Essays about: "Prostitution Law"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 37 essays containing the words Prostitution Law.

1. 6. Sex Workers Are the Experts of Their Own Experiences

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

   Author : Maria Giulia Taccari; [2022]
   Keywords : Sexköpslagen; Sex Workers; Sex Work; Prostitution; Sweden; Sex Purchase Act; Swedish Model; Neo-Abolitionism; Human Rights; Sex Workers Rights; Participatory Action Research; Thematic Analysis.; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In this thesis, a participatory approach was used to privilege the opinions of sex workers regarding the effects of the Swedish prostitution policy. Since 1999, Sweden has criminalized only the purchase of sex, thus, this research studied the impact on sex workers, who are seen as victims by the law. READ MORE

3. 7. Lost at the intersections: a postcolonial approach to the Swedish Sex Purchase Act

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Daniela Basto da Silva; [2020]
   Keywords : Sweden Sex Purchase Act; prostitution; sex workers; postcolonialism; intersectionality; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This study focuses on the Swedish Sex Purchase Act and their claims of help and support to prostitutes, as outlined by two propositions: Kvinnofrid (proposition 1997/98:55) and in the 10-year evaluation of the Act (SOU 2010:49). It investigates these claims through an ethnography of law method and data collected from fieldwork is interpreted and reflected through the conceptual framework of postcolonial feminist legal theory and intersectionality. READ MORE

4. 8. Under the "guise of protection". The construction of sex trafficked female prostitutes under the German prostitution policy

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Barbara Barth; [2020]
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   Abstract : Sex trafficking, as part of irregular migration, has caught worldwide attention in recent years and is affecting mainly women. This phenomenon is highly apparent in Germany where prostitution is legalised and is therefore often referred to as “brothel of Europe”. READ MORE

5. 9. Prostitution/ Sex work in Sweden and Germany : A Study of Former Research

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Juliette Desbuleux-Rettel; [2019]
   Keywords : prostitution; sex work; Sweden; Germany; sexköpslagen; Prostituiertenschutzgesetz;

   Abstract : This thesis deals with part of the current research about prostitution/ sex work in Sweden and Germany. While prostitution/ sex work is partly criminalized in Sweden, the German law is currently designed to improve the legal situation of prostitutes/ sex worker. READ MORE

6. 10. “Girls for sale” : Understanding the difficulties in protecting girls in Nepal from being exploited for prostitution

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Natasha Semenets; [2019]
   Keywords : Prostitution; trafficking; internal trafficking; sex trafficking; Nepal; children’s rights; Convention on the Rights of the Child; Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children; child prostitution and child pornography; The Constitution of Nepal; Act Relating to Children; gender discrimination; social injustice;

   Abstract : The number of girls that are being exploited for prostitution in Nepal has increased in recent years, and girls suffer a high risk of being exposed when they come from already poorly conditions. Previously, uneducated girls could be found in the adult entertainment sector, but nowadays even educated girls are being exploited. READ MORE