Podcast | "They Are Going to Kill Us": Sex Workers in Peru Face Extortion and Violence

Podcast | "They Are Going to Kill Us": Sex Workers in Peru Face Extortion and Violence

Podcast | “They Are Going to Kill Us”: Sex Workers in Peru Face Extortion and Violence Sex workers in Peru face extortion and violence at the hands of police officers and members of Tren de Aragua. *This episode is also available in Spanish. Listen on YouTube Spotify Amazon Apple About This Episode The international success of Venezuela’s most infamous criminal export, Tren de Aragua, was built on a model of exploiting the vulnerable.  In Per…

Stories of Sex Workers in Iran: When the Body Becomes the Last Means of Survival

Economic crisis, unemployment, discrimination, and the absence of social support are pushing more people into sex work as a final means of survival. As Iran’s economy has moved deeper into crisis, sex work is no longer a hidden or shame-laden phenomenon confined to the margins of its cities. It has become one of the clearest signs of the collapse of social protections and the intensification of exploitation within Iran’s crisis-ridden economy. B…