Sex work / Prostitution

Reports
Women engaging in transactional sex and working in prostitution: practices and underlying factors of the sex trade in South Kivu, the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Mwapu I. Hilhorst D. Mashanda M. Bahananga M. Mugenzi M. 2016.
Featured: 
1
South African National Sex Worker HIV Plan 2016-2019.
SANAC, 2016.
Featured: 
1
Policy brief: Sex work, violence and HIV in Asia – From evidence to safety.
UNFPA, 2015.
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0
Chapter 2: Addressing violence against sex workers.
In: Implementing comprehensive HIV/STI programmes with sex workers: Practical approaches from collaborative interventions. WHO, UNFPA, UNAIDS, NSWP, World Bank, and UNDP, 2013.
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0
Reducing violence against sex workers: What are the policy options?
Policy Brief. Human Rights for All. Concerned advocates for the rights of sex workers and people in the sex trade, 2011.
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0
The policing of sex work in South Africa: A research report on the human rights challenges across two South African provinces.
Evans D, Walker R. Sonke Gender Justice and SWEAT. 2018.
Featured: 
1
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Friday, March 23, 2018
Journal articles
Incarceration and exposure to internally displaced persons camps associated with reproductive rights abuses among sex workers in northern Uganda.
Erickson M, Goldenberg S.M, Akello M, Muzaaya G, Nguyen P, Birungi J, Shannon K. J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care. 2017.
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0
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Monday, May 4, 2015
Physical and sexual violence affecting female sex workers in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire: prevalence, and the relationship between violence, the work environment, HIV and access to health services
Lyons C, Ketende S, Drame F, Grosso A, Diouf D, Ba I, Shannon K, Ezouatchi R, Bamba A, Kouame A, Baral S. J. Acquir. Immune Defic. Syndr. ePub, 2017.
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0
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Monday, May 4, 2015
The impact of a microsavings intervention on reducing violence against women engaged in sex work: a randomized controlled study.
Tsai L.C, Carlson C.E, Aira T, Pala A.N, Riedel M, Witte S.S. BMC International Health and Human Rights. 16, 27, 2016.
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0
"Mouth wide shut": strategies of female sex workers for coping with intimate partner violence.
Puente-Martínez A, Ubillos-Landa S, García-Zabala M, Páez-Rovira D. J. Interpers. Violence. ePub, 2016.
Featured: 
0
Gender-based violence against female sex workers in Cameroon: prevalence and associations with sexual HIV risk and access to health services and justice
Decker M.R, Lyons C, Billong S.C, Njindam I.M, Grosso A, Nunez G.T, Tumasang F, LeBreton M, Tamoufe U, Baral S. Sex. Transm. Infect. ePub. 2016.
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0
The girl is mine: Reframing intimate partner violence and sex work as intersectional spaces of Gender-Based Violence.
Thaller J, Cimino A.N. Violence Against Women. 1-20, 2016.
Featured: 
0
The prevalence and correlates of physical and sexual violence affecting female sex workers in Swaziland.
Berger B.O, Grosso A, Adams D, Ketende S, Sithole B, Mabuza X.S, Mavimbela M.J, Baral S. J. Interpers. Violence, ePub, 2016.
Featured: 
0
Prostitution clients: Social representations of human trafficking.
Luis A. H. G. S, Avendaño A. M. Psicolog. Soc, 27(2): 280-289, 2015.
Featured: 
0
“Amar te duele” (“love hurts”): Sexual relationship power, intimate partner violence, depression symptoms and HIV risk among female sex workers who use drugs and their non-commercial, steady partners in Mexico.
Ulibarri M.D, Roesch S, Gudelia Rangel M et al. AIDS and Behavior, 19(1): 9-18, 2015.
Featured: 
0
Prevalence and correlates of client-perpetrated violence against female sex workers in 13 Mexican cities.
Semple S.J, Stockman J.K, E.V. Pitpitan et al. PLOS One, ePub, 2015.
Featured: 
0
Human rights violations against sex workers: Burden and effect on HIV.
Decker M.R,Crago A, Chu S.K.H et al. The Lancet, 85(9963): 186–199, 2015.
Featured: 
0
Sexual violence against female sex workers in the Gambia: a cross-sectional examination of the associations between victimization and reproductive, sexual and mental health.
Sherwood J.A, Grosso A, Decker M.R et al. BMC Public Health, 15:270, 2015. ,
Featured: 
0
Violence against female sex workers in Cameroon: Accounts of violence, harm reduction, and potential solutions.
Lim S, Peitzmeier S, Cange C et al. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 68: S241–S247, 2015.
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0
HIV prevalence among female sex workers in Guigang City, Guangxi, China: an 8-year consecutive cross-sectional study.
Lai J, Qin C, Nehl E.J, Jiang J, Huang Y, Liang B, Xu Y, Huang J, Xu Z, Ning C, Liao Y, Zang N, Wei W, Qin F, Yu J, Ye L, Qin X, Liang H. BMC Public Health. 18, ePub, 2018.
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0
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Friday, May 4, 2018
Sexual and reproductive health outcomes among female sex workers in Johannesburg and Pretoria, South Africa: Recommendations for public health programmes.
Slabbert M, Venter F, Gay C, Roelofsen C, Lalla-Edward S, Rees H. BMC Public Health. 17(Suppl 3), 442, 1-27, 2017.
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0
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Friday, January 19, 2018
A systematic review of the correlates of violence against sex workers.
Deering K.N, Amin A, Shoveller J, Nesbitt A et al. Am J Public Health. 104(5), e42-54, 2014.
Featured: 
0
Adapting the risk environment framework to understand substance use, gender-based violence, and HIV risk behaviors among female sex workers in Tanzania.
Leddy A.M, Underwood C, Decker M.R, Mbwambo J, Likindikoki S, Galai N, Kerrigan D. AIDS Behav. ePub, 2018.
Featured: 
1
Link date: 
Wednesday, June 13, 2018
"Surviving the violence, humiliation, and loneliness means getting high": violence, loneliness, and health of female sex workers.
Pinedo González R, Palacios Picos A, de la Iglesia Gutierrez M. J. Interpers. Violence. ePub, 2018.
Featured: 
1
Link date: 
Monday, August 20, 2018
Experiences of gender-based violence among female sex workers, men who have sex with men, and transgender women in Latin America and the Caribbean: a qualitative study to inform HIV programming.
Evens E, Lanham M, Santi K, Cooke J, Ridgeway K, Morales G, Parker C, Brennan C, de Bruin M, Desrosiers P.C, Diaz X, Drago M, McLean R, Mendizabal M, Davis D, Hershow R.B, Dayton R. BMC Int. Health Hum. Rights. 19(1), e9, 2019.
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1
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Friday, March 15, 2019
What determines violence among female sex workers in an intimate partner relationship? Findings from North Karnataka, South India.
Javalkar P, Platt L, Prakash R, Beattie T, Bhattacharjee P, Thalinja R, Kavitha D.L, Chaitanya AIDS Tadegattuva Mahila Sangha, Ramanaik S, Collumbien M, Davey C, Moses S, Jewkes R, Isac S, Heise L. BMC Public Health. ePub, 2019.
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1
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Friday, April 5, 2019
Prevalence and correlates of physical violence and rape among female sex workers in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study with respondent-driven sampling from 11 major towns.
Amogne M.D, Balcha T.T, Agardh A. BMJ Open. ePub, 2019.
Featured: 
1
Link date: 
Tuesday, August 6, 2019
Effectiveness of a multilevel intervention to reduce violence and increase condom use in intimate partnerships among female sex workers: cluster randomised controlled trial in Karnataka, India.
Javalkar P, Platt L, Prakash R, Beattie T.S, Collumbien M, Gafos M, Ramanaik S, Davey C, Jewkes R, Watts C, Bhattacharjee P, Thalinja R, Dl K, Isac S, Heise L. BMJ Glob Health. ePub, 2019.
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1
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Monday, February 3, 2020
The impact of end-demand legislation on sex workers' access to health and sex worker-led services: A community-based prospective cohort study in Canada.
Argento E, Goldenberg S, Braschel M, Machat S, Strathdee S.A, Shannon K. PLoS One. 15(4), e0225783, 2020: Th
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1
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Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Links
Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce (SWEAT)
South Africa
Featured: 
0
Sex Workers' Rights Advocacy Network (SWAN)
Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Featured: 
0
Sex Workers Project - Urban Justice Center
USA
Featured: 
0
Sex Workers Outreach Project
USA
Featured: 
0
Reports
The policing of sex work in South Africa: A research report on the human rights challenges across two South African provinces.
Evans D, Walker R. Sonke Gender Justice and SWEAT. 2018.
1
2018-03-23 00:00:00
Women engaging in transactional sex and working in prostitution: practices and underlying factors of the sex trade in South Kivu, the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Mwapu I. Hilhorst D. Mashanda M. Bahananga M. Mugenzi M. 2016.
1
South African National Sex Worker HIV Plan 2016-2019.
SANAC, 2016.
1
Policy brief: Sex work, violence and HIV in Asia – From evidence to safety.
UNFPA, 2015.
0
Chapter 2: Addressing violence against sex workers.
In: Implementing comprehensive HIV/STI programmes with sex workers: Practical approaches from collaborative interventions. WHO, UNFPA, UNAIDS, NSWP, World Bank, and UNDP, 2013.
0
Reducing violence against sex workers: What are the policy options?
Policy Brief. Human Rights for All. Concerned advocates for the rights of sex workers and people in the sex trade, 2011.
0
Journal articles
The impact of end-demand legislation on sex workers' access to health and sex worker-led services: A community-based prospective cohort study in Canada.
Argento E, Goldenberg S, Braschel M, Machat S, Strathdee S.A, Shannon K. PLoS One. 15(4), e0225783, 2020: Th
1
2020-04-15 00:00:00
Effectiveness of a multilevel intervention to reduce violence and increase condom use in intimate partnerships among female sex workers: cluster randomised controlled trial in Karnataka, India.
Javalkar P, Platt L, Prakash R, Beattie T.S, Collumbien M, Gafos M, Ramanaik S, Davey C, Jewkes R, Watts C, Bhattacharjee P, Thalinja R, Dl K, Isac S, Heise L. BMJ Glob Health. ePub, 2019.
1
2020-02-03 00:00:00
Prevalence and correlates of physical violence and rape among female sex workers in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study with respondent-driven sampling from 11 major towns.
Amogne M.D, Balcha T.T, Agardh A. BMJ Open. ePub, 2019.
1
2019-08-06 00:00:00
What determines violence among female sex workers in an intimate partner relationship? Findings from North Karnataka, South India.
Javalkar P, Platt L, Prakash R, Beattie T, Bhattacharjee P, Thalinja R, Kavitha D.L, Chaitanya AIDS Tadegattuva Mahila Sangha, Ramanaik S, Collumbien M, Davey C, Moses S, Jewkes R, Isac S, Heise L. BMC Public Health. ePub, 2019.
1
2019-04-05 00:00:00
Experiences of gender-based violence among female sex workers, men who have sex with men, and transgender women in Latin America and the Caribbean: a qualitative study to inform HIV programming.
Evens E, Lanham M, Santi K, Cooke J, Ridgeway K, Morales G, Parker C, Brennan C, de Bruin M, Desrosiers P.C, Diaz X, Drago M, McLean R, Mendizabal M, Davis D, Hershow R.B, Dayton R. BMC Int. Health Hum. Rights. 19(1), e9, 2019.
1
2019-03-15 00:00:00
"Surviving the violence, humiliation, and loneliness means getting high": violence, loneliness, and health of female sex workers.
Pinedo González R, Palacios Picos A, de la Iglesia Gutierrez M. J. Interpers. Violence. ePub, 2018.
1
2018-08-20 00:00:00
Adapting the risk environment framework to understand substance use, gender-based violence, and HIV risk behaviors among female sex workers in Tanzania.
Leddy A.M, Underwood C, Decker M.R, Mbwambo J, Likindikoki S, Galai N, Kerrigan D. AIDS Behav. ePub, 2018.
1
2018-06-13 00:00:00
HIV prevalence among female sex workers in Guigang City, Guangxi, China: an 8-year consecutive cross-sectional study.
Lai J, Qin C, Nehl E.J, Jiang J, Huang Y, Liang B, Xu Y, Huang J, Xu Z, Ning C, Liao Y, Zang N, Wei W, Qin F, Yu J, Ye L, Qin X, Liang H. BMC Public Health. 18, ePub, 2018.
0
2018-05-04 00:00:00
Sexual and reproductive health outcomes among female sex workers in Johannesburg and Pretoria, South Africa: Recommendations for public health programmes.
Slabbert M, Venter F, Gay C, Roelofsen C, Lalla-Edward S, Rees H. BMC Public Health. 17(Suppl 3), 442, 1-27, 2017.
0
2018-01-19 00:00:00
Incarceration and exposure to internally displaced persons camps associated with reproductive rights abuses among sex workers in northern Uganda.
Erickson M, Goldenberg S.M, Akello M, Muzaaya G, Nguyen P, Birungi J, Shannon K. J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care. 2017.
0
2015-05-04 00:00:00
Physical and sexual violence affecting female sex workers in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire: prevalence, and the relationship between violence, the work environment, HIV and access to health services
Lyons C, Ketende S, Drame F, Grosso A, Diouf D, Ba I, Shannon K, Ezouatchi R, Bamba A, Kouame A, Baral S. J. Acquir. Immune Defic. Syndr. ePub, 2017.
0
2015-05-04 00:00:00
The impact of a microsavings intervention on reducing violence against women engaged in sex work: a randomized controlled study.
Tsai L.C, Carlson C.E, Aira T, Pala A.N, Riedel M, Witte S.S. BMC International Health and Human Rights. 16, 27, 2016.
0
"Mouth wide shut": strategies of female sex workers for coping with intimate partner violence.
Puente-Martínez A, Ubillos-Landa S, García-Zabala M, Páez-Rovira D. J. Interpers. Violence. ePub, 2016.
0
Gender-based violence against female sex workers in Cameroon: prevalence and associations with sexual HIV risk and access to health services and justice
Decker M.R, Lyons C, Billong S.C, Njindam I.M, Grosso A, Nunez G.T, Tumasang F, LeBreton M, Tamoufe U, Baral S. Sex. Transm. Infect. ePub. 2016.
0
The girl is mine: Reframing intimate partner violence and sex work as intersectional spaces of Gender-Based Violence.
Thaller J, Cimino A.N. Violence Against Women. 1-20, 2016.
0
The prevalence and correlates of physical and sexual violence affecting female sex workers in Swaziland.
Berger B.O, Grosso A, Adams D, Ketende S, Sithole B, Mabuza X.S, Mavimbela M.J, Baral S. J. Interpers. Violence, ePub, 2016.
0
Prostitution clients: Social representations of human trafficking.
Luis A. H. G. S, Avendaño A. M. Psicolog. Soc, 27(2): 280-289, 2015.
0
“Amar te duele” (“love hurts”): Sexual relationship power, intimate partner violence, depression symptoms and HIV risk among female sex workers who use drugs and their non-commercial, steady partners in Mexico.
Ulibarri M.D, Roesch S, Gudelia Rangel M et al. AIDS and Behavior, 19(1): 9-18, 2015.
0
Prevalence and correlates of client-perpetrated violence against female sex workers in 13 Mexican cities.
Semple S.J, Stockman J.K, E.V. Pitpitan et al. PLOS One, ePub, 2015.
0
Human rights violations against sex workers: Burden and effect on HIV.
Decker M.R,Crago A, Chu S.K.H et al. The Lancet, 85(9963): 186–199, 2015.
0
Sexual violence against female sex workers in the Gambia: a cross-sectional examination of the associations between victimization and reproductive, sexual and mental health.
Sherwood J.A, Grosso A, Decker M.R et al. BMC Public Health, 15:270, 2015. ,
0
Violence against female sex workers in Cameroon: Accounts of violence, harm reduction, and potential solutions.
Lim S, Peitzmeier S, Cange C et al. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 68: S241–S247, 2015.
0
A systematic review of the correlates of violence against sex workers.
Deering K.N, Amin A, Shoveller J, Nesbitt A et al. Am J Public Health. 104(5), e42-54, 2014.
0
Links
Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce (SWEAT)
South Africa
0
Sex Workers' Rights Advocacy Network (SWAN)
Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia
0
Sex Workers Project - Urban Justice Center
USA
0
Sex Workers Outreach Project
USA
0