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Meeting the reproductive health needs of female sex workers in Côte d'Ivoire: protecting the human right to dignified health.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Reproductive health [Reprod Health] 2023 Sep 05; Vol. 20 (1), pp. 133. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Sep 05.
Abstract: The sexual and reproductive health needs of female sex workers (FSW) are often understudied and underserved in the context of HIV-related research in countries across Sub-Saharan Africa and West Africa. We assessed the lived experiences of FSW across C...
A retreat from human rights? A reflection on sex work's place in contemporary HIV prevention.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Global public health [Glob Public Health] 2022 Nov; Vol. 17 (11), pp. 3160-3174. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Mar 19.
Abstract: In 2012, the World Health Organization guidelines for HIV prevention recommended the decriminalisation of sex work as their number one good practice. Although human rights language played a key role in the international scientific and activist endorsem...
You can't break a SWEAT - Creatively fighting for the rights of sex workers in South Africa.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Global public health [Glob Public Health] 2022 Oct; Vol. 17 (10), pp. 2342-2352. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Oct 16.
Abstract: As advocates for social justice, our sights have been stoically fixed on fighting against and challenging what is, be it systemic inequality, structural violence and injustice. Dismantling these systems of oppression are critical, but we have lost sigh...
Support for Gay and Lesbian Rights Among Students of Helping Professions in Crete, Greece: A Comparison between Social Work and Psychology Students.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Journal of homosexuality [J Homosex] 2021 May 12; Vol. 68 (6), pp. 934-956. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Nov 27.
Abstract: This study explores the level of support for gay and lesbian rights among social work and psychology undergraduate students (N = 870). While students were generally supportive of gay and lesbian rights, 43% believed that social workers and psychologist...
Uganda's Sexual Offences Bill-a step backwards.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): The Lancet. Infectious diseases [Lancet Infect Dis] 2021 Jul; Vol. 21 (7), pp. 920.
VIOLENCIA SISTEMÁTICA CONTRA LOS DEFENSORES Y DEFENSORAS DE DERECHOS HUMANOS DEL AMBIENTE Y EL TERRITORIO EN COLOMBIA EN EL MARCO DEL POSACUERDO.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Acciones e Investigaciones Sociales. dic2022, Issue 43, p125-164. 40p.
Abstract: El presente artículo examina, sobre la base de una revisión bibliográfica, la situación general de los defensores y defensoras de derechos humanos del ambiente y el territorio en Colombia, desde una perspectiva documentada, analizando el ejercicio de l...
Structural determinants of health: a qualitative study on female sex workers in Benin.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): AIDS care [AIDS Care] 2019 Dec; Vol. 31 (12), pp. 1471-1475. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Mar 20.
Abstract: The objective of this paper is to expose those socio-structural contexts revealing the social injustice and human rights violations that sub-Saharan women face every day when forced into sex work by unemployment or sickness. Results of a qualitative st...
A Human Rights Case Study on Access to Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for Female Sex Workers in South Africa.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Health and human rights [Health Hum Rights] 2022 Jun; Vol. 24 (1), pp. 105-115.
Abstract: This paper examines the extent to which access to HIV preventive medicines such as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) are ensured under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. There is a lack of human rights-focused research on...
Typologies and Correlates of Police Violence Against Female Sex Workers Who Inject Drugs at the México-United States Border: Limits of De Jure Decriminalization in Advancing Health and Human Rights.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Journal of interpersonal violence [J Interpers Violence] 2022 Jun; Vol. 37 (11-12), pp. NP8297-NP8324. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Dec 01.
Abstract: Decriminalization of sex work is increasingly promoted as a structural measure to improve the health of vulnerable groups. In México, sex work is not illegal, but knowledge of policies' street-level impact is limited. This study describes typologies of...
Rites of Resistance: Sex Workers' Fight to Maintain Rights and Pleasure in the Centre of the Response to HIV in Brazil.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Global public health [Glob Public Health] 2019 Jun - Jul; Vol. 14 (6-7), pp. 939-953. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Aug 24.
Abstract: Drawing on ethnographic research conducted from 2011 to 2015 and the authors' long-term engagement in diverse aspects of HIV and human rights advocacy in Brazil, this paper explores key elements of the Brazilian sex workers' movement response to HIV an...