“Informal Settlement” Status Discriminates Against Residents in Africa’s Largest Slum

by Liz McGinn -UK- Every year the BBC runs a huge televised fundraising event called Comic Relief. Its aim is to raise as much money as possible for worthwhile causes in the UK and Africa. The fundraising, undertaken by both...

Posted by Liz McGinn on May 27, 2011 12:01 AM

From One System of Control to Another for Philippine Child Survivors of Sex Trafficking and Prostitution

by Katie Palmer -Philippines- Nicki* was eight when her mother sold her to a local pimp in Southern Luzon, Philippines. She was forced to have sex daily with different pedophiles in a seedy brothel. Every night she danced on a...

Posted by Katie Palmer on March 15, 2011 12:01 AM

Condoms in Bahrain: Sex Workers’ Only Protection Against HIV/AIDS

by Suad Hamada -Bahrain- Savatri used a condom for the first time in her life when she was forced into prostitution a few months ago. Fortunately, the 34-year-old Indian woman was instructed by the managers of the brothel to insist...

Posted by Suad Hamada on January 14, 2011 12:01 AM

HIV/AIDS in India: Narrow Focus, Inflated Projections & Poverty

by Rupa Chinai - India - On August 5, 2008 a young “HIV-positive” couple in Mumbai - Babu Ishwar Thevar, 39, his wife Amothi, 33 - committed suicide after killing their three children, sons Venkatesh and Mani, ages 10 and...

Posted by Rupa Chinai on November 24, 2008 12:00 AM

Saving Sex Workers in Malawi

by Pilirani Semu-Banda - Malawi - Twenty-seven year-old Lima Wochi from Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, looks dejected. She ventured into prostitution at the tender age of 12. She says she is tired of sex work and is looking for a way...

Posted by Pilirani Semu-Banda on October 13, 2008 4:14 PM