The sex workers rights movement

Call for submissions

The annual publication Research for Sex Work seeks contributors for its next issue. This will be the tenth issue of Research for Sex Work and the theme of the next issue is the sex workers rights movement. Research for Sex Work welcomes three types of articles: 1) research results, 2) project or programme descriptions and 3) analyses/overview articles.

Research for Sex Work aims to provide a platform for the exchange of ideas, experiences, observations and research results with regards to sex work and HIV prevention in the broader framework of health and human rights. Although the title suggests otherwise, Research for Sex Work is not an academic journal. Readers and authors are from sex workers (support) organisations, HIV prevention projects, local and international NGOs, universities, research institutes, etc.

Building on the knowledge and experiences of people involved in HIV prevention and development for sex workers, the journal tries to explore a chosen topic in each edition. Previous editions were on peer education (1), appropriate health services (2), empowerment (3), violence (4), migration/mobility (5), human rights (6), ethics in health care and research (7) sex work and law enforcement (8) and money (9).

Here are some suggestions of topics that could be covered:

• History of the sex workers rights movement
• How HIV changed the sex workers rights movement
• Sex workers and labour rights
• Emerging issues facing sex workers
• Responses to violence against sex workers
• Sex workers and allies
• Achievements great and small
• Next steps

These are just some suggestions. Other ideas for articles that would fit in the broad theme of sex workers rights are welcome. If you would like to contribute, please send a message about your work and the topic of your article to the chief editor, Melissa Ditmore, Research for Sex Work at r4sw at researchforsexwork dot org as soon as possible. You may also contact her if you need additional information. You do not need to be fluent in English, because we will edit all articles. If you are more fluent in Chinese, Hindi or French, you can also submit your article in one of these languages. Please don't hesitate to share your experiences with a world-wide audience!

Deadline for all submissions is 28 February, 2007; the maximum number of words is 1200.

Notes

Research for Sex Work is an annual journal dedicated to the topic of research on sex work. Previous issues are available to download from www.researchforsexwork.org and www.nswp.org/r4sw/.

The first seven issues of Research for Sex Work were published by the Health Care and Culture section of VUMC in the Netherlands with financial support from Hivos. Since then, Research for Sex Work has been published by the Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP) in collaboration with Ivan Wolffers of VUMC and Nel van Beelen, the former editor-in-chief. Melissa Ditmore is the chief editor. Wolffers and van Beelen remain valued editorial board members and advisors. Other members of the editorial board include Jayne Arnott (SWEAT), Laura Agustín, Licia Brussa (TAMPEP), Cheryl Overs, Meena Sesshu (VAMP), and sex worker organizations Scarlet Alliance and Zi Teng.