2004
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.01.010
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Knowledge, attitudes and experiences of sex trafficking by young women in Benin City, South-South Nigeria

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“…The theme of being ''tricked'' into becoming sex workers by being lured to an area on the promise of a secure job, appears across the region but also globally [83]. Women and girls who are refugees or internally displaced can be deceived or coerced into sex work to gain access to food, shelter and personal safety-matters of survival that likely render protection against HIV acquisition a low priority.…”
Section: Sex Work and Population Mobilitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The theme of being ''tricked'' into becoming sex workers by being lured to an area on the promise of a secure job, appears across the region but also globally [83]. Women and girls who are refugees or internally displaced can be deceived or coerced into sex work to gain access to food, shelter and personal safety-matters of survival that likely render protection against HIV acquisition a low priority.…”
Section: Sex Work and Population Mobilitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In another study conducted in Nigeria, 97.4% of the women reported that they had heard of women being taken abroad for commercial sex work. In this study, 47% of the young women believed that sex trafficking brings wealth and prosperity to the family [10]. About 76.5% of participants in above study believed that victims of sex trafficking were more likely to become infected with Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Sex work both enables mobility, sometimes over long distances, and restricts movement as girls are tied into contractual arrangements with brothels and middlemen/women (Okonofua et al, 2004). Across continents there is evidence of women and girls moving, often temporarily, into urban areas or other sites of demand to engage in sex work (Manopaiboon et al, 2003) and of women being trafficked across international borders (Day & Ward, 2004).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%