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McCracken, Jill Linnette. "Listening to the Language of Sex Workers: An Analysis of Street Sex Worker Representations and Their Effects on Sex Workers and Society." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/194013.

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This dissertation argues that the material conditions of many street sex workers--the physical environments they live in and their effects on the workers' bodies, identities, and spirits--are represented, reproduced, and entrenched in the language surrounding their work. My research is an ethnographic case study of a local system that can be extrapolated to other subcultures and the construction of identities, while situating sex work and the industry as rhetorical constructions. My research offers an example of how an examination of the signs and symbols that comprise "material conditions" ca

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Samoudi, (Dekaidek) Nora Tawfiq. "Social justice for sex trafficked females and sex workers in Jordan." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2018. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/2117.

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This thesis explores social practices, policies and laws constituting criminal and social justice approaches to providing services and amenities for the sex trafficked females in Jordan. As the discussion of sex trafficked females overlaps with sex workers, this research explores the human rights of both groups who experience different forms of gender-based violence. To understand the protection, care and support that Jordan provides, I interviewed seven service providers offering protection for victims of sex trafficking. Also, I analysed the semiprohibitionist Jordanian Penal Code and the Hu

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Harding-Davis, Erika Nikole. "Social and Structural Barriers to Safer Sex Among Heterosexual Female Sex Workers." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7010.

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Individuals infected with HIV through heterosexual contact made up 24% (9,578) of all new infections in the United States. Female sex workers are at increased risk of getting HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STI) because they may be more likely to participate in risky sexual behaviors including sex with multiple partners and condom-less anal/vaginal sex. Guided by the syndemic theory, the purpose of this study was to explore the relationships between social and structural factors (homelessness, substance use, immigration status, and use of healthcare) and risky sexual behaviors (

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Smith, Emma. ""Violence can mean a lot of things can't it?" : an exploration of responses to harm associated with indoor sex work in Scotland." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/23515.

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The association of violence with sex work has been widely documented within research and policy. This thesis provides a critique and development of such perspectives. Framed from a qualitative approach, it extends current research which has offered limited insight into the realities of how violence is experienced and responded to by sex workers and agencies involved in the provision of support to sex workers. In this way, the research develops beyond a presumption and narrow understanding of violence/harm in sex work to consider how sex workers and service providers experience, define, and thu

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Elliott, Nalishebo Kay Gaskell. "The health and wellbeing of female street sex workers." Thesis, University of Hertfordshire, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2299/19510.

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Previous research on female street sex workers (FSSWs) has primarily concentrated on the stigmatisation of women's involvement in the sex industry particularly with reference to the spread of HIV/AIDS. The response of the criminal justice system to the regulation of the illegal aspects of women's engagement in street sex work has also been criticised. However, the impact of street sex work on the health and wellbeing of these women requires further research. The aim of this study was to explore the perceptions and needs of female street sex workers in relation to their own health and wellbeing

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Darbha, Subrahmanyam. "Reproductive Health Trends In Female Sex Workers In Madagascar." The Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1309360596.

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Berger, Terisa M. "KNOWLEDGE VERSUS PERCEPTION: SOCIAL WORKERS' VIEW OF SEX OFFENDERS." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/537.

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Social workers comprise one of the leading professions who interact with sex offenders through means of treatment, as well as unexpected life events. The purpose of this study is to evaluate social workers’ knowledge of sex offender laws and how their knowledge impacts their thoughts and feelings about working with sex offenders. Through a survey, social workers registered with the National Association of Social Work (NASW) in Southern California were asked to complete a questionnaire, in which addressed laws and thoughts in regards to sex offenders. One hundred surveys at random were evaluate

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Guarna, Michael. "The voice of Adelaide's sex-workers : a discourse-analytic study /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1995. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09SPS/09spsg916.pdf.

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Woode, Owusu Melvina. "Male Clients of Female Sex Workers : An Exploratory Epidemiological Study." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.532212.

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高小蘭 and Siu-lan Ko. "Mainland migrant sex workers in Hong Kong: a sociological study." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2003. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31227405.

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Aoyama, Kaoru. "Becoming someone else : Thai sex workers from modernisation to globalisation." Thesis, University of Essex, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.418334.

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Deering, Kathleen Nicole. "The structure of sex work : variability in the numbers and types of sex partners of female sex workers in southern India." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/33978.

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Background and objectives: There is limited knowledge of sexual structure (i.e., the numbers, types and distributions of sex partners and patterns of sexual contact) and its relationship with HIV infection and prevention among female sex workers (FSWs). The objectives of this study were therefore: to examine the social and environmental factors associated with the numbers of clients of FSWs; to characterize heterogeneity in sexual structure and assess how sexual structure influences HIV prevalence; and to examine the impact of an HIV intervention on condom use by different partners (clients, i

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Nguyen, Tri. "Female Sex Workers and STI/HIV in Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province, Vietnam: Transmission, Knowledge, Attitudes and Sexual Behaviors." Thesis, Griffith University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367150.

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Female sex workers (FSWs) have been identified as one of the high-risk population groups for HIV and STI infections; they play a potential bridging role in the spread of the STI/HIV epidemic from specific high-risk populations to the general population. A cross-sectional study using mixed methods (quantitative research combined with qualitative research) was conducted to determine the prevalence of STI/HIV infections and assess the levels of STI/HIV-related knowledge, and attitudes towards STIs/HIV and sexual behaviours among FSWs in Ba Ria – Vung Tau, Vietnam. Quantitative research methods we

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Maloney, Emma. "Beyond survival sex: An exploratory study of the labour experiences of female street sex workers in Ottawa." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/26707.

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This thesis develops a new theoretical framework outside the research that assumes women engaging in the street sex trade are 'victims' or 'workers', and instead examines the possibility that elements of both categories may be present in their reality. Street sex work is considered as labour, while leaving room for the possibility of the existence of survival sex. This qualitative research consists of an exploratory study of the viability, utility and limitations of a labour framework for understanding and analyzing the experiences of adult female street sex workers interviewed in the Ottawa a

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Cheung, Nga. "Accounting for and managing risk in sex work : a study of female sex workers in Hong Kong." Thesis, Royal Holloway, University of London, 2012. http://repository.royalholloway.ac.uk/items/1f9e8dcf-7666-1fe1-5036-0f9fef15b9d0/9/.

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This thesis considers how in the course of their work female sex workers in Hong Kong experience risk. It concerns the indoor side of the sex market, an area which has so far been largely ignored in studies on commercial sex. The focus is on women working independently from flats. Focusing on women's own accounts of work-related risks, risky behaviour and coping strategies, this study investigates sex workers' reflexive understandings of prostitution and their occupational risk in late modern societies. The study emphasises the social, cultural, interactional and situational context, to unders

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Dasgupta, Shruti. "Experiences of Violence and Sex Work among Women Sex Workers in West Bengal, India: A Narrative Analysis." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1524159000871492.

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Tuchovsky, Charleen M. "Galatea's uprising activism in the United States sex workers' rights movement /." Related electronic resource: Current Research at SU : database of SU dissertations, recent titles available full text, 2006. http://proquest.umi.com/login?COPT=REJTPTU0NWQmSU5UPTAmVkVSPTI=&clientId=3739.

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Durant, Ben L. "Survival stripped bare: an ethnography of street sex workers in Dandenong." Thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2015. https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/download/20e36274840f96c8fe42da2b40e25de300ac04b016836a68e3287367d1a9edb7/2840882/Durant_2015_Survival_Stripped_Bare.pdf.

