Sex Work, HIV/AIDS, and Human Rights in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
- Document number
- 2101
- Date
- 2005
- Title
- Sex Work, HIV/AIDS, and Human Rights in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
- Author/publisher
- The Central And Eastern European Harm Reduction Network
- Availability
- View/save PDF version of this document
- Document type(s)
- Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- Sex tourism, Pornography, Domestic violence, Prostitution, Rape, Women's rights; Women; Control and regulation of prostitution, Protection, Punishable forms of prostitution,
- Summary
This report provides an overview of many important issues that sex workers face in the region as well as to the political, economic, and social factors that influence policies and attitudes toward sex workers. It focuses primarily on existing laws and policies and their consequences from the perspective of HIV prevention and treatment. The report also offers recommendations designed to uphold sex workers' human rights and remove barriers that reduce their ability or willingness to obtain access to consistent and equitable health care and other social services.
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