Large numbers of sex trafficking victims, on the order of 80,000–100,000, have been alleged to exist in Cambodia over the past decade. Empirical results obtained from measuring the numbers of such victims in Cambodia are contrasted with the lack of support for the widely circulated guesstimates of these numbers. Examples of similar fabrications are discussed and followed through some of their early publication history. The methodology of conducting empirical field research in less developed countries is discussed and the origin of the guesstimates is probed in detail.
Year of publication: 2011 Theme: Human Rights and Law Theme: Migration and Mobility Theme: Research Ethics and Methods Author: Thomas M. Steinfatt Relevant URL: [www.springerlink.com]Feeds
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Sex trafficking in Cambodia: fabricated numbers versus empirical evidence
Posted: October 31st, 2011, 5:05pm PDT by cheryl
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Cost and Performance of Hiv / Aids Control Workers Outreach Program to Direct Female Commercial Sex Workers in Cambodia
Posted: October 31st, 2011, 4:00am PDT
featureThis study was undertaken to measure thecosts and performance of outreach program to directfemale commercial sex workers in Cambodia. The studyconsists of two parts, first is the review of allactivities of the program in 20 provinces and 2 majorcities in order to calculate the total costs incurredby the program within its first year of interventionand second is the analysis of behavioral change ofcommercial sex workers based on data from a BehavioralSurvey on commercial sex workers.
Year of publication: 2011 Theme: Health and HIV Author: Sok Bunna Relevant URL: [www.tnrr.in.th]
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Durbar Newsletter Number 7
Posted: October 26th, 2011, 9:19am PDT
offThe newