In Uganda, sex workers face stigma and abuse. But a sisterhood within the brothels is helping them navigate challenges.
The electrified metal fence, topped with razor wire and cameras, has prompted criminals to seek out new destinations.
Surveillance begins on app users after a trafficking gang that lured girls into the sex trade in India was busted.
The court upheld rule that requires foreign affiliates of nonprofit groups to denounce prostitution and sex trafficking.
US Justice Dept, duke’s lawyers dispute terms of an interview about his relationship with the late US sex trafficker.
Overnight loss of income from core clientele plunges the marginalised group into depths of anxiety and deprivation.
101 East investigates Indian villages where it is custom for parents to sell their young daughters for sex.
Poverty and unpredictable tourism industry forcing men on the east coast to send spouses into prostitution.
NGO Urban Light in Chiang Mai has reached 5,000 teenagers caught up in prostitution rackets in Thailand’s second city.
For girls and women from the Perna caste, entering the sex trade is a normal next step after marriage and childbirth.
![Perna basti Dharampura Najafgarh [Showkat Shafi/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/af363cd4c9884ae1855a5b36d5151132_18.jpeg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Contrary to its idyllic image, Hawaii is a hub for the sex trafficking of girls and women.
Children are being trafficked into forced labour and sexual exploitation in large numbers from Assam state.
![[Sarita Santoshini/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/6e25b942e4654aa5b740fd3f4c329c72_18.jpeg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Many of the 7,000 sex workers in this Kolkata red-light district say they have no other options for survival.
While other states have legalised sex work, South Australia still has some of the most repressive laws on the books.
