Global Sex

‘Where there is money, there will be sex.’

Sine Plambech has dedicated her life to pursuing the trail of sex and money across the globe.

As a young anthropologist, she interviews migrant sex workers from Thailand and Nigeria living in Europe. When she follows the treacherous migrant routes that led them from their families, she finds lives transformed by the money that absent mothers, daughters, wives and sisters send home.

Over many years, Sine and the women at the heart of her research begin to talk as friends, sharing stories of risks taken and losses endured in search of a better future, and finding common ground in the human experiences that connect us all.

An engaging and nuanced storyteller, Plambech is unsparing in her analysis of the international sex trade yet compassionate in her treatment of the women who work in it. In Global Sex, it is these women who take centre stage, reminding us that behind every statistic, there is a human story.