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Grassroots sexual and reproductive rights interventions on sexual risk behavior among female sex workers in Nigeria

MGM Journal of Medical Sciences, 2021
Introduction: Sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR) involve access to accurate information, rights-based quality, safe, effective, affordable, and acceptable health-care services at all levels that cover the sexual and reproductive needs of the ...
Bartholomew B Ochonye, Paul O Abiodun, Felix O Sanni, Olufunke Tewobola, Tolu A Alamu, Ngozika Ogbonna   +5 more
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Molecular Epidemiology of Human Papillomaviruses, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis and Mycoplasma genitalium among Female Sex Workers in Burkina Faso: Prevalence, Coinfections and Drug Resistance Genes

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2021
Viral and bacterial infections represent an occupational risk for female sex workers. This study aimed at determining HPV coinfection with genital pathogens among female sex workers in West and Central Africa and identifying antibiotic resistance genes ...
Sessi Frida Tovo, Théodora Mahoukèdè Zohoncon, Amana Metuor Dabiré, Régine Ilboudo, Rahimatou Yasmine Tiemtoré, Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah, Albert Théophane Yonli, Essi Etonam Dovo, Rogomenoma Alice Ouédraogo, Abdoul Karim Ouattara, Pegdwende Abel Sorgho, Djénéba Ouermi, Florencia Wendkuuni Djigma, Charlemagne Ouédraogo, Lassana Sangaré, Jacques Simpore   +15 more
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Pandemic sex workers’ resilience: COVID-19 crisis met with rapid responses by sex worker communities

International Social Work, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the inequality of social support systems worldwide, revealing the gaps that further marginalize vulnerable people.
Elene Lam
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Arrest the Violence: Human Rights Violations Against Sex Workers in 11 Countries in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia [PDF]

, 2009
Documents the human rights violations sex workers face in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia from police and private citizens, their consequences, and barriers to justice and safety.
Anna-Louise Crago
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Economic and social dimensions influencing safety of induced abortions amongst young women who sell sex in Zimbabwe

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 2021
Globally, women, experience inequities in access to safe abortion services and this is most acutely felt in country contexts where legal abortions are highly restricted.
Samantha Chareka, Tamaryn L. Crankshaw, Pemberai Zambezi   +2 more
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Sex Workers Should not Be Forgotten in Africa’s COVID-19 Response

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2020
. COVID-19 is a global health emergency facing many countries around the world. Sex workers in Africa are among one of the vulnerable populations disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic on the continent. Sex workers are excluded from African
Y. Adebisi, A. Alaran, R. Akinokun, Alumuku Iordepuun Micheal, Esther B Ilesanmi, D. E. Lucero-Prisno   +5 more
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Cripping Sex Work: Disabled Sex Workers and Racialized Disgender in the Online Sex Industry

Disability Studies Quarterly, 2022
This paper explores how disabled online sex workers experience “racialized disgendering” in social media spaces and content platforms and introduces a new framework for “cripping sex work.” After discussing how disabled sex workers experience crip time ...
Shawna Felkins
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Morbidity and mortality in homeless individuals, prisoners, sex workers, and individuals with substance use disorders in high-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

The Lancet, 2017
Summary Background Inclusion health focuses on people in extremely poor health due to poverty, marginalisation, and multimorbidity. We aimed to review morbidity and mortality data on four overlapping populations who experience considerable social ...
R. Aldridge, A. Story, Stephen W. Hwang, M. Nordentoft, S. Luchenski, G. Hartwell, E. Tweed, D. Lewer, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, A. Hayward   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Nobody Left Outside (NLO) Checklist: Improving access to healthcare for vulnerable and underserved groups

International Journal of Integrated Care, 2019
Introduction: Many marginalised, vulnerable people in Europe who are most in need of healthcare, such as migrants, sex workers, the homeless, people who inject drugs (PWID), prisoners, or LGTBI people, are amongst the least likely to receive it.
Jeffrey V. Lazarus, Mario Cascio, Rachel Halford, Denis Onyango, Eberhard Schatz, Alyna Smith, Freek Spinnewijn, Luca Stevenson   +7 more
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COVID-19 Prevention and Protecting Sex Workers: A Call to Action

Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted people of color as well as those affected by systemic poverty (Gross et al., 2020; Human Rights Campaign, 2020).
R. Singer, Natasha Crooks, A. Johnson, Alexandra Lutnick, A. Matthews   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source