17 December, 2009, Budapest --- Hungarian news agency Hirszerzo writes about Hungarian prostitution and the press-conference held in Budapest on December 17 by the Association of Hungarian Prostitutes.

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The Guardian, UK
For five years, it was one of Internet’s best kept and most guessed secrets. The truth, unveiled by the blogger herself, is quite astonishing.

Spiegel.de, Denmark
December 4th 2009 − The Copenhagen city council tried to use the climate summit to push their anti-sex work agenda. Local sex workers fought back with their own weapons.

Globo, Brasil
August 27th 2009 – Daspu, the clothing label stemming from the local sex worker community held its first fashion show in Rio de Janeiro, featuring working girls as models.

Bors, Hungary
November 16th 2009 – Wearing only panties and bras, sex workers are on display in small, wooden shacks with large windows overlooking road 53 in Bács-Kiskun county.

The Times of India
October 1st 2009 – An independent candidate in the October state assembly elections in Haryana, India, gave the election commission embarrassing moments by insisting that he be allotted 'condom' as a poll symbol. His agenda was to highlight the plight of sex workers, illegal flesh trade and spread of AIDS.

Reuters, Germany
July 22nd 2009 – Prostitutes in Germany fought back against attempts by conservative politicians and irate residents to stop popular "flat-rate" brothels in July.

African Eye News Service, Swaziland.

HIV and gay activists in Swaziland are calling for the legalisation of prostitution and gay marriages to bring the spread of the HIV epidemic under control. Swaziland Aids Support Organisation (SASO) spokesperson, Vusi Matsebula, said it was necessary to conduct a study to look at the role prostitutes can play in preventing the spread of the disease. The Sex Worker Education and Advocacy Taskforce (SWEAT) director, Eric Harper, also recommended the decriminalisation of sex work alongside a new prostitution law that addresses potential harm and HIV infections.

The Scarlet Alliance is calling on the government to fund a dedicated health organisation for sex workers. It says Tasmania is the only state or territory that does not have its own long term organisation for sex workers.

Pooja Chopra, winner of India’s Femina beauty contest and India’s 2009 representation for the Miss World contest, visited a red-light area in Mumbai, in order to interact and encourage the children of sex workers. The visit was organised Apna Women, a non-governmental organisation dedicated to the welfare of sex workers.