Legalife

The case studies in this report offer a look at real-life sex workerled programming that has reduced police abuse, health risks, and other adverse impacts of bad laws and law enforcement on sex workers. The six case studies presented in this publication—in Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, South Africa, and Zimbabwe—capture a variety of approaches supported by […]

The Open Society Foundations has published a short and easy-to-read pamphlet enumerating ten reasons why governments should decriminalize sex work. The document points out that “criminalization and aggressive policing have been shown to increase sex workers’ vulnerability to violence, extortion, and health risks.” It puts forth persuasive arguments for decriminalization of sex work as a […]