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SEX WORK IN GERMANY – PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS FROM A HUMAN RIGHTS PERSPECTIVE [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
openGermany de facto legalized sex work in 2002, which was followed by the introduction of extensive industry-specific regulations on the commercial sex trade in 2017.
TOLNAI, CSILLA VERONIKA
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Demography and sex work characteristics of female sex workers in India. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
BACKGROUND: The majority of sex work in India is clandestine due to unfavorable legal environment and discrimination against female sex workers (FSWs).
Dandona Rakhi   +23 more
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Gender inequity in the lives of women involved in sex work in Kampala, Uganda [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
BACKGROUND: Gender inequity is manifested in the social and economic burden women carry in relation to men. We investigate women's experiences of gender relations from childhood to adult life and how these may have led to and kept women in sex work ...
Nakamanya, Sarah   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Attitudes towards sex workers: a nationwide cross-sectional survey among German healthcare providers

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundWorldwide, sex workers face stigmatization and discrimination, also within healthcare. Only few studies on healthcare providers’ attitudes towards care of sex workers have been performed.
Benedikt P. Langenbach   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

It’s Not Just Sex: Relational Dynamics between Street-Based Sex Workers and Their Regular Customers

open access: yes, 2021
Establishing regular customers is an integral aspect of any service industry since they can increase profits and referrals. Most research on regulars within sex work focuses on indoor, high-end workers, who cultivate them through relational work ...
Hail-Jares, Katie, Oselin, Sharon S
core   +1 more source

Exploring the Effectiveness of Diversion Programs for Women Involved in Commercial Sex: A Comparison of Sex-Trafficked and Non-Trafficked Individuals

open access: yesSocial Sciences
Diversion programs are increasingly used as alternatives to criminal penalties for women involved in commercial sex, yet limited research has examined how such programs support behavior change across diverse subgroups, particularly between sex-trafficked
Noam Haviv, Dominique Roe-Sepowitz
doaj   +1 more source

Mulheres (in)visíveis: prostituição, trabalho e migrações nas ruas de Lisboa

open access: yese-cadernos ces, 2021
Individuals engaged in street prostitution constitute one of the most precarious sectors of modern societies (Mac and Smith, 2018), where migrant women face increased difficulties related to their vulnerable position, resulting from the overlay of ...
Rebeca Amorim Csalog
doaj   +1 more source

Street-Based Sex Work in the Digital Age

open access: yes, 2022
The Internet has revolutionized sex work. Yet most research on digital sex work has focused on indoor workers, including escorts and cam girls, rather than considering how the proliferation of online classified and phone apps may create more ...
Hail-Jares, Katie, Oselin, Sharon S
core   +1 more source

The Work of Sex Work

open access: yes, 2020
Abstract This chapter analyses the legal treatment of sex work, and specifically prostitution, from the perspective of Marxist feminism. Here, the work of sex work must be understood in its wider structural context of gendered and racialized capitalism. The chapter argues that sex work should be understood as work.
openaire   +2 more sources

Working girls: abuse or choice in street-level sex work? A study of homeless women in Nottingham

open access: yes, 2008
This paper aims to explore how abused homeless women understand their choice to sex work. In particular, there is a discussion of the motivations given by women as to why they sex worked, and it is suggested that abused homeless women can experience ...
Harding, R   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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