Listing last updated: July 23, 2006

• Why Women Should NOT use Lemon or Lime Juice as a microbicide — Global Campaign for Microbicides. June 24, 2006
• NSWP Reports on UNGASS 2006: The United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS — New York, May 31 - June 2, 2006
  • Intervention by Martine Ago, Ivory Coast — The United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS, New York, June 1, 2006
  • Intervention par Martine Ago, Côte D'Ivoire — The United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS, New York, June 1, 2006 (En français)


• HIV Transmission in the Adult Film Industry — Los Angeles, California, 2004 — Published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (www.cdc.gov/mmwr/), September 23, 2005.
  "The investigation was initiated April 20, 2004, and joined by the California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) on April 21, 2004, and by CDC on May 18, 2004. This investigation identified important and remediable gaps in the prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the adult film industry…"
• Worker Health and Safety in the Adult Film Industry: Post-Hearing Report (PDF: CAL-ADULTFILM.PDF) — By Paul Koretz, Chair, Committee on Labor and Employment, California State Assembly
  On June 4, 2004, the Assembly Committee on Labor and Employment conducted an informational hearing entitled, "Worker Health and Safety in the Adult Film Industry."
• Sex Work, HIV/AIDS and Human Rights in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia (PDF: CEEHRN-SWHIV-0507.PDF) — Published by the Central and Eastern European Harm Reduction Network (www.ceehrn.org), July 2005.
  Includes recommendations to decriminalize of sex work, increase health, social and legal services for sex workers, improve of police practices, reduce stigma, and end the abuse of sex workers' rights.
• A Scaled-Up Response to AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (PDF: UNAIDS-AIDSINASIA.PDF) — Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) (www.unaids.org)
  This report summarizes the AIDS challenge in Asian and Pacific countries. Using the best available evidence, it discusses the reasons why critical services currently reach only a fraction of those in need. It also outlines the action needed that will allow the region to seize this key moment of opportunity.
• Use of lemon or lime juice douces in women in Jos, Nigeria (PDF: IMADE-LEMONS.PDF) — By Godwin E. Imade et al, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Jos, Nigeria, Sexual Health (www.publish.csiro.au/journals/sh), 2005, 2, 237-239.
  [WARNING! There is no medical evidence that lemon or lime juice is effective for preventing the transmission of STIs. – Webmaster]
  "To describe the use of lemon/lime juice for douching by female sex workers (FSWs) and family planning clients (FPCs) in Jos, Nigeria… A total of 300 sexually active women comprising of 200 FSWs and 100 FPCs were interviewed in June 2004 to determine the mode and rationale for the use of lemon/lime juice for sex."
• Making Sex Work Safe in Asia and the Pacific — Produced by the Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers (apnsw.org), Nonthaburi, Thailand, June 2005.
  Collection of songs, plays, films, posters sculptures, texts, radio programmes, poems, performance art and slide shows developed in cooperation with organizations and individuals throughout the region.
• Fighting the U.S. Global AIDS Act — In May 2003 the U.S. Senate passed a law that required AIDS organizations to take an anti-prostitution pledge before they could receive USAID funding. Two years later, the Global AIDS Act is criticized for violating the Constitution of the United States and Brazil rejects USAID's funding conditions.
  • Constitutionality of anti-prostitution pledge in the AIDS Act (PDF: BRENNAN-USAID.PDF) — Memorandum from the Brennan Center for Justice, New York University School of Law, June 13, 2005.
  • Letter regarding the U.S. Global AIDS Act — Coordinated by the Center for Health and Gender Equity, signed by more than 85 organizations worldwide. May 17, 2005.
  • Brazil refuses U.S. AIDS funds, rejects conditions, Wall Street Journal, May 2, 2005
  • Working with women in prostitution: a critical dimension of HIV prevention (PDF: CHGE-HR1298.PDF) Center for Health and Gender Equity, April 2003.
  • Network of Sex Work Projects calls on G8 to support sex work projects — Media release, May 30, 2003.
  • Recent changes to HIV funding in the U.S. (HR 1298) — Background, May 20, 2003.
  • HR 1298 — United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (PDF: HR1298.PDF) 108^th U.S. Congress, 1^st Session.
  • Senate passes sweeping global AIDS bill
    Reuters, May 16, 2003


• Toolkit for Targeted HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care in Sex Work Settings (who.arvkit.net/sw/en/index.jsp) — Produced by the World Health Organization
  This toolkit provides basic guidance on the development and implementation of HIV interventions in sex work settings and includes a collection of more than 130 annotated documents, manuals, reports, and research studies. It brings together over a decade's worth of research and practical experience on what does and does not work to change behaviour and protect sex workers and their clients from HIV/AIDS and other sexual transmitted infections. This toolkit is intended for use by anyone involved in HIV initiatives in sex work settings, particularly programme managers, field workers and peer educators. Dedicated to Paulo Henrique Longo (1964-2004).
• Stigma still the major barrier for an effective HIV/AIDS response — By Shyamala Ashok, India, June 2005.
  After a great trauma and toil in losing one of our committed peer educators for sex workers and most of all a young friend of ours with the HIV status, a member of the women's positive network in Pondicherry, I have tried to illustrate the case for an analysis…
• Relatório de Bolsa Treinamento, programa: Educação em direitos humanos e reprodutivos junto à profissionais do sexo. (PDF: OLIVEIRA-TREINAMENTO.PDF)
  Aluna: Fabiana Rodrigues de Sousa, Universidade Federal De São Carlos, Centro De Educaçao E Ciencias Humanas, Departamento De Metodologia De Ensino, São Carlos, 2003
• Di´logo sobre a realidade do trabalho sexual : relato de uma experiência brasileira de 1998-2001 (PDF: OLIVEIRA-SOBRE.PDF)
  Maria Waldenez de Oliveira, Luciana Furlanetto Pereira, Carina Pinto da Silva, Fl´via do Carmo Ferreira, Maria Eduarda Zoppi, Joyce Moreno
• Grupo de estudos sobre trabalho sexual completa 5 anos (1998-2003) (PDF: OLIVEIRA-GRUPO.PDF)
  Autora: Maria Waldenez de Oliveira, Membro do grupo de pesquisa "Pr´ticas sociais e processos educativos" – Universidade Federal de São Carlos.
• Trabalho Sexual (PDF: OLIVEIRA-TRABALHO.PDF)
  Profa. Dra. Maria Waldenez de Oliveira (Depto de Metodologia de Ensino), Fl´via do Carmo Ferreira (Curso de Ciências Sociais), Fabiana Rodrigues de Sousa (Curso de Pedagogia), Universidade Federal de São Carlos – Brasil
• A prevenção de AIDS e DSTs entre os trabalhadores do sexo: uma realidade migrante (PDF: PREVEN-AIDS.PDF) — Seminario, Faro, Portugal. TAMPEP, Nov 2001.
• Photoshare — Images from international public health activities — Search and order free digital copies for non-profit educational use promoting international development. (Off site)
• Media/Materials Clearinghouse - Health Communication Materials Database — This site gives access to the world's most comprehensive and rapidly growing collection of health communication materials. (Off site)
• Debunking the Myths in the U.S. Global Aids Strategy: An Evidence-Based Analysis (PDF: GH-DEBUNKING-0403.PDF) — Center for Health and Gender Equity (www.genderhealth.org), March 2004.
  "On February 24, 2004, the State Department Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator released the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief: U.S. Five-Year Global HIV/AIDS Strategy. Development of the Strategy was mandated by the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (Global AIDS Act 2003)…"
• Practical Guidelines for Delivering Health Services to Sex Workers (PDF: EUROPAP-GUIDE-EN.PDF) — Ed: Rudolf Mak. © The European Network for HIV/STD prevention in Prostitution (EUROPAP), July 2003.
  "…A health care worker should have an open mind for everything that belongs to social life and health. The guidelines are as practical as possible, and do not imply any moral standpoint regarding sex work at all. In our opinion there is no place for moral debates in the delivery of optimal health services for sex workers. On the contrary, this debate hinders full access to care on many occasions…"
• Guide Pratique d'Actions de Santé pour Travailleurs du Sexe (PDF: EUROPAP-GUIDE-FR.PDF) — Rédacteur: Rudolf Mak. ©The European Network for HIV/STD prevention in Prostitution (EUROPAP), Juillet 2003.
  "…le personnel médico-social devra garder un esprit ouvert quant aux différents problèmes ayant trait à la santé ou à la vie sociale des travailleurs du sexe. Ceci est un guide pratique d'actions de santé pour travailleurs du sexe. Il ne porte aucun jugement moral ou autre sur le monde du travail du sexe. Les auteurs sont d'avis que le débat moral n'a pas de place dans la prestation optimale de soins de santé pour travailleurs du sexe. Au contraire, nous pensons que ce débat restreint souvent un accès complet aux soins de santé…"
• Guía Sobre los y las Profesionales de Sexo. Directrices Prácticas para Profesionales de Salud. (PDF: EUROPAP-GUIDE-ES.PDF) — Redactor: Rudolf Mak. ©The European Network for HIV/STD prevention in Prostitution (EUROPAP), Julio de 2003.
