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This article explores whether motherhood may have a restorative effect on prostitution. Minimal research has been done … disposition of a prostitute who becomes a mother. The article's conclusion offers some remedies which may assist women who are … otherwise trapped in prostitution …
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Background Since the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, female sex workers in developing countries have been one of the groups most vulnerable to HIV infection due to their large numbers and rapid change of sexual partners. High rates of other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and sexual...
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The sexual and reproductive health needs of sex workers have been neglected both in research and public health interventions, which have almost exclusively focused on STI/HIV prevention. Among the reasons for this are the condemnation, stigma and ambiguous legal status of sex work. This paper...
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include Prostitution, Drug Abuse, Cultism, Kidnapping, etc. The paper is of the view that there is feminization of poverty in … Nigeria, where it affects more women than men. This is due to gender inequality in employment, education, land ownership and … other economic opportunities. There is also increased number of households headed by women. Thus the impoverished women are …
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sizable percentage is driven to prostitution. Other women forced into the sex trade have great things to say about it, and …Female sex workers (FSWs) are women who engage in sexual behavior with others for monetary compensation. The FSW … mobility. Some women engage in sex trafficking on purpose, not to earn money, but to violate social norms. Feminists who grow …
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risk premia to engaging in condomless sex. Overall, the study suggests that vulnerable women can be put at further risk of …
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Financial incentives are a promising approach for HIV prevention. Some studies have shown that financial incentive interventions aimed to promote positive health and social behaviors have mixed or harmful effects on gender-based violence, and little is known about their effects among higher risk...
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