Female Sex Work Dynamics: Empowerment, Mobilization, Mobility
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چکیده
Abstract UNAIDS defines sex work as selling sexual services (Ditmore in Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. UNAIDS, 2008, [1]). Sex workers involved relations with multiple partners are a key group of women who need access to comprehensive health services, including HIV prevention, treatment, and care (Lafort et al. Reproductive for populations at high risk HIV: performance night clinic Tete province, Mozambique. BMC Health Services Research, 2010, [2]). There broad range various locations those street-based brothel-based, escorts, from their own homes.
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عنوان ژورنال: SpringerBriefs in public health
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2192-3698', '2192-3701']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4578-5_4