ABSTRACT

Global Sex Workers presents the personal experiences of sex workers around the world. Drawing on their individual narratives, it explores international struggles to uphold the rights of this often marginalized group.

chapter |28 pages

Introduction

Globalizing Sex Workers Rights

part One|69 pages

Rethinking Sex Work

chapter 1|17 pages

Forced to Choose

Beyond the Voluntary v. Forced Prostitution Dichotomy
Edited ByJo Doezema

chapter 2|14 pages

Debt-Bondage and Trafficking

Don’t Believe the Hype

chapter 4|10 pages

Women, Labor, and Migration

The Position of Trafficked Women and Strategies for Support

chapter 5|8 pages

Discourses of Prostitution

The Case of Cuba

part Two|68 pages

Migrations and Tourism

chapter 8|10 pages

From Thailand to Japan

Migrant Sex Workers as Autonomous Subjects

chapter 9|15 pages

The Migrant Tightrope

Experiences from the Caribbean

chapter 10|12 pages

Children, Prostitution, and Identity

A Case Study from a Tourist Resort in Thailand

chapter 11|16 pages

Hustling for Dollars

Jineterismo in Cuba

part Three|59 pages

Sex Workers’ Organizations

chapter 13|4 pages

Japanese Sex Workers

Encourage, Empower, Trust and Love Yourselves!

chapter 14|10 pages

The Exotic Dancers Alliance

An Interview with Dawn Passar and Johanna Breyer

chapter 15|5 pages

Sweat

The Development and Implementation of a Sex Worker Advocacy and Intervention Program in Post-Apartheid South Africa (with special reference to the western city of Cape Town)

chapter 16|3 pages

A World of People

Sex Workers in Mexico

chapter 17|4 pages

Wind of Change Is Whispering at Your Door

The Mahila Samanwaya Committee

chapter 18|6 pages

International Activism

Jo Doezema Interviews NWSP Coordinator, Cheryl Overs

chapter 20|11 pages

It’s Good to Know

The Maxi Linder Association in Suriname

part Four|40 pages

AIDS Prevention and Sex Workers’ Empowerment

chapter 21|9 pages

The Pegaçâo Program

Information, Prevention, and Empowerment of Young Male Sex Workers in Rio de Janeiro

chapter 22|6 pages

Prostitution in Senegal

chapter 23|14 pages

The TAMPEP Project in Western Europe

chapter 24|7 pages

COIN and MODEMU in the Dominican Republic*