Sex Sells: Monitoring Reporting on the Sex Industry through a Gender Lens

This report and guide was produced as a result of a project to monitor the print media's reporting of the sex industry in Cape Town, South Africa. It aims to raise awareness among media practitioners through discussion of the importance of gender-sensitive reporting, as well as to move the media toward advocacy on these issues.

The report contains findings of the study of how sex workers were portrayed in a number of articles written in the print media. It also outlines strategies for reporting on the sex industry, and offers tips for organisations wishing to highlight these issues in the media. In addition, "Sex Sells" provides background inforamtion about the sex industry and a guide about the laws around sex work.