Prostitution, USA)
Different mindsets, different risks: Looking at risk factors identified by Vietnamese sex workers in Cambodia: Mony Tep, Salan Ek and Marjolein Maas (CARAM Cambodia)
Some conditions influencing HIV/AIDS prevention and health promotion in Hong Kong: Pik-yuk Shara Ho (Action for REACH OUT, China)
Health impacts of prostitution: Experience of Bangladesh Women's Health Coalition: Julia Ahmed (Bangladesh Women's Health Coalition)
Filial piety and Vietnamese sex workers in Svay Pak, Cambodia: Bettina Schunter (Svay Pak project MSF Belgium)
Promoting HIV Testing among Guam Sex Workers: Problems in Paradise: Randall Workman, Thomas Pinhey and Ana Hill (University of Guam)
Report from the US: Do prohibitory laws promote risk?: Melissa Ditmore (Network of Sex Work Projects, USA)
Prostitution and repression in France: The point of view of Cabiria: Françoise Guillemaut (Cabiria, France)
Repressive laws and hidden women: Migrant sex workers in Germany: Veronica Munk (TAMPEP, Germany)
Violence against female sex workers in Brazil: Preliminary findings from a Horizons study: Paulo Longo and Paulo Telles (State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
The impact of violence on HIV prevention and health promotion: The case of South Africa: Helen Alexander (SWEAT, South Africa)
Murderous clients and indifferent justice: Violence against sex workers in the UK: Hilary Kinnell (EUROPAP, United Kingdom)
Studying violence to stop it: Canadian research on violence against women in Vancouver's street level sex trade: Leonard Cler-Cunningham and Christine Christenson (PACE Health Network, Canada)
Taking a look at sex work, risks and violence in Brazil: Maria Waldenez de Oliveira, Joyce Moreno and Luciana Furlanetto Pereira (Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil)
Risk and violence in different scenarios of commercial sex work in Panama City: Carmen Carrington and Claude Betts (Nueva Era en Salud, Panama)
Drug use and physical and sexual abuse of street sex workers in New York City: Nabila El-Bassel and Susan Witte (Columbia University School of Social Work, USA)

Empowerment

Research for Sex Work No. 3 (2000)

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Empowerment of sex workers and HIV prevention: Ivan Wolffers (VU University Medical Center, The Netherlands)
"We Want the Power:" Findings from focus group discussions in Hillbrow, Johannesburg: Dorothy Nairne (RHRU, South Africa)
Community-led HIV prevention by southern African sex workers: Zodwa Mzaidume et al. (CSIR, South Africa)
HIV prevention strategies among female sex workers in the Dominican Republic: Luis Moreno and Deanna Kerrigan (COIN, Dominican Republic)
Legalisation and decriminalisation: The Brazilian experience: Gabriela Leite (Brazilian Network of Sex Workers, Brazil)
Empowerment for sex workers? Notes from the Philippines: Eric Ratliff (University of Texas at Austin, United States)
The Em- of Empowerment: Injecting pride in unwilling subjects?: Laura Agustín (Conexiones Para Migrantes, Spain)
To have the power to put knowledge into action: The 'jai' of Thai sex workers: Jackie Pollock (Empower, Thailand)
Empowered sex workers: Do they exist?: Margo Caulfield (TSWN, United States)
Migrant sex workers in The Netherlands speak out: Licia Brussa (TAMPEP, the Netherlands)
Vietnamese sex workers in Cambodia: Mony Tep (CARAM Cambodia)
No stray dogs: An empowerment programme in Sri Lanka: Mallika Ganasinghe (Sri Lanka)
Access to quality information: A fundamental instrument: Robin Montgomery (AIDS infoshare, Russia)
The Moon Light project in Latvia: Tatjana Kurova (Latvian Gender Problem Centre, Latvia)
"You should not tell us to use condoms, but our clients!" An extended voucher programme in Nicaragua: Anneke Gorter et al. (ICAS, Nicaragua)

Health/STI Services

Research for Sex Work No. 2 (1999)

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Appropriate health services for sex workers: Ivan Wolffers (VU University Medical Center, the Netherlands)
"There aren't even any written materials in the clinic to read": Robin Montgomery (AIDS infoshare, Russia)
HIV/AIDS interventions for street-based sex workers in Dhaka City: Maurice Bloem
Starting to work with sex workers in Cambodia: The need for context: Chivariak Khus
Migrant sex workers in Europe: Licia Brussa (TAMPEP, the Netherlands)
Political transformation in Poland: The rise in sex work: Anna Nowak (TADA, Poland)
A voucher program for female sex workers in Nicaragua: Anna Gorter (ICAS, Nicaragua)
Health care for sex workers should be more than STD care: Priscilla Alexander (North American Task Force on Prostitution, United States)
Integrating services within existing Ministry of Health institutions: Nzami Khonde (CIDA-AIDS Project)
A hotel-based STD program in a violent neighbourhood in Johannesburg: Dorothy Nairne (RHRU, South Africa)
Some reflections on street sex workers and STD/HIV/AIDS services in Surabaya, Indonesia: Didericke Rhebergen et al. (The Netherlands)
Creating an enabling environment: Lessons learnt from the Sonagachi Project, India: Smarajit Jana et al. (All India Institute of Health, India)

Peer Education

Research for Sex Work No. 1 (1998)

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Why this initiative is important: Ivan Wolffers (VU University Medical Center, the Netherlands)
The Indigenous Leader Outreach Model: Reaching out to sex workers in Indonesia: Joyce Djaelani Gordon (PATH, Indonesia)
The Saheli Project: Empowerment of sex workers in India: I.S. Gilada (PHO, India)
Some problems concerning peer education: Licia Brussa and Hanka Mongard (TAMPEP, The Netherlands)
Organisation and carrying out of training for peer educators: Licia Brussa and Hanka Mongard (TAMPEP, the Netherlands)
In touch with the needs of sex workers: Sue Metzenrath (Scarlet Alliance, Australia)
Doing it together: Sex workers and researchers: Priscilla Pyett (La Trobe University, Australia)
Lack of motivation of restaurant girls: From drop-in activities to outreach work: Su-su Liao (Peking Union Medical College, China)
The concept of high risk groups: Korrie de Koning and Julia Kemp (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom)

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