Providing Services to Women in Situations of Prostitution and Human Trafficking during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Spain, Italy, and Portugal
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13074952 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Olaya García-Vázquez (0000-0002-3625-274X, Military University Nueva Granada, corresponding author), Carmen Meneses-Falcón (0000-0002-5368-4253, Military University Nueva Granada) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Issue | 21 |
| Pages | 141-144 |
| Publication date | 2023-09-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anti-Trafficking Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2286-7511 • E-ISSN: 2287-0113 |
| Publisher | Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (PUBLISHER • TH) |
| DOI | 10.14197/atr.201223219 |
| OpenAlex | W4387172636 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
This short article discusses the challenges faced by women engaging in prostitution/sex work or in situations of trafficking for sexual exploitation during the COVID-19 pandemic. These included housing and food insecurity, violence, failure by the police to identify them as trafficked persons, lack of social assistance, and the inability to renew residence and work permits. The article also presents the support provided to women by the NGO Hermanas Oblatas in Spain, Portugal, and Italy
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Criminology · Economic growth · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Human trafficking · Pandemic · Political science · Residence · Sex trafficking · Sex work · Sociology · Work (physics · Demography · Engineering · Medicine · Sex work and related issues · Virology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |