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News and information about HIV in men and women who sell or exchange sex. The criminalisation of prostitution and the marginalisation of sex workers contribute to vulnerability to HIV.

Human rights

Sex Workers in Greece Face Forced HIV Testing, While Those in Malawi Fight Back

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RH Reality Check (blog)
11 June 2012
Epidemiology & behaviour

70% of Swaziland’s sex workers HIV positive

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Swazi Observer
1 June 2012
Epidemiology & behaviour

Kenya: Busia Town, Where Sex Costs As Little As Sh50

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AllAfrica
31 May 2012
Migrants, refugees & displaced people

KENYA: Migrant sex workers off the HIV prevention radar

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IRIN Plus News
31 May 2012
Sex workers

Why the Women’s Rights Movement Must Listen to Sex Workers

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RH Reality Check
22 May 2012
Sex workers

The HIV-Positive Prostitute

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Frontiers L.A.
21 May 2012
Human rights

UNAIDS calls on Greece to protect sex workers and their clients through comprehensive and voluntary HIV programmes

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UNAIDS press release
11 May 2012
Human rights

Greece: Joint Letter to UN Special Rapporteur on Health

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Human Rights Watch
11 May 2012
Government, leadership & policy

XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) Secretariat announces two off-site conference hubs for sex workers and people who use drugs

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AIDS 2012 press release
10 May 2012
Sex workers

Indoor sex workers face less violence, exposure to HIV, says new Vancouver study

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Vancouver Sun
10 May 2012
Human rights

Petition to the Prime Minister of Greece: Stop the forced testing and outing of sex workers

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Change.org
9 May 2012
Sex workers

Matthew Weait on the Greek brothel arrests

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The Times That Belong To Us
3 May 2012
HIV & criminal law

Greece arrests 17 HIV-positive women in brothels

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The Associated Press
3 May 2012
Sex workers

In New York City, Giving Away, and Then Seizing, Condoms

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New York Times
26 April 2012
Sex workers

Prostitutes Push for N.Y. Law Banning Condoms as Evidence

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San Francisco Chronicle
17 April 2012
Sex workers

Police crackdowns in China: The health and human rights of sex workers

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Health & Human Rights
29 March 2012
Sex workers

Canadian sex work ruling flawed: activists

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Xtra
28 March 2012
Sex workers

KENYA: Many sex workers are married, new report reveals

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IRIN Plus News
27 March 2012
Sex workers

Sex work in New South Wales: healthiest in the world

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University of New South Wales press release
23 March 2012
Sex workers

Sex 'trade', not 'traffic' - Thailand's sex workers don't want to be 'rescued'

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The Nation
15 March 2012
Sex workers

HIV risk 29 times higher among Asian sex workers

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Zee News
15 March 2012
Sex workers

New York State Bill Would Bar Condoms as Prostitution Evidence

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New York Times
2 March 2012
Epidemiology & behaviour

Thailand - As tourism booms, an old crisis may resurface

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Bangkok Post
12 February 2012
Sex workers

Sex Workers Advocate for Decriminalization of Their Profession in Nigeria

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Global Press Institute
22 December 2011