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This thesis is an ethnographic exploration of the micro world of the street sex market in Dandenong Australia. Using participant observation and semi structured interviews it explores the culture of the markets and network of people who sells sex in it, and considers how this knowledge may contribute to a more effective response from the youth and community sector. This study contributes to the existing body of research on street sex work through its exploration of the emerging and currently under-researched street sex market in Dandenong. Using an ethnographic approach, this study provides an

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Leaney, Zelda. "Health care for female sex workers : need, risk, access & provision." Thesis, University of Bath, 2006. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.428357.

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Sex workers are not only acted upon by medical, moral and legal discourses due to the risk they present to their own health but also due to the perceived risk they pose to the health of others. The diverse settings and different ways in which sex can be sold, combined with previous life experiences contribute to the wide variation in need and risk. This thesis investigates the differential understandings of need, risk, access to and provision of health care between sex workers and health care service providers. Simultaneously it offers an explanation for the continuation of need when health ca

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Yusuf, Abass Babatunde. "Adherence to ART among HIV Infected Female Sex Workers in Nigeria." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7524.

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A lack of adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) increases the risk of onward human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission and mortality. The purpose of this cross-sectional study based on Andersen's conceptual framework was to test the associations between age, marital status, job/occupational status, education, membership in a peer support group, community, and facility ARV drug refill and alcohol and substance use, and adherence to ART among female sex workers (FSWs) who are 15 years and older in Rivers and Cross Rivers states Nigeria. Data were abstracted from existing program data c

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Weber, Amanda M. "Choice, Circumstance, or Coercion: Prostitution Stigma's Effects on Mental Health Professionals' Perceptions of Sex Workers and Sex Work." Thesis, Boston College, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:108788.

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Thesis advisor: Janet E. Helms<br>Historically, psychological theory and mental health researchers have viewed sex work as inherently harmful to sex workers and capable of producing negative mental and physical health effects (Sprankle et al., 2018). Moreover, research focused on clinicians’ expectations for sex workers in therapy has not specifically examined clinicians’ attitudes toward sex workers or sex work as separate concepts (Benoit et al., 2015; Koken, 2011; Ma et al., 2017). In addition, mental health professionals may not view sex work as legitimate work because of the virtual lack

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Tian, Fengrui. "Rationalizing (In)Capacities: The Impacts of NGOs' Ways to Mobilize Resources." Thesis, Boston College, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:108929.

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Thesis advisor: Julia Chuang<br>Existing literature on NGOs in China depicted NGOs as either depoliticized service providers or harbinger of democracy expecting them to mobilize movements or participate in policy advocacy. However, few explain what accounts for differences in their capacities. While some scholars argue that NGOs’ relations with different actors in the field have influence on variations of their capacities, they do not disaggregate what resources are mobilized in such relationship management. Extending their arguments, I argue that NGOs leverage relationships to obtain essentia

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Supawadee, Petrat Pimpawun Boonmongkon. "Human rights education as a tool for empowerment of female sex workers : a case study of one non-formal education program for female sex workers in Thailand /." Abstract, 2006. http://mulinet3.li.mahidol.ac.th/thesis/2549/cd398/4537358.pdf.

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Escamilla, Loredo María Ixhel [Verfasser]. "Developing safer sex negotiation skills among Latin American female sex workers working in Germany / María Ixhel Escamilla Loredo." Bielefeld : Universitätsbibliothek Bielefeld, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1060824353/34.

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Begum, Khurshida Pimonpan Isarabhakdi. "Impact of HIV/AIDS prevention program on safe sex practice among brothel based commercial sex workers in Bangladesh /." Abstract, 2003. http://mulinet3.li.mahidol.ac.th/thesis/2546/cd357/4538001.pdf.

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Caldwell, Hilary Judith. "Long-Term Clients Who Access Commercial Sexual Services in Australia." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/8197.

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Abstract Until the last 20 years research into the people who buy sexual services has represented less than one per cent of all sex industry research (Perkins, 1999). In recent years, publications from diverse disciplines, including health sciences, medicine, psychology, theology and sociology have added knowledge about people who buy sex, in part because of the criminalisation in some countries of buying sex. Much of this available literature has established that ‘normal’ men buy sex, and provides information about the prevalence of buying sex, motivations to buy sex, and the risks of buying

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Paoli, Tessa. "Deconstructing the Sex Workers' Rights Movement in San Francisco: Histories from Below." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2014. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/410.

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This is an investigation of the sex workers’ rights movement in San Francisco. My project is aimed at demystifying the movement and taking its aims seriously in order to see how it has succeeded and failed. This investigation analyses the mainstream rhetoric of the sex workers’ rights movement in San Francisco, and also uncovers sex work narratives that push against societal ideas of legitimate work, empowerment, agency and resistance. This investigation is divided into two chapters. My first chapter titled “COYOTE to the St. James Infirmary: A Historical Analysis of the sex workers’ Rights Mo

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Kessler, Justine L. "The voices of sex workers (prostitues?) and the dilemma of feminist discourse." [Tampa, Fla.] : University of South Florida, 2005. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/SFE0001188.

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Sanders, Teela. "A risky business : how sex workers manage their clients, community and conscience." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.270471.

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Monthony, Jessica E. "Reconfiguring power, identity and resistance: An analysis of consciousness in sex workers." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278690.

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Previous feminist literature has theorized sex work as either the reproduction of dominance of women or as a transgressive medium through which female sexuality may be liberated from oppressive structures of power. These models enforce a repressive hypothesis of power and conclude that women are either existing in a false state of consciousness leading them to collude with power, or that there exists an intact female consciousness which may be liberated through the creation of alternative sexual discourses. In contrast to these incomplete analyses, my work builds upon Foucaults' writings on po

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Kessler, Justine L. "The Voices of Sex Workers (prostitutes?) and the Dilemma of Feminist Discourse." Scholar Commons, 2005. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/722.

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The existence of prostitution has been a longtime concern for many societies. It has also been a complicated issue within feminist discourse. Some women choose sex work as a viable economic option while others are forced into prostitution by traffickers and pimps and some are forced into it due to disadvantaged circumstances. The presence of sex work and prostitution is one of the occurrences that accompany a patriarchal capitalist system. Many feminists indeed argue that prostitution is a byproduct of a patriarchal capitalist system. The migration of women for sex work and the trafficking of

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Wotton, Rachel Ann. "Sex workers who provide services to clients with disability in New South Wales, Australia." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/16875.

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Aims: Sexuality and sexual needs/desires of people with disability have historically been overlooked amongst the general public. Long standing social attitudes and stereotypes have fundamentally dictated that people with disabilities cannot and should not express their sexual agency. In particular, when people with disability have sought to express their sexual needs via the services of a sex worker, this has tended to provoke much social and political ire. This research is an exploratory study about sex workers who provide services to clients with disability. The aim of this research is to id

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Evans, Catrin. "Commercial sex work and sexual health : an ethnographic study of HIV prevention among female commercial sex workers in Calcutta." Thesis, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (University of London), 2000. http://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/682301/.

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This thesis presents the results of ethnographic research conducted from 1995 to 1997 among sex workers in two Calcutta redlight areas where a STD/HIV Intervention Project (SHIP) is being implemented. The thesis provides an in-depth study of sex workers' lives, their concepts of sexual health and their relationship to the SHIP. This material is used to critically consider a number of key concepts currently informing HIV prevention practice, specifically, sexual health, community participation, empowerment and behaviour change. Initial chapters set the background to the study and describe the c

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Yuon, Fuk-lung Eric. "An investigation of gender inequality in the social work field in Hong Kong." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 1993. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42128407.

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Mashumba, Lesedi. "The pursuit of sex through tourism in Africa: An exploration of the experiences, perceptions and attitudes of male sex workers servicing sex tourists in Botswana." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2021. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/207884/1/Lesedi_Mashumba_Thesis.pdf.

