Support for sex workers leaves Brazil without US cash.

SEX work; UNITED States. Agency for International Development; BRAZILIAN politics & government, 1985-2002; SEX workers; BUSH, George W. (George Walker), 1946-

Looks at how networks of Brazilian sex workers that first came together to fight police persecution are now turning their attention to preventing HIV. Discussion of the work of the Center for the Study of Prostitution (NEP), one of 27 organizations affiliated with Brazil's National Network of Sex Professionals; Review of how the group advocates the full recognition of prostitution under labor and social security laws; Overview of U.S. President George W. Bush's plan to require that applicants for future funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) sign an oath condemning prostitution.