The sex workers rights movement

Call for submissions

The annual publication Research for Sex Work seeks contributors for its eleventh issue whose theme is sex work and pleasure. Research for Sex Work welcomes three types of articles: 1) research results, 2) project or programme descriptions and 3) think pieces.

Research for Sex Work aims to provide a platform for the exchange of ideas, experiences, observations and research results on the subject of sex work and HIV prevention in the framework of health and human rights. Research for Sex Work is not an academic journal. Readers and authors come from sex workers (support) organisations, HIV prevention projects, local and international NGOs, universities, research institutes. They are outreach workers, sex workers, activists and researchers.

Building on the knowledge and experiences of people involved in HIV prevention and development for sex workers, the journal explores a different theme in each edition. Previous editions focused 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), money (9), and sex workers' rights (10).

Here are some suggestions for the next theme:

• Sex work, pleasure and desire
• History of sex work, the pleasure industry
• How HIV and safe sex have affected sexual pleasure and sex work
• The pleasures of working together: sex workers and allies

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 15 January, 2009; 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, Meena Sesshu (VAMP), and sex worker organization Scarlet Alliance.