Sex Work and Sexuality

A Swirly Skirt on the Expressway
An expressway with red neon lights on the road.

Who is this person? What does this person want? Is it random cruising? Is money the goal, is it adventure? Why does it make me think of selling strawberries by the dusty roadside? I don’t have a single answer. Sex work is a lurking unknown in the world of sexuality.

By Shikha Aleya
April 5, 2016
A Swirly Skirt on the Expressway
Why We Need to Bridge the Gap between Sex Workers’ Movements and Abortion Rights Activism
A leafless tree with red umbrellas hung on its branches.

Abortion and sex work share the distinction of being topics on which even feminist activists sometimes find it difficult to remain non-judgmental, confronting feminists with the question: to what lengths are we really willing to go to respect and enable women’s choices and bodily autonomy?

By Kristin Francoeur and Surabhi Srivastava
April 5, 2016
Why We Need to Bridge the Gap between Sex Workers’ Movements and Abortion Rights Activism
मेरी अपनी बात
Five transgender people walking down on an Indian road. Someone behind them is carrying a placard "Save us from saviors". They are wearing bright-coloured sareers, gajras, bindis, and jewelery.

अनीता जो महाराष्ट्र में एक देवदासी हैं, के इस आत्म कथ्य से पता चलता है कि सहमति और हिंसा के मुद्दे हमेशा स्पष्ट और सीधे रूप में सामने नहीं आते। अनीता का कथ्य बताता है कि जीवन की कई परिस्थितियों में वो अपना रास्ता खुद मर्ज़ी अनुसार चुन पाई हैं ।

By Anita
April 5, 2016
मेरी अपनी बात
Sex and Sex Work: Same-Same But Different
In bright orange light, a toy train races around a track that surrounds a toy sized building

A discussion between sex workers of different ages, work contexts and backgrounds at the Empower Foundation centre in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

By Empower
April 5, 2016
Sex and Sex Work: Same-Same But Different
Rights and Freedom: From Street to Rehabilitation Centre
A sex worker lying on her side on a bed in a run-down room, smoking.

The fight for an end to discrimination and violence against sex workers in Cambodia, as in many other parts of the world, has a long way to go.

By WNU
April 5, 2016
Rights and Freedom: From Street to Rehabilitation Centre
Video Page: ‘Zinda Laash’, Bollywood’s Norms for ‘Dhandewali’s
Still from a Bollywood song. A woman in white dress.

“‘Dhandewali’s must smoke; paan is a must; a ‘dhandewali’ can never escape her identity; ‘dhandewali’s must dress ‘differently’… Spanning over 6 decades of Bollywood cinema, ‘Zinda Laash’ highlights how very little has changed across the ages when it comes to the industry’s representation of women in prostitution. Humorously drawing attention to stereotypes, while poignantly highlighting myths, ‘Zinda Laash’ is a tribute to every sex worker who is not recognised as a woman or a human being.”

By Curated Content
April 5, 2016
Video Page: ‘Zinda Laash’, Bollywood’s Norms for ‘Dhandewali’s
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