(In)Decent Work: Sex and the ILO
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چکیده
By tracing sex work as it weaves in and out of the actions taken by International Labour Organization (ILO) from its foundation 1919 to present, this article complicates narrative ILO tells about itself well place what judged be prostitution making larger global labor standards regime. Given many sections within permanent secretariat, Office, position an arena serving diverse stakeholders nation-states, trade unions, employer associations, and, increasingly, women's organizations NGOs, offers a long-twentieth-century history tension between intimate quest for decent work. Thus, analysis connects broader discussions regulation relationship international political economy. It provides, furthermore, first contextualized over entire history.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Women's History
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1527-2036', '1042-7961']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jowh.2021.0050