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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 186 - 196 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Health and Human Rights |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
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Toward a legal framework that promotes and protects sex workers? health and human rights. / Overs, Cheryl; Loff, Beatrice.
In: Health and Human Rights, Vol. 15, No. 1, 2013, p. 186 - 196.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - Toward a legal framework that promotes and protects sex workers? health and human rights
AU - Overs, Cheryl
AU - Loff, Beatrice
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Complex combinations of law, policy, and enforcement practices determine sex workers vulnerability to HIV and rights abuses. We identify ?lack of recognition as a person before the law? as an important but undocumented barrier to accessing services and conclude that multi-faceted, setting-specific reform is needed?rather than a singular focus on decriminalization?if the health and human rights of sex workers are to be realized.
AB - Complex combinations of law, policy, and enforcement practices determine sex workers vulnerability to HIV and rights abuses. We identify ?lack of recognition as a person before the law? as an important but undocumented barrier to accessing services and conclude that multi-faceted, setting-specific reform is needed?rather than a singular focus on decriminalization?if the health and human rights of sex workers are to be realized.
UR - http://www.hhrjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2013/06/Loff-Overs-FINAL.pdf
M3 - Article
VL - 15
SP - 186
EP - 196
JO - Health and Human Rights
JF - Health and Human Rights
SN - 1079-0969
IS - 1
ER -