Protecting the Rights of Sex Workers
The Indian Experience
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12440334 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Geetanjali Misra (Ford Foundation, corresponding author), Akhira Mahal (0000-0002-7246-3261), Rima Shah |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 88-88 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Health and Human Rights (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1079-0969 • E-ISSN: 2150-4113 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/4065224 |
| PMID | 11154525 |
| OpenAlex | W46796164 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 1 |
Although India is a signatory to numerous international agreements on the rights of women and has a constitution that prohibits discrimination and exploitation by gender, as well as a plethora of related legislation, it has failed to satisfactorily protect the human rights of women, particularly those of sex workers. This is manifested in high levels of violence in the sex industry, child sex workers, lack of access to health care, and high levels of HIV infection. Policies that revolve around rescue and rehabilitation, or are based on the premise that sex work is immoral, are unlikely to effectively promote the well-being of sex workers. An alternative paradigm, which revolves around an explicit recognition of the human rights of sex workers together with an activist approach to achieve them, involving a collaboration between NGOs and collectives of sex workers, has worked well to protect the human rights and health of sex workers in India
Constitution · Criminology · Environmental health · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Human rights · Legislation · Political science · Population · Premise · Sex work · Sex workers · Sociology · Diverse Global Research Studies · Gender Studies · Government, Law, and Information Management · Law · Medicine · Virology
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| Unique citing works | 13 |
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| Citations per year | 0,59 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2025 (22) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |