Sex Workers

Sex workers organising for change
https://www.opendemocracy.net/beyondslavery/borislav-gerasimov/sex-worke...

BORISLAV GERASIMOV, 2 June 2018, Open Democracy
Sex workers around the world are teaming up to accomplish what so few policymakers are willing to do: make their working lives better.

Prostitutes in poor neighbourhood hold beauty pageant

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Mexico City Sex Workers — Poor Women Who Are Harassed by Police
By The Costa Rica Star – March 10, 2017
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http://news.co.cr/mexico-city-sex-workers-are-poor-women-trying-to-survi...

Mexico City, Mar 7 — “Damaris,” with lush black hair and inquisitive dark eyes, is a single mom who for the past four years has been a sex worker in Mexico City, fighting day by day against discrimination and police harassment.

Rights and Risks: Mexico City Organization Promotes Dignity, Offers Services for Sex Workers

Mayela Sánchez, Senior Reporter
https://globalpressjournal.com/americas/mexico/rights-risks-mexico-city-...

Elvira Madrid Romero, 49, Brigada Callejera’s president, holds a comic book that her organization created to inform sex workers about issues such as gender violence and trafficking.
Mayela Sanchez, GPJ Mexico

Massacre of Sex Workers during a police operative against human trafficking in the Zona Galáctica tolerance zone of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas,. January 2014

CASE: “Incitement to Hatred Towards Sex Workers during Felipe Calderon’s 2007-2012 Presidential Term”, presented by Brigada Callejera de Apoyo a la Mujer “Elisa Martínez”, A.C. and la Red Mexicana de Trabajo Sexual at the Pre-Trial on Gender Violence and Femicide of the Mexican Chapter of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (TPP).

Sex workers in Mexico say they suffer frequent attacks from clients, leading to injuries and violent deaths nationwide. But human rights defenders say the abuse against them remains invisible because of a lack of data and access to justice based on their profession and gender. Sex workers also report abuse by authorities, a charge officials deny. Meanwhile, the workers fear that extortion by organized criminals will soon seep into Mexico City.