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This thesis investigates the experiences, attitudes and perceptions of gender, sexuality, race, and victimisation in male sex workers' interactions with sex tourists in Botswana. The correlation between sex work and sex tourism is very complex, especially in the African context where denial of its existence is entangled with religious disapproval and politicisation. Local dynamics are explored to understand how these cross-national interactions influence the practice and perceptions of male sex work in Botswana. In-depth face-to-face interviews were conducted with male sex workers, support gro

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Socías, María Eugenia. "Access to health care among women sex workers in Vancouver, Canada : universal health coverage in a criminalized sex work environment." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/55505.

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Background: Universal access to health care is a critical determinant of health. Despite the numerous health inequities faced by women sex workers, research on access to health services among this population remains limited, particularly on the role of social-structural factors. This thesis sought to investigate sex workers experiences along the continuum of health care access in a setting with universal health coverage. Methods: Data was dawn from “An Evaluation of Sex Workers’ Health Access”(AESHA), an open prospective cohort of women sex workers in Vancouver, Canada. Logistic regression

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Wong, William Chi Wai. "A study of female sex workers in Hong Kong : moving beyond sexual health." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/25333.

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International research from the early 90s has convincingly shown that sex work per se is not a major vector in the spread of HIV in developed regions. Instead self-determination, autonomy and control are crucially important when it comes to HIV risks as well as the general health and well-being of the female sex workers (FSWs). A 30-minute face-to-face interview was conducted in 89 women by direct approach and snowballing through a well- established non-government organisation (NGO), followed by a focus group discussion drawn from the participants of the questionnaire in 2003-4. In 2004, an ou

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Cornish, Flora. "Constructing an actionable environment : collective action for HIV prevention among Kolkata sex workers." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2004. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/44/.

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How can marginalised communities organise a project to yield significant social change? This thesis theorises the resources which enable such community organisation to work. Participation, empowerment and conscientisation are understood, not through a logic of quantity which creates linear dimensions, but through a logic of concrete qualities. A pragmatist approach is taken, to define our constructs in terms of the actions being undertaken by participants, within specific, qualitatively distinctive domains. Activity theory is used to theorise participation as a process of collective activity,

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Ruiz, Burga E. "Migration, identity and risk : the experiences of migrant male sex workers in London." Thesis, City, University of London, 2018. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/20270/.

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This dissertation explores the experiences of migration and sex work amongst migrant males operating in London. Twenty-five non-UK born males, who were working as independent internet-based escorts, contributed to this study. This investigation used convenience sampling selection to recruit participants from two sexual health programmes specialising in male sex workers in London. The data was compiled through in-depth interviews and analysed using thematic analysis. This study provides connections between the trajectories that participants reported towards the UK and the routes of entry in to

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Gaynor, Andrea. "Contesting identity and status : a study of female commercial sex workers and citizenship." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2018. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/34745/.

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The extant research concerning commercial-sexwork is extensive, covering a diverse range of issues, such as physical and psychological risks; with on-street work regarded as persistently perilous. CSWs are marginalised from mainstream society by their work identity and associated behaviours which are incongruous with societal mores and norms for ideal citizens. Yet, apart from research related to geographical space and citizenship rights, and a few studies relating to sexual citizenship; the relationship between citizenship status/identity and commercial-sexwork is overlooked or included as an

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Dang, Thi Nhat Vinh Luechai Sringernyuang. "HIV preventive behaviour of street sex workers in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam /." Abstract, 2004. http://mulinet3.li.mahidol.ac.th/thesis/2547/cd364/4537973.pdf.

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Bala, Shruti. "Assessment of Vulnerability of Female Sex Workers in Southeast Asia to HIV Infection." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/146206.

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HIV/AIDS is more than a health issue. It can affect anyone -- men, women, and children. It is a fundamental threat to development and places the political stability and economic security of developing countries at risk. An analysis of the HIV situation in Southeast Asia among high risk population, specifically sex workers, highlights that political leadership, active health systems, resources, and community level ownership are key elements in the fight against HIV. Sex workers, both formal and informal, are vulnerable to HIV infection due to multiple partners and inconsistent condom use, injec

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Budig, Michelle Jean. "Professionals, carpenters, and childcare workers: Sex differences in self-employment participation and earnings." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/279812.

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Despite the revitalization of non-agricultural self-employment among men, and especially among women, since 1970, little research has examined sex differences in self-employment participation and outcomes using national longitudinal probability samples. In addition, even less research has examined how these sex differences vary by occupational status. Using data from each census between 1940 and 1990, along with data from the 1979--1998 waves of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this dissertation examines sex differences in the historical context of and trends in self-employment, fact

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Seib, Charrlotte. "Health, well-being and sexual violence among female sex workers : a comparative study." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2007. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/16398/1/Charlotte_Seib_Thesis.pdf.

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Background - Prostitution has been documented in most societies, although the context in which it occurs may vary greatly. In Queensland, Australia, sex workers can operate from legal brothels or privately but all other sectors of the sex industry are prohibited. It is assumed that regulation of the sex industry through legalization leads to better health and social outcomes for sex workers and their clients. However, this assumption has rarely been subjected to empirical scrutiny. Aims - This research examined the occupational health and safety of female sex workers in Queensl

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Seib, Charrlotte. "Health, well-being and sexual violence among female sex workers : a comparative study." Queensland University of Technology, 2007. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16398/.

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Background: Prostitution has been documented in most societies, although the context in which it occurs may vary greatly. In Queensland, Australia, sex workers can operate from legal brothels or privately but all other sectors of the sex industry are prohibited. It is assumed that regulation of the sex industry through legalization leads to better health and social outcomes for sex workers and their clients. However, this assumption has rarely been subjected to empirical scrutiny. Aims: This research examined the occupational health and safety of female sex workers in Queensland and explor

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Law, Tuulia. "Not a Sob Story: Transitioning Out of Sex Work." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/20095.

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Although it has been argued that indoor workers in fact make up the majority of the sex industry, most of the literature on the transition out of sex work has looked at street-based workers. This interview-based qualitative research project aims to fill that gap. As such, this thesis examines the trajectories, challenges and strategies of women who transitioned or are in the process of transitioning from criminalized indoor sex work (escorting, erotic massage and domination) to the mainstream labour market. Using Ebaugh’s role exit theory and Goffman’s conceptualization of stigma, intersect

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Byron, Reginald Anthony. "Disposable Workers: Race, Gender, and Firing Discrimination." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=osu1248449595.

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Sariola, Salla. "Sex workers in Chennai, India : negotiating gender and sexuality in the time of AIDS." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/3444.

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Risk of HIV and illness are the dominant context in which sex work is discussed in India and there is a lacuna of social scientific analysis of sex workers’ lives. HIV interventions negotiated between global actors such as UNAIDS, World Bank, USAID etc, the Indian government, state level AIDS prevention bodies, and the local NGOs, have constructed ‘sex work’ as an epidemiological category rather than treating it as a social concept. Based on fieldwork in HIV prevention NGOs, and participant observation and interviews with sex workers in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, in August 2004-August 2005 to unders

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Karim, Yadgar. "Ottawa Street-based Sex Workers and the Criminal Justice System: Interactions Under the New Legal Regime." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/35710.

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In 2007, one current and two former sex workers, Amy Lebovitch, Terri-Jean Bedford and Valerie Scott launched a charter challenge, Bedford v Canada, arguing that the prostitution provisions criminalizing bawdy houses (section 210), living on the avails (section 212 (1)(j)) and communicating for the purposes of prostitution (section 213.1 (c)) violated their section 7 rights under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Six years later, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled unanimously to strike down all three challenged laws, leaving a one-year period to construct a new regime on prostitution. On Dece

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Yin, Zheng. "Determinants of consistent male condom use among female commercial sex workers in greater Manchester." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.511746.

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