Working to SurviveMaternal Complications, Suicide Among Top Reasons For Sex Workers’ Deaths: Study A lack of data makes identifying causes of mortality among sex workers in countries like India difficult. By Amlan Sarkar
Course CorrectionSex Work is a Legal Profession, Says Supreme Court in Historic Order Based on a panel's recommendations, the court issued guidelines for the police and media to treat sex workers with dignity. By Saumya Kalia
Aiding StigmaThe Indian Govt Conflates Sex Workers With AIDS Control, Further Marginalizing Them When the state sees a population solely through the lens of disease and contagion, it stops engaging with them as citizens. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Unseal Ganga JamunaSex Workers Fight for Home and Dignity in Nagpur Red Light Area About 1,500 sex workers are affected due to barricades in the Ganga-Jamuna red light area over "illegal sex trade" concerns. By Saumya Kalia
Lines CrossedThe Buzz Cut: It Took a Bull Named ‘Feminist’ to End a Brutal Bullfighting Festival This week in The Buzz Cut, we look at tragedies in 'The White Lotus', and a book thief mystery. By Saumya Kalia
Not For DiscussionNew Anti‑Trafficking Bill Fails to Address Sex Workers’ Concerns, Activists Say Sex worker organizations argue the proposed legislation conflates trafficking and sex work. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Love In The Uncanny ValleyWe Will Soon Have Sentient Sex Robots. Will They Be Able To Consent? Meaningful consent is possible only if robots achieve independent decision-making skills, which many futurists believe is only a few decades away. By Aditi Murti
The Value of IndependenceTell Me More: Talking Anti‑Trafficking Laws and the Dignity of Sex Work With Kiran Deshmukh "Once women band together, they become formidable opponents," says the president of the National Network of Sex Workers. By Aditi Murti
Work Re-culturedWork, Re‑cultured: A Sex Worker Trying to Standardize Pandemic Safe Sex Protocols "We’re insisting our clients wear masks and use sanitizers along with us. We have to save their family and keep ours safe too." By The Swaddle Team
Bless HimThe Vatican Wires Covid19 Relief Funds to Trans Sex Workers Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, who oversees the Vatican's charities, says he simply did what Jesus would have done. By Rajvi Desai
State-Sponsored OppressionWhy Advocates Favor Decriminalization, Not Legalization, of Sex Work With decriminalization, sex work is just another job; with legalization, it's a job regulated by the state. By Rajvi Desai
Sex Work is WorkAll The Arguments You Need: to Convince People Sex Work Should Be Decriminalized Decriminalization helps make the sex work industry safer. By Rajvi Desai
Never Back Down“From Durban to Tomorrow” Shows the Fight Against HIV Is Far From Over Activists are pushing governments around the world to care about HIV from a human rights perspective. By Rajvi Desai
Stating the ObviousSex Workers’ Rape Allegations Can’t Be Ignored Because Of Their Profession, Says SC But the court's landmark decision isn't progressive enough. By Nadia Nooreyezdan
One Step ForwardNew Revision to Anti‑Trafficking Bill Doesn’t Account for Consensual Sex Work There is a difference between consensual sex work and human trafficking - a nuance the bill ignores. By Rishika Pardikar