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A woman holds a sign that says "Sex workers and residents against police raids and closures."

This English collective says Brexit unfairly targets sex workers for deportation

Women & Gender

Romanian sex workers are reporting that they’re being harassed and threatened with arrest and deportation by police, says the London Collective of Prostitutes. The group has published a pamphlet titled,”Sex workers are getting screwed by Brexit.”

Paid For: My Journey Through Prostitution is Rachel Moran's new memoir.

After seven years in the Dublin sex trade, Rachel Moran says prostitution is always abuse

Justice
Women gaze at jewelery displayed at an international fair in Tehran.

Crystal meth, skinny jeans and underground bloggers — it’s the Iran you never see

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