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Criminalising Prostitution Linked to Violence Against Female Sex Workers

by Sreeraman on August 15, 2009 at 10:37 AM General Health News

Over half of female sex workers in Canada suffer an alarming prevalence of violence that could be stemmed by decriminalising the sex industry, according to research published on bmj.com today.

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While gender-based violence has been identified as a global public health priority that can lead to ill-health and death, abuses against female sex workers are seldom debated, say the authors.

Lead author, Professor Kate Shannon at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS and the University of British Colombia, and her team interviewed over 250 female street-based sex workers in Vancouver. The average age of participants was 36 and most had begun prostitution at 15 years of age.

They were interviewed on up to three occasions and asked: �Have you been physically abused by someone (excluding clients) in the last six months?�, �Have you been forced to have sex against your will (excluding clients) in the last six months?�, �Have you experienced a �bad date� in the last six months?�

Over half of participants (57%) had experienced violence at least once in the 18-month follow-up period. Almost four in ten (38%) reported physical violence, a quarter (25%) reported rape, and three in ten (30%) said their clients had been violent towards them.

The majority (87%) said they had lived on the street at least once in their lifetime, and one fifth had tried but been unable to access drug treatment in the last 18 months. A fifth had at least one dependent child and three in ten (32%) reported having a child removed by social services.

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