Essays about: "Sex Workers Rights"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the words Sex Workers Rights.

1. 1. Non-governmental organizations preventive work against female genital mutilation in Kenya : a qualitative minor field study

   University essay from Sophiahemmet Högskola

   Author : Matilda Trolin; Törja Ngenge; [2023]
   Keywords : Empowerment; Female genital mutilation; Human rights; Kenya; Egenmakt; Kenya; Kvinnlig könsstympning; Mänskliga rättigheter;

   Abstract : FGM is practiced in around 30 countries, mainly in Africa, The Middle East, and Asia. An estimated 200 million girls and women have been cut anywhere between infancy and 15 years old. This practice is usually linked to traditions, cultures, and sometimes religion, although this seems to be more of a question of how religion is interpreted. READ MORE

3. 2. 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

4. 3. “IF WE HAVE THE SEX PURCHASE LAW, WE MUST BE PREPARED TO HELP” - How some of Sweden’s social services work with youths having sex for compensation

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

   Author : Klara Wefer; [2020]
   Keywords : Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to look into how some social workers in Sweden view their work with youths having sex for compensation with regards to the feminist ideas that the law on buying sex expresses. Swedish studies have shown that most of the youths having sex for compensation started when they were 13-14 years old. READ MORE

5. 4. Sex Work and Humanitarianism : Understanding Predominant Framings of Sex Work in Humanitarian Response

   University essay from

   Author : Michelle Alm Engvall; [2019]
   Keywords : Humanitarianism; Sex Work;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to study how the issue of sex work occurring within humanitarian contexts is addressed by the humanitarian sector, and what this in turn can say about how the problem itself is framed. The analysis focuses on three types of approaches which were identified. READ MORE

6. 5. Spatial Politics and Sex Work : To what extent do differing frames of meaning in national debates on sex work result in spatial exclusion in Sweden and the Netherlands?

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Holly Campbell; [2019]
   Keywords : sex work; space; spatial exclusion; urban environment; visibility;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to explore the relationship between spatial politics and sex work in order to demonstrate how spatial exclusion can be used to consolidate power imbalances in the public sphere. To achieve this, this thesis explores and compares the situations between two countries with opposing approaches to sex work – abolitionism in Sweden and decriminalisation in the Netherlands. READ MORE