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Record Nr.

UNINA9910473447403321

Autore

Goldenberg Shira M

Titolo

Sex Work, Health, and Human Rights : Global Inequities, Challenges, and Opportunities for Action

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Springer Nature, 2021

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2021

©2021

ISBN

3-030-64171-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

Morgan ThomasRuth

ForbesAnna

BaralStefan

Soggetti

Public health & preventive medicine

Human rights

Epidemiology & medical statistics

Social issues & processes

Health systems & services

Prostitució

Salut sexual

Drets humans

Salut pública

Igualtat

Medicina preventiva

Llibres electrònics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This open access book provides a comprehensive overview of the health inequities and human rights issues faced by sex workers globally across diverse contexts, and outlines evidence-based strategies and best practices. Sex workers face severe health and social inequities, largely as the result of structural factors including punitive and



criminalized legal environments, stigma, and social and economic exclusion and marginalization. Although previous work has largely emphasized an elevated burden and gaps in HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) services in sex work, less attention has been paid to the broader health and human rights concerns faced by sex workers. This contributed volume addresses this gap. The chapters feature a variety of perspectives including academic, community, implementing partners, and government to synthesize research evidence as well as lessons learned from local-level experiences across different regions, and are organized under three parts: Burden of health and human rights inequities faced by sex workers globally, including infectious diseases (e.g., HIV, STIs), violence, sexual and reproductive health, and drug use Structural determinants of health and human rights, including legislation, law enforcement, community engagement, intersectoral collaboration, stigma, barriers to health access, im/migration issues, and occupational safety and health Evidence-based services and best practices at various levels ranging from individual and community to policy-level interventions to identify best practices and avenues for future research and interventions Sex Work, Health, and Human Rights is an essential resource for researchers, policy-makers, governments, implementing partners, international organizations and community-based organizations involved in research, policies, or programs related to sex work, public health, social justice, gender-based violence, women's health and harm reduction.