BBC News, United Kingdom:

CALCUTTA, 26 October 2006 -- A bank set up by a former prostitute to help sex workers in the Indian city of Calcutta has been so successful it is preparing to set up a further 12 branches in the state of West Bengal. More

The Independent, Kampala Uganda
17 May 2010 - As a sex worker, Helen not only attracts clients but also is a target for unwanted, and all too frequently violent, attention. The illegal nature of her work causes social and legal alienations which lead her to be doubly vulnerable to abuse at the hands of the very people who are sworn to protect her and up hold the inviolability of her person and property granted by the law.
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OSI, USA
Statement by the Open Society Institute and Pathfinder International
May 13, 2010 – On this day, new federal regulations went into effect that force care and service providers to stigmatize the very sex workers they are trying to reach with HIV-prevention programs. Under the government rule, commonly known as the "anti-prostitution pledge requirement," public health groups receiving U.S. global HIV funds must pledge their opposition to prostitution in order to continue their life-saving HIV prevention work. The requirement forces organizations to censor even their privately funded speech regarding the most effective ways to engage high-risk groups in HIV prevention. More…

CBC News, Canada
May 18, 2010 -- The unregulated and underground practice of street prostitution makes it difficult to counteract the dangers of the job, says a women's advocate.

ABC News, Australia
May 14, 2010 -- A prostitution law in the Northern Territory is putting workers at risk, the union representing sex workers claims.

New Zealand Herald, New Zealand
Thursday May 13, 2010 - In a Sex workers are safer, healthier and more willing to go to police since prostitution was decriminalised, but the stigma remains a problem, according to a book on the changing industry.

Sport24, South Africa
May 5, 2010, Cape Town - Sex work researchers have dismissed fears of a massive rise in human trafficking for the World Cup, saying cash-strapped NGOs could be tagging onto the tournament to win extra resources.

OneIndia
Thursday, March 4, 2010 -Kolkata, Mar 4 (ANI): Over 500 sex workers gathered from different red light areas in Kolkata to stage a candle light procession on the occasion of the 'International Sex Workers Rights Day'.

Associated Press
March 25, 2010, Paris -- French sex workers are protesting a lawmaker's proposal to legalize brothels in France, saying they want a law that bans active solicitiation repealed instead.

MediaGlobal
April 22, 2010, India -- As the United Nations calls for a greater focus on reproductive health this week, sex workers in India are independently advocating for their often overlooked needs and rights.