Melissa Ditmore

consultant on research and rights-based programming

I’m a freelance consultant specializing in issues of gender, development, health and human rights, particularly as they relate to marginalized populations such as sex workers, migrants and people who use drugs. My past and current clients include the Asia Development Bank, AIDS Fonds Netherlands, and the Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center. I have extensive experience of working on projects both in the United States and in Asia and Africa.

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Books

Sex Work Matters
Zed Books
Prostitution and Sex Work
Greenwood Press
Encyclopedia of Prostitution and Sex Work
Greenwood Press

Recent Articles

Ontario Set to Decriminalize Sex Worker Activities

RH Reality Check

On September 28th, 2010, in an unprecedented judicial move, an Ontario court struck down three provisions that criminalize activities related to prostitution. Prostitution itself is not illegal in Canada but ancillary activities like advertising and management are criminalized. Ontario Supreme Court Judge Susan Himel cited evidence that these laws contribute to a climate in which sex workers are unsafe because they are forced to operate in secrecy.

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