Mapping transactional sex on the Northern Corridor highway in Kenya

Ferguson, Alan; Morris, Catherine

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2006.05.009

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“…The first dimension relates to the legislative structure in which they operate. In Tanzania for example, like in many African countries, not only is commercial sex work illegal under the Tanzania Penal Code, it is also unlawful to benefit from commercial sex work's proceeds or to facilitate or assist a person to engage in such activities [21][22][23]. This means that commercial sex work is non-brothel based and takes place predominantly in bars, guest houses and private homes.…”

Section: Women At Risk and Commercial Sex Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Commercial Sex Work, Survival Sex, Sexual Violence and HIV/AIDS Prevention in Arumeru District, Arusha Region Of Tanzania

Renzaho

Pallotta‐Chiarolli

2009

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Abstract:Objective: To examine the knowledge and practices about HIV/AIDS among female Tanzanian commercial sex workers (CSWs) and assess the contextual dynamics that prevent safer sexual behaviours. Method:The study used mixed methods and was implemented in two phases. Phase one assessed the knowledge and practices about HIV/AIDS among CSWs. Data were obtained with 54 CSWs, who were selected by using a snowball sampling approach. Semi-structured, face-to-face interviews with the CSWs were undertaken to allow the research participants to describe and discuss their lived realities as they perceive and experience them. In phase two, three discrete focus group discussions, each comprising 6-10 women, were carried out with 26 of the 54 CSWs who were interviewed in phase one. Results:There was exploitation and inequity in the women's lives due to the multiple and overlapping oppressions of poverty and patriarchy. Sexual violence was framed, legitimised and reinforced by structural and cultural inequities. Such exploitation impacted not only on CSWs' lives as sex workers, but on their previous and/or simultaneous lives as mothers, wives, girlfriends and daughters. The women practised 'survival sex' as CSWs and/or sexual partners of men, and experienced sexual violence from their clients/partners. This violence was either culturally legitimised within a patriarchal framework or manifested itself as 'displaced aggressive sex' by men experiencing marginalisation in socio-economic spheres. Conclusion:Government health policies and criminal laws regarding sex work, violence against sex workers and domestic/sexual violence against all women need to be critiqued and consistently implemented. Addressing the 'survival sex' of women in Tanzania cannot occur without addressing what the authors call the 'displaced aggressive sex' of men.

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Commercial Sex Work, Survival Sex, Sexual Violence and HIV/AIDS Prevention in Arumeru District, Arusha Region Of Tanzania

Renzaho

Pallotta‐Chiarolli

2009

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“…The resulting rapid field assessment is closely aligned to a protocol that has since been distributed by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) [3]. The method draws on 'Wisdom of the Crowd' [11,12] and respondent-driven census [13]. It integrates mapping [13,14], focus group discussions and interviews.…”

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Estimating the Number of Sex Workers in South Africa: Rapid Population Size Estimation

Konstant¹,

Rangasami

Stacey³

et al. 2015

AIDS Behav

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Although recognized as a vulnerable population, there is no national population size estimate for sex workers in South Africa. A rapid sex worker enumeration exercise was undertaken in twelve locations across the country based on principles of participatory mapping and Wisdom of the Crowd. Sites with a range of characteristics were selected, focusing on level of urbanisation, trucking, mining and borders. At each site, sex worker focus groups mapped local hotspots. Interviews with sex workers at identified hotspots were used to estimate the numbers and genders of sex workers working in each. Estimates provided in the literature were combined with enumeration exercise results to define assumptions that could be applied to a national extrapolation. A working estimate was reached of between 131,000 and 182,000 sex worker in South Africa, or between 0.76 and 1 % of the adult female population. The success of the exercise depended on integral involvement of sex worker peer educators and strong ethical considerations.

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“…However, nearly half are believed to work without permits. 2,3 Some studies have examined the role of space in shaping epidemics of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among FSWs; 4,5 however, these findings do not generalize to settings where sex work is geographically concentrated within a formalized red light district. In a previous Tijuana study, a small number of bars accounted for a high proportion of HIV/STI prevalence among FSWs but excluded the large number of FSWs soliciting from public spaces, such as street corners.…”

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The Effect of Geography on HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Tijuana’s Red Light District

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Mapping transactional sex on the Northern Corridor highway in Kenya

Cited by 80 publications

References 15 publications

Commercial Sex Work, Survival Sex, Sexual Violence and HIV/AIDS Prevention in Arumeru District, Arusha Region Of Tanzania

Commercial Sex Work, Survival Sex, Sexual Violence and HIV/AIDS Prevention in Arumeru District, Arusha Region Of Tanzania

Estimating the Number of Sex Workers in South Africa: Rapid Population Size Estimation

The Effect of Geography on HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Tijuana’s Red Light District

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