Marina lives a double life. She is a former police officer; everyone knows about this. But hardly someone knows that now sex work and human rights activitism are her main occupations.

The sex workers led organization Silver Rose from St Petersburg, Russia, has published a security guide for sex workers. The guide was developed by sex workers with the financial help of the Global Fund.

This memorable day was established in 2003, initially to commemorate the victims of a serial killer from America who tracked and murdered sex workers and teenage girls who fled their house. Subsequently, this day has become an event of international importance, supported by more and more ...

On October 31-November 1, a training seminar "Leadership capacity development of sex workers (SWs)" is held in St. Petersburg within the framework of the project "Strategic meeting of the sex workers community representatives".

Tallinn, Estonia, March 23, 2017 - A new network of sex workers in Eastern Europe and Central Asia has been registered in Tallinn, Estonia. EECA Sex Workers’ Alliance is created to promote the development of policies on sex workers based on humanity, tolerance, protection of ...

Countries that have legalised some aspects of sex work have fewer sex workers living with HIV than countries that criminalise all aspects of sex work, according to an ecological analysis of 27 European countries published online ahead of print in The Lancet HIV. The association remained ...

Summary Background Sex workers are disproportionately affected by HIV compared with the general population. Most studies of HIV risk among sex workers have focused on individual-level risk factors, with few studies assessing potential structural determinants of HIV risk. In this Article, we examine whether criminal laws around ...