TY - JOUR
T1 - Human rights abuses and collective resilience among sex workers in four African countries: a qualitative study
AU - Scorgie, Fiona
AU - Vasey, Katherine Elizabeth
AU - Harper, Eric
AU - Richter, Marlise L
AU - Nare, Prince
AU - Maseko, Sian
AU - Chersich, Matthew Francis
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Sex work is a criminal offence, virtually throughout Africa. This criminalisation and the intense stigma attached to the profession shapes interactions between sex workers and their clients, family, fellow community members, and societal structures such as the police and social services.Methods: We explore the impact of violence and related human rights abuses on the lives of sex workers, and how they have responded to these conditions, as individuals and within small collectives. These analyses are based on data from 55 in-depth interviews and 12 focus group discussions with female, male and transgender sex workers in Kenya, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe. Data were collected by sex worker outreach workers trained to conduct qualitative research among their peers.
AB - Sex work is a criminal offence, virtually throughout Africa. This criminalisation and the intense stigma attached to the profession shapes interactions between sex workers and their clients, family, fellow community members, and societal structures such as the police and social services.Methods: We explore the impact of violence and related human rights abuses on the lives of sex workers, and how they have responded to these conditions, as individuals and within small collectives. These analyses are based on data from 55 in-depth interviews and 12 focus group discussions with female, male and transgender sex workers in Kenya, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe. Data were collected by sex worker outreach workers trained to conduct qualitative research among their peers.
UR - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3750273/pdf/1744-8603-9-33.pdf
U2 - 10.1186/1744-8603-9-33
DO - 10.1186/1744-8603-9-33
M3 - Article
SN - 1744-8603
VL - 9
SP - 1
EP - 13
JO - Globalization and Health
JF - Globalization and Health
IS - 1 (Art. No.: 33)
ER -