Lead Story News Refugees Rohingya
As Rohingya women struggle to access even the very basics such as food and water in Bangladesh’s overcrowded camps, a flourishing sex trade offers cash in times of desperation.
Sex workers are hopeful the government will amend the nearly 70 year old Suppression of Prostitution Act to protect them against police and client abuse.
Interview Lead Story News Women's Issues
DVB speaks to Liz Hilton of Empower, a group that works to ensure equal rights for sex workers in Thailand.
As the world marks International AIDS Day, between 190,000 and 230,000 people in Burma are living with HIV, according to 2014 UN estimates. The figure puts Burma at one of the highest rates of infection in the region.
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Lead Story News Parliament Rangoon Society
A proposal to legalise and regulate karaoke bars and massage parlours in Rangoon Division was put forward at a regional parliament session on Monday.
Contributor Lead Story News Society
Although it’s well understood that additional services may be provided at massage parlors and karaoke bars, most managers and staff will vehemently deny the fact when a health worker comes knocking on the door.
Over 380,000 people are being held as slaves in Burma, according to the first ever global slavery survey.
Human trafficking remains a significant problem in both Burma and Thailand, where the stateless Rohingya minority has become particularly vulnerable to exploitation and abuse, a leading US report has warned
Faced with exploding HIV rates and daily threats of violence, sex workers in Burma are joining together to challenge prostitution laws they say leave them vulnerable to abuse
