WOMEN: THAI GOVT RECOGNIZES PROBLEM OF EXPLOITATION OF WOMEN

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  February 6, 1999 ;     700+ words ......stated that, despite laws penalizing commercial sex workers and those who profit from prostitution...important part both in the demand for commercial sex services and the trafficking of women...by some friends. Moreover, visits to commercial sex workers are still considered as part...

Brazil refuses $40 million in US AIDS grants.(ROUND UP: HIV/AIDS)

Reproductive Health Matters;  November 1, 2005 ;     277 words ......requirement that they must pledge to oppose commercial sex work. Under the Bush administration...other countries has nothing to do with commercial sex workers have to make this pledge. In...decided to refuse the grants, said. Commercial sex work is not a crime in Brazil, and...

HEALTH-SOUTHERN AFRICA: SEX WORKERS JOIN EFFORTS TO CONTAIN AIDS

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  August 8, 2003 ;     700+ words ...00-00-0000 MBABANE, Aug. 8 (IPS/GIN) -- Commercial sex workers are not responsible for the...oldest profession. The activities of commercial sex workers tell researchers much about...Swaziland, told IPS. Dube has been studying commercial sex workers as part of an initiative called...

Commercial sex is Tirupati's new draw

The Hindustan Times;  June 21, 2008 ;     251 words ......Tirupati has emerged as a hotspot for commercial sex. Quoting a survey by an NGO, he said that as many as 350 commercial sex workers operate in and around...also revealed that about 100-150 commercial sex workers, who are located at the...

Civic leaders want sex trade regularised

The Weekly Gleaner;  September 10, 2003 ;     621 words ......researchers, women's rights activists and commercial sex workers attending the Gleaner Editors...Transmitted Infections (STIs) testing for commercial sex workers. "Some of us working in health...way of decriminalising or regulating commercial sex was found, "it is still not going ...

Jaraula declares war vs commercial sex.(Provincial News)

Manila Bulletin;  November 10, 2007 ;     218 words ......to pursue a serious campaign against commercial sex in Cagayan de Oro. He declared recently...people. Jaraula's declaration to close commercial sex establishments in the city came amid...those fond of engaging the services of commercial sex workers to be careful about the ...

Supermarkets potentially sex shops, hearing told

The Press;  November 25, 2003 ;     355 words ......draft bylaws did not define a number of commercial sex premises, such as rap parlours and...the sex industry in Auckland city, commercial sex premises are restricted in the central...the council's proposed brothel and commercial sex premises bylaws. Ema Lyon, a retailer...

Kenya's City Mayor Orders Arrest of Prostitutes

Xinhua News Agency;  October 5, 2001 ;     147 words ......insoutheastern Kenya has ordered a crackdown on commercial sex workers in the town, East African Standard...the council had powers to arrest any commercial sex workers operating in the town without...result of increased activities of the commercial sex workers over the past three ...

Mexican Man Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking of Minors and Transportation...

U.S. Newswire;  October 7, 2008 ;     324 words ......an adult female for the purpose of commercial sex, Acting Assistant Attorney General...purpose of causing them to engage in commercial sex acts in the Washington area. During...of causing that minor to engage in commercial sex acts. According to the superseding...

A Future For Children of AIDS

Women's Feature Service;  April 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ......to eat," she adds. Seema's mother, a commercial sex worker, has AIDS. "What will happen...and other children of HIV-positive commercial sex workers in Pune. Grassroots workers...especially girls-- of HIV-positive commercial sex workers in April 2000, they were sure...

MEXICAN MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO SEX TRAFFICKING OF MINORS, TRANSPORTATION FOR...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 7, 2008 ;     305 words ......an adult female for the purpose of commercial sex, Acting Assistant Attorney General...purpose of causing them to engage in commercial sex acts in the Washington area. During...of causing that minor to engage in commercial sex acts. According to the superseding...

AHF Slams LA Bathhouse Owners for Lawsuit Over Sex Club Regs.

PR Newswire;  March 10, 2006 ;     700 words ......Claims That Establishments are, '...Not Commercial Sex Venues at All and Are Thus Not Subject...Sex with Men (MSM) in Los Angeles' Commercial Sex Venues (CSVs); New County DSH Regulations...astounded that the owners of these commercial sex venues would even attempt to pull a...

Cebu City cops nab 8 'commercial sex workers'.(Provincial News)

Manila Bulletin;  May 1, 2004 ;     100 words ......here Thursday night led to the arrest of eight suspected commercial sex workers who were allegedly luring motorists and passersby...men have been receiving complaints about the activities of commercial sex workers and even drug peddlers in the areas, prompting the...

Study finds 1 in 100 kids fall to sexual exploitation

Charleston Daily Mail;  September 10, 2001 ;     328 words ......children who become entangled in the commercial sex industry originally took to the streets...prostitution, pornography and other forms of commercial sex. Those most at risk are runaways, the...study found that 95 percent of the commercial sex that boys engaged in was with men...

CONNECTICUT MAN SENTENCED TO 360 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR LEADING BRUTAL SEX...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 14, 2008 ;     626 words ......coerced multiple young women to engage in commercial sex acts against their will. Paris--one...in June 2007 on multiple counts of commercial sex trafficking through force, fraud or...networks who exploit minors or adults for commercial sex." Paris, 36, was previously convicted...