Can Legalized Prostitution Ever be Safe & Free of Exploitation?

Some say laws against prostitution unfairly victimize women. A Canadian court recently ruled that laws preventing brothels endangered prostitutes by forcing them to work on the streets. And as the recent Secret Service scandal makes clear, in Colombia, prostitution is legal in “tolerance zones.” But in Spain, prostitution is essentially legal, and the nation has become a magnet for sex [...]

Prostitution in Spain is Growing

She had expected a job in a hotel. But when Valentina arrived in a small town (La Jonquera) in Spain two months ago from Romania, the man who helped her get here — a man she had considered her boyfriend — made it clear that the job was on the side of the road. La [...]

Backpage.com Being Used for Child Prostitution

How Pimps Use the Web to Sell Girls By Nicholas D. Kristof January 25, 2012 / NYT In November, a terrified 13-year-old girl pounded on an apartment door inBrooklyn,New York. When a surprised woman answered, the girl pleaded for a phone. She called her mother, and then dialed 911. The girl, whom I’ll call Baby Face because [...]

Prostitution is Legal in the American State of Nevada

Nevada is the only state in America that allows legal prostitution, and there are two dozen licensed brothels in the state, but none are sci fi-themed, yet. Nevadabusinessman and documentary star Dennis Hof just bought a run-down brothel 90 miles fromLas Vegas and is planning on turning it into his newest business venture: Alien Cathouse. The brothel [...]

20 Girls Raped & Filmed & Later Blackmailed by the Guesthouse in Peshawar

The busting of a gang, members of which belonged to respectable families but were involved in rape and blackmailing of young boys and girls, was made possible when a female student of the University of  Peshawar approached the local police following her rape and blackmailing by the management of a guesthouse on the University Road. [...]

Where is Bhanwari Devi, the Rajasthani Nurse?

Bhanwari Devi, a nurse said to have been in sexual relationships with some Rajasthan politicians, has disappeared mysteriously and nobody can find any trace of her. Bhanwari was making stealthily videos of herself in compromising positions with ministers and other powerful figures to blackmail them. Investigators believe this is what led to her disappearance. Mahipal [...]

Prostitution Continues to Thrive in Heera Mandi

During the daytime, Heera Mandi just another street inLahore, with shops selling cheap shoes, hats, jewellery and other trinkets. But when the sun and the shutters go down, very different wares go on sale. At night, as the grand and beautiful Badshahi Mosque looms in the backdrop, men bustle up and down the dusty street, [...]

What to Do with the Eunuchs?

India’s third sex, of whom there are an estimated 0.5 to one million, still live a secluded life. Kinnars or hijras, the popular terms for eunuchs, have been mythologised as servants and confidantes in royal courts. Today, they are known for performances at weddings, house-warmings and birth ceremonies, and begging or hustling for money, with [...]

Thirty Percent Afghan Girls Trafficked to Pakistan are Sexually Exploited

Afghanistan should develop mechanisms to raise awareness about the dangers of human trafficking, support victims and prosecute perpetrators. It is becoming an alarming problem because a huge number of women and children are vulnerable to trafficking in the country. The victims are exploited both inside and outside the country for forced labour, prostitution, drug selling [...]

Trafficking of Women

Trafficking of women is a fast growing crime Naghma Shaikh Trafficking in people for prostitution and forced labour is one of the fastest growing areas of international criminal activity and the overwhelming majority of victims are women and children. More than 700,000 people are believed to be trafficked each year worldwide. Trafficking is now considered [...]