Major project shows the different ways countries criminalise sex work and prosititution.

A map aiming to provide a global perspective on female sex work by displaying a detailed summary of the laws, regulations and policies in over 75 countries was launched recently.

The ‘Sex Work Law Map’ was developed by the Sexuality, Poverty and Law Programme at the UK’s Institute of Development Studies (IDS).

It is hoped that more accurate and comprehensive accounts of the laws governing sex work nationally and internationally will help inform public policy, advocacy strategies and law reform to achieve positive change and realise equal human rights for sex workers.