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The article presents world news briefs on topics including criticism aimed at 2016 U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump in the aftermath of his performance during the first televised political debate featuring U.S. Republican Party candidates. Trump's comments about debate host Megyn Kelly are mentioned, along with the Amnesty International human-rights group's approval of a policy advocating the global decriminalization of prostitution. Vegemite spread sales in Australia are also examined.

The article presents quotations, statistics, and world news briefs on various topics as of September 23, 2013. It states that Japan hopes to earn close to 30 billion dollars from its hosting of the 2020 Olympic Games. Switzerland is expected to raise the minimum legal age for prostitution in the country from 16 to 18. Former National Basketball Association (NBA) player Dennis Rodman is quoted on his friendship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

The article discusses the Amnesty International (Amnesty) human-rights organization's plan to vote on August 11, 2015 on a draft proposal that would recommend the complete global decriminalization of sex work (prostitution) for buyers and sellers. According to the article, Amnesty's proposal will enable sex workers (prostitutes) to seek protection from abuse and provide them with increased access to various health and social services. Human rights and prostitution laws are also examined.

The article features 68-year-old Angelina Merlin, the only woman Senator in Italy. It mentions that Merlin has successfully eliminated the state-supervised brothel in the country wherein she has been encouraging the legislators for ten years to approve the closure of the brothel. Meanwhile, the Chamber of Deputies with 385 votes to 115 ordered that all houses of prostitution should be closed within six months, and to re-educate the girls serving in the brothel.

The article offers information on the adoption and implementation of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in other 14 states in the U.S. It mentions that these states have asserted for the legislation and passing of the equal rights for women. In addition, it highlights the states that have asserted the ERA including Maryland, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington. It cites the extension of the rape and antiprostitution laws to both men and women due to ERA. Furthermore, the legal and judicial challenges cited over the ERA are also highlighted.

The article reports on the efforts of Buford Pusser from Atlanta, Georgia to bend the law that legalizes the activities of moonshining, prostitution and gambling in the rural McNairy County, Tennessee. It reveals the period in which Pusser got himself elected as the area's sheriff and began a six-year crusade against the said activities. It notes the courage of Pusser in upholding the methods as well as several attempts on his life that he managed to survive.

The article reports on the move of the Interior Ministry of Chilean President Eduardo Frei to ban prostitution. The order has come as a response to the increasing charges of white slavery and dope selling in the country. Meanwhile, many brothel keepers have made a mass-protest demonstration informing Juan Hamilton, under secretary of the country's Interior Ministry, that they would establish a body politic to oppose the government if the ban is not cancelled.

The article reports on the campaign to institutionalize bordellos and prostitutions in France and the legislation being prepared by 60 Gaullist Deputies led by Claude Peyret and supported by Premiere Jacques Chaban-Delmas. The brothels would be run by civil servants and supervised by health and sanitation authorities. It states its advantages which includes reduction of sexual crimes, helping timid men to overcome sexual complexes and provide sexual opportunity to foreign laborers.

The article reports on the ruling of the Court of Appeals in London, England on the act of posting advertisements which suggestively solicit customers. It notes that the court has reversed the conviction of the tobacconist who posted such advertisement, contending that the 1959 Street Offenses Act does not intend to ban prostitution, but only to remove prostitutes from the streets. It also notes that the government has extended the meaning of the act.