About this deal
This ruling will help ensure that the children of sex workers can access essential services, including healthcare and education. These struggles are isolating, and their effects are far-reaching, a combination that proves frustrating, draining, and sometimes downright dangerous.
Discussion about family violence with larger social networks was independently associated with lower odds of forced sex among FSWs. Is there a relationship between “heavy drinking” and HIV high risk sexual behaviors among general population subjects? In contrast, the presence of a social support network can mitigate sexual violence by increasing sex workers’ self efficacy to resolve conflicts or to avoid or escape violent situations or by a network member directly intervening to prevent violent situations. Among sex workers in India, non-brothel based sex workers are less likely to have social support and more likely to be at high risk for HIV compared to their brothel-based counterparts [ 31]. In addition to individual and social contexts that are protective against or associated with IPV, sexual violence has been linked to alcohol consumption by a woman or her sexual partner [ 32– 38].
Not only was consent necessary; it was also a prerequisite for my own interest in any sexual encounter. It’s a really good idea to ask a friend or an adult you trust to come with you to talk to the police so they can support you. Comprehensive violence and HIV prevention programs for adolescent girls and young women are needed to prevent early sexual debut and reduce the risk for HIV infection.
This study examined prevalence of and factors associated with forced sex among female sex workers (FSWs) in Chennai, India.But despite the Supreme Court’s ruling that “sex work is a profession” with the same human rights as others, and that sex workers should not be harassed by the police, inequalities, stigma, and discrimination persist. Interviewers were trained on interviewer skills, questionnaire administration, laptop operation, and protocol implementation and participated in role-plays and practice interviews.