Tag: sex work
The Counter-Culture Blog: ‘Ashawo’ – The Nigerian Reaction to Nonconformist Women
Misogyny, the prejudice, and discrimination against women, manifests itself in various ways across different societies. Nigeria, with its cultural diversity, ...
“There are levels to intimacy” | A sex worker’s love story
There are two extremes of conversation that most discussions about sex work or prostitution (if you prefer that street term ...
Borno IDP Camps: Could Governor Zulum be misplacing the difference between ‘prostitution’ and rape?
On Wednesday, July 7 2021, Borno Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, lamented that prostitution is on the ...
Why legalising sex work could protect women
In the course of the series of interviews that became the YNaija documentary on sex workers, one wish made up ...
Here’s what’s wrong with Bauchi planning a census for sex workers
Sex work has globally been a contentious issue, arising from different views on morality to religious doctrines and cultural mores. ...
Daughters of Eve | Inside the lives of Lagos sex workers
“You see that word Ashewo, I hate it!” Gift, a sex worker. It is a daredevil attempt arguing that you ...
#HerStory Series: “I regret nothing”| 47-year-old Sex Worker shares on leaving her parents to start a new life
Art, it is said, imitates life. Sometimes, the opposite is the case, and when this happens, we gasp and ponder ...
Why Toke Makinwa is a poster girl for feminism of a different sort
Toke Makinwa is no stranger to controversy – many might even argue her brand is built mostly on that, and ...
The police raided Abuja nightclubs and arrested over 70 women, sexually assaulted them and we are furious
Even though we are deeply numb from the varying attacks, assaults, and human rights violations perpetrated by the Nigerian Police, ...
Falz is still shaming sex workers in his new video for ‘Talk’ and we are tired
Barely two weeks into 2019 and Falz is already out with a new song and a video to boot. Titled ...
Senegal has cracked the code for sex work, when will the rest of Africa?
You might not have heard about this, but Senegal has quietly led advancements in West Africa through its partnerships with ...
The Sexuality Blog: This PBS report puts a human face on the victims of the Nigeria/Italy sex trade
According to reports, there are literally no families in Edo state that have not been directly affected the Edo/Italy trafficking-sex ...
The Sexuality Blog: SWEAT needs your help to decriminalise sex work in South Africa
Here at the Sexuality Blog, we won’t even pretend that we are against sex work. It would be hypocritical for ...
The Case for Prostitution
There’s been much ado about Amnesty International’s recent call to legalize prostitution, with Nigerian bodies reliably condemning it as another ...
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