Melissa Ditmore

consultant on research and rights-based programming

Posts Tagged ‘human rights’

Report: Police abuse of Cambodian Sex Workers Made Worse by US Policies

RH Reality Check

A recent report by Human Rights Watch describes the abuse of sex workers by Cambodian police, who declared open season on sex workers in the wake of a new anti-trafficking law that criminalizes sex work. The new law was a response to the perennial threat of US economic sanctions against nations that are not seen to be ‘doing enough’ to combat trafficking in persons.

Sex Work, Trafficking: Understanding the Difference

RH Reality Check

Even those who mean well sometimes confuse the human rights abuse of trafficking in persons with the human occupation of prostitution, or sex work. It’s understandable because of the history of the two fields, but it creates rather than solves problems.