Sex Workers & HIV/AIDS
Overview
Articles
- Caste Locks Nepal's Sex Workers Into Their Profession (May 11, 2012)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Greece Arrests 17 HIV-Positive Women Following Brothel Crackdown (May 3, 2012)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Webinar, May 10: Stories From the Ground -- Innovations, Collaborations and Victories in Defending the Rights of Sex Workers (April 30, 2012)
From HIV Prevention Justice Alliance
- REACH Grantee Celebrates Legislative Victory (April 26, 2012)
From AIDS United
- New York Advocates Want Condoms Out of Prostitute Cases (April 19, 2012)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- New York Advocates Say Condom Evidence Is Unhealthy (April 17, 2012)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- South Dakota House Panel OKs AIDS Testing of Prostitutes (February 3, 2012)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Sex Work, Criminalization and HIV: Lessons From Advocacy History (Summer/Fall 2010)
To read PDF, click here.
In Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation
On TheBodyPRO.com
- Cuomo Ups Punishment for Sex Workers; Signs Law to Prevent Overdose Death (July 21, 2011)
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
- Update on PEPFAR's Anti-Prostitution Pledge: A Blog Entry From Positive Policy (July 7, 2011)
From HIV Prevention Justice Alliance
- Federal Judge Says AIDS Groups Don't Have to Oppose Sex Work (July 6, 2011)
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
- Sex Offender Registration for Sex Workers Ends in Louisiana (June 29, 2011)
In The Huffington Post
- Mister Cee's Arrest Should Spark Talk of Sex Work, Not Hysteria (April 12, 2011)
From Black AIDS Institute
- U.S. Government Condemns Violence & Discrimination Against Sex Workers: A Blog Entry by Rachel Farris (March 15, 2011)
From HIV Prevention Justice Alliance
- Organizations: Call on US to Heed UN Words on Sex Worker Rights (February 28, 2011)
From HIV Prevention Justice Alliance
- Utah: Senate Panel Approves HIV Prostitution Bill (February 2, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Helping Individual Prostitutes Survive: At Home Base -- A Blog Entry by Candace Y.A. Montague (December 29, 2010)
"Aside from being snubbed by the community, sex workers are ridiculed, beaten, raped, and robbed. ... HIPS does not exist to condone the act of solicitation but simply protect their workers from crime, injustice and sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV."
From TheBody.com
- Helping Individual Prostitutes Survive: On the Van -- Part Two: A Blog Entry by Candace Y.A. Montague (December 28, 2010)
"Sex workers can make anywhere from $500 to $1,500 dollars a night and more if they choose. Working at a minimum wage job will render $7.25 an hour. ... 'It's hard to find work and people need to survive. It's an economic choice.'"
From TheBody.com
 Helping Individual Prostitutes Survive: On the Van -- Part One: A Blog Entry by Candace Y.A. Montague (December 27, 2010)
"This article is a journal entry of sorts. A first hand glimpse at how a small-scale organization ... goes out into the red light district of DC after hours and distributes the tools that sex workers need to stay safe."
From TheBody.com
- U.N. Report on Sex Workers Blasts U.S. Policies (November 7, 2010)
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
- Asia: Sex Work and HIV Prevention (November 5, 2010)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- A New Class of Chinese Escorts (November 1, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- The Secret Life: A Portrait of a Sex Worker in Haiti (October 28, 2010)
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
- This Positive Life: An Interview With HIV Prevention Activist Jose Ramirez (August 11, 2010)
In This Positive Life, from TheBody.com
- Under the Radar: July 22 (July 22, 2010)
In The XVIII International AIDS Conference, from TheBody.com
- Canada: Drop-In Program Aims to Help Sex-Trade Workers (October 5, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Dayton, Ohio, Police Officers Arrest Increasing Number of HIV-Positive Sex Workers (March 17, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- After Sex Work, Homelessness and Drug Addiction, an HIV-Positive Man Comes of Age (Winter 2008/2009)
Kevin was a teenager when he was infected with HIV. In this moving personal story, Kevin explains how his life got so messy -- and how he got the help he needed to clean himself up.
To read PDF, click here.
In Achieve, from ACRIA and GMHC
- Program in Costa Rica Will Allow Sex Workers to Learn HIV Prevention Methods From Colleagues (January 27, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Sex Workers and Human Rights (August 12, 2008)
From Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project
- What Are Sex Workers’ HIV Prevention Needs? (April 2008)
From Center for AIDS Prevention Studies
- HIV Scandal in Gay Porn Industry (March 4, 2008)
From BBC News
- Baltimore Sun Series Examines Link Between Commercial Sex Work, HIV Transmission in Baltimore (November 6, 2007)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Girls, Women Trafficked in Asia for Commercial Sex Work Emerging as HIV/AIDS Risk Factor, Report Says (August 24, 2007)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Sex, Videotape and ... No Condoms? (July/August 2007)
An inside look at an illegal porn operation featuring Black and Latino men.
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Size Matters: The Number of Prostitutes and the Global HIV/AIDS Pandemic (June 20, 2007)
Report finds a link between the number of sex workers and the number of people living with HIV, and warns that the findings raise larger issues about the need for female empowerment.
In PLoS ONE
- Arizona: Program Helps Prostitutes Get Off Drugs, the Street (August 4, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Just Say Não (May 30, 2005)
A look at Brazil's defiance of American rules regarding sex workers.
In The Nation
- Pennsylvania: Red Cross Targets Sex Industry Workers With HIV/AIDS Education and Protection (July 18, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- In Baltimore, New Ambitions on the Street (June 3, 2003)
You Are Never Alone is a program that helps sex workers reduce their health risks and improve their quality of life.
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Detroit Program Helps Women Exit Sex Work (May 28, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Oregon: Sex Workers' Advocacy Service Closes (May 28, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Efforts to Control Arizona-Mexico Border Prostitution Ineffective, Experts Say (May 5, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Making It in Business (September/October 2002)
How Lynn Bridges transformed herself from a prostitute and an ex-con into a legitimate entrepreneur.
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
- California: Prosecutor Seeks Lengthy Prison Term for HIV-Infected Woman (July 23, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Child Prostitution a Global Problem (April 22, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- The "Pill" Linked to Aggressive HIV (March 1, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- 100% Condom Use Programme in Entertainment (Sex Worker) Establishments (PDF) (2001)
From World Health Organization, Western Pacific Regional Office
- AIDS in the Twilight Zone (March/April 2000)
An interview with HIV-positive recovering drug addicts who have worked for many years in the sex industry.
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Workers' Rights (Winter 1998/1999)
Sex workers in Calcutta make demands.
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
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