HIV patients in Ukraine face treatment ‘apocalypse’ as US funds in limbo
Ukraine relies on the U.S. to fund HIV services during the war. The Trump administration is still mulling axing its support.
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Belgium pushes to make sex work safer but abuses still persist
A law that was adopted in December last year allows sex workers in Belgium to sign employment contracts, granting them more labour rights like health insurance and paid leave. But even if Belgium has some of the most liberal sex work laws in Europe, a…
Belgium’s sex workers win maternity pay and pension rights in world first
Move by lawmakers hailed as ‘huge step forward’, ending legal discrimination against sex workersBelgian sex workers have gained the right to sick days, maternity pay and pension rights under the first law of its kind in the world.Lawmakers voted in May…
Adult-content creators call for inclusion in AI policy talks
Adult industry stakeholders are looking to influence artificial intelligence (AI) regulations to protect content creators’ rights amid emerging issues like AI-generated pornography, deepfakes, and age verification challenges.
A cycle of debt, sex work and cocaine: the women in west Africa caught in Europe’s drugs trail
As white powder bound for European ports floods the city of Agadez in Niger, female migrants are the most common victims in a growing addiction crisisRead more in this seriesIn recent years, women who have become trapped in sex work in the Niger city o…
Hamburg’s sex workers persecuted under Hitler to be commemorated
Planned memorial aims at ‘dignified remembrance’ of women of St Pauli detained as perverts under the NazisSex workers in Hamburg’s historic red-light district who were persecuted under Adolf Hitler are to get their own memorial at Herbertstraße, a noto…
Legal prostitution in Germany: A failure?
More than two decades after prostitution was legalised in Germany, the issue is once again sparking debate. The conservative opposition in parliament is campaigning to reform the 2002 law that made sex work legal. Former chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU…
Sex work splits the EU Parliament
German lawmaker Maria Noichl wants to ban buying sex — but not everyone’s on board.
Let HIV communities lead
Ongoing HIV stigma hampers testing, treatment and prevention. Multilayered impacts necessitate community initiatives and the dismantling of discriminatory laws for effective collaboration, which are essential for achieving HIV elimination goals.
France is reckoning with the harms of online porn. But will anything change? | Marie Le Conte
A government-backed report is damning about the porn industry, painting it as inherently criminal. Sex workers, on the other hand, strongly disagreeOnline pornography has become inescapable. Hundreds of millions of people watch it every month. The glob…
Adopted EU report on sex work: What went unaddressed?
This week, Euractiv’s Beyond the Byline podcast looks into the hotly contested report on the regulation of sex work.
Divided EU Parliament backs decriminalisation of sex work, ‘punishment’ of clients
EU lawmakers adopted a report urging member states to decriminalise people in prostitution, and ‘punish’ – but not criminalise – buyers, in a debate that sparked confrontation between sex workers and MEPs on how to regulate the sector.
Sex workers, activists call on EU lawmakers to reject report on prostitution
Sex workers and human rights organisations called on EU lawmakers to reject a report that argues for the criminalisation of sex buyers, illustrating a deep divide among activists and sex workers over how to regulate sex work.