News from the Global South
Ladies of Pleasure or Sex Slaves?
, 1/24/2006
Expatica - Netherlands, January 24, 2006 Dutch prostitution policy is meant to free female sex workers from parasitic pimps and turn them into empowered self-employed entrepreneurs. But the authorities are now asking their clients for help to tackle the problem of women being trafficked for sex.
Sex Education Survey Encouraged Amidst Raised Eyebrows
, 1/23/2006
Daily Times - Lahore, Pakistan, January 23, 2006 A recent study on girl college students' reproductive health knowledge has been received well by most students, parents and staff but has also raised a few eyebrows.
Pope Encyclical To Praise 'Eros', Not Bury It
, 1/23/2006
Reuters India - Mumbai, India, January 23, 2006 Vatican City - Pope Benedict's first encyclical will praise the positive aspects of erotic love and human desire within the context of a greater spiritual love, officials familiar with the document said on Monday.
PM Likely To Hold Talks With Kashmiri Pandits
, 1/23/2006
India Monitor - Whalley Range, Manchester, UK, January 23, 2006 Girls from Lucknow, Patna, Ahmedabad, Jaipur and Ludhiana, according to a sex survey by a leading weekly magazine, have sex at a much younger age (15-18), as compared to their counterparts in big cities.
How Playboy Can Score in India
, 1/22/2006
ktla.trb.com - Los Angeles, USA, January 22, 2006 Despite strict obscenity laws, stricter religious mores and a fanatical element that regularly pickets and threatens to blow up movie theaters running risque movies, Playboy Enterprises is considering an Indian version of its magazine.