Rappler's latest stories on sex workers
Green light for Amsterdam's red light district after virus shutdown
The Netherlands ordered all brothels closed in mid-March and had originally planned to keep them shut until September, but decides to bring the date forward as COVID-19 cases dropped
Nowhere to run: Why some abused sex workers don’t want cops’ help
Part 2: Even as sex workers or prostituted women claim they experience systematic abuse from the police, they are blamed when they are raped and told ‘it’s part of the job anyway’
[PODCAST] Making Space: Some sex workers think they don't need saving
Rappler explores the less popular but equally true discourse that sex workers sometimes engage in this activity on their own accord, and so they don’t consider informing authorities about it is in their best interest
Sex workers' hands tied under coronavirus lockdowns
'If someone gets sick in my dungeon, you know I am not insured for that,' says professional dominatrix Madame Caramel
PNP urges prostituted women to name police abusers
Top cop General Archie Gamboa also urges the public to avoid 'generalization' of the entire police force as sexual predators
Saving child sex workers
An estimated 60,000 children are currently trapped in sexual exploitation in the Philippines. From Manila, a group of foreign and local operatives are working to save them.
China bans 'custody and education' punishment for sex workers
'Sex workers are subjected to police violence – forced labour, compulsory testing for sexually transmitted disease... [and] humiliation and physical violence at these centers,' says Shen Tingting of non-government organization Asia Catalyst
Sex workers give red light to leaving famed Amsterdam district
The Dutch capital's first female mayor has vowed to clean up the notorious red light district, but sex workers say they won't move
#PTGF: the online world of Hong Kong's young sex workers
The label "part-time girlfriend" is a euphemism often used by young women in Hong Kong who may be studying or have jobs, but who also offer sex on the side
Sex trafficking: Taiwanese police find Indonesian, Filipina women trapped in small dorm
A Taiwanese man and his Filipina wife were apprehended for forcing 10 Southeast Asian women to become sex workers
Woman murdered after calling her sexual partner 'King Kong' in bed
Another woman is killed in a separate incident for refusing a second round of sexual intercourse
Indonesia plans to close all red-light districts by 2019
Prostitution can never be erased from the Earth but we must try to stop it corrupting our youth
[Dash of SAS] MassageBoyXX's happy ending
For Arvin a former male masseur the key to success is about giving the best service possible
[Dash of SAS] Brokering intimacy
It is not sex that she is selling it is intimacy she is brokering Read this young freelance sex worker s story
[Dash of SAS] What regulated sex looks like
Sex work is legal and a highly regulated industry in Melbourne Australia Can you imagine it?
Indonesian man admits to murder: ‘She said I smelled bad’
The suspect told Jakarta Police the victim was covering her nose while they were having sex
US warns agents not to consort with prostitutes
A memo from the US Justice Department warns government staff not to hire sex workers even if deployed in countries or regions where such behavior is legal or tolerated
HIV in 6 PH cities may reach 'uncontrollable' rates – DOH
Among the 6 cities exceeding the national HIV prevalence rate of 3 5 among males who have sex with males MSM Caloocan City is the most problematic
New HIV cases in PH hit all-time high – DOH
With 646 cases recorded in February 2015, the Philippines now has 21 new infections every day
Why punish prostitutes and not customers and pimps?
When hip writers talk about prostitution even pornography as simply work or as free expression of sexuality they miss the reality of patriarchy
Fear stalks Indonesian, Filipino sex workers after HK murders
Every time I look at pictures of the 2 girls who were killed I keep thinking that could have been any of us It could have been me a Filipina worker says
The wRap Indonesia: Oct 8, 2014
Losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto’s scores another win in the assembly and Jakarta’s plan to finance the 2018 Asian Games lead our wrap of stories from Indonesia
Legalizing sex work would slash HIV toll – study
Study: Scrapping laws that ban sex work would slash the number of HIV infections over the next decade
Ukraine's sex industry bets on Euro 2012
Kiev s prostitutes are preparing actively for Euro 2012 one Ukrainian sex site said