  "…El profesional sanitario debe estar abierto a todo lo relacionado con la vida social y la salud. Las directrices son muy prácticas y no contienen ningún punto de vista moral sobre la prostitución. Los autores opinan que un debate moral es improcedente a la hora de desarrollar disposiciones óptimas para la salud de las personas que ejercen la prostitución. Al contrario, este tipo de debate normalmente contribuye a dificultar el acceso a la asistencia sanitaria…"
• Abuses against sex workers and erosions of HIV prevention efforts resulting from anti-trafficking initiatives — Shyamala Ashok, Pondicherry, India, November 2002.
  The following is direct testimony from a Pondicherry-based NGO, SFDRT describing exactly how anti-trafficking programmes are rolling out IN PRACTICE. Whatever the theory of anti-trafficking, UNAIDS, ILO, UNDP, USAID and others must see that in practice anti-trafficking initiatives are a direct threat to sexual health programmes and to the human rights of sex workers and migrants.
• The 100% Condom Use Policy: A sex worker rights perspective
  100% Condom Use Policies (CUP) that aim to reduce HIV among female sex workers are being implemented or planned in several countries in Asia, Latin America and Africa. …NSWP has a different view of the theory and practice of CUP…
• Documenting the Experiences of Sex Workers: Draft Report to the Policy Project (PDF: CUP-REPORT.PDF) — By David Lowe Consulting, Asia, December 2002.
• Making Sex Work Safe © Network of Sex Work Projects, 1997. (PDF version: MSWS.PDF)
  A practical guide for programme managers, policy makers and field workers, this handbook uses case studies, stories and community-based projects to explore the issues and challenges facing sex workers and sex work health programmes and provides many practical suggestions for project development. It builds upon a previously unpublished guide written by the World Health Organization's Global Programme on AIDS.
• Haciendo el Trabajo Sexual Seguro (PDF: HTSS.PDF) © Network of Sex Work Projects, 1997, 2002.
  Edició digital en CD ROM del seminario Prevención Primaria de HIV, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina, 2002.
• Sex Workers: Part Of The Solution. An analysis of HIV prevention programming to prevent HIV transmission during commercial sex in developing countries. (PDF: OVERS-SOLUTION.PDF) By Cheryl Overs, 2002
• Reaching Out to Sex Workers (PDF: RHR-DITMORE.PDF)
  By Melissa Ditmore. Published by Program for Appropriate Technology and Health (PATH).
• Hustling For Health (Off site)
  Published by Europap/Tampep available in ten languages from www.med.ic.ac.uk/divisions/60/europapnew/
  publications/details.htm#Hustling
• HIV/AIDS NGO/CBO Support Toolkit (Off site)
  With over 500 downloadable resources and supporting information, this toolkit includes practical information, tools and example documents to help those working to establish or improve NGO/CBO support programmes. It also includes resources from a wide range of other organisations to bring different perspectives and experiences together. The toolkit will be useful both for NGO-led support programmes and for Government-led or multi-sectoral programmes, especially in the context of Global Fund and World Bank financing for NGOs and CBOs working on AIDS. You can also order single or bulk copies of the CD-Rom and supporting publication free of charge.
  Web: www.aidsalliance.org/ngosupport
  Email: ngosupport@aidsalliance.org
• Safe Sex Tips. From the Commercial Sex Information Service (Off site)
• Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation — Health for the sex worker in mind, body, emotion and spirit. From California, USA. (Off site)
• Medical Advocates for Justice, Sexworker Health. Good source for research abstracts about sex work. (Off site)
• Europap — European Network for HIV/STD Prevention in Prostitution: Promoting the health and well-being of sex workers across Europe by advocating respect and rights for all sex workers; supporting high quality accessible health care; lobbying for legal change. (Off site.)
• UNAIDS
  20 Avenue Appia
  CH-1211 Geneva 27
  Switzerland
  Tel: +41 22 791 3666
  Fax: +41 22 791 4187
  Web: www.unaids.org
• International Council of AIDS Service Organisations (ICASO)
  General Secretariat
  400-100 Sparks Street
  Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5B7
  Canada
  Tel: +1 613 230 3580
  Fax: +1 613 563 4998
  Email: icaso@web.apc.org
• Research For Sex Work
  www.med.vu.nl/hcc
• AIDS Alliance
  www.aidsalliance.org
• GNP+
  www.gnpplus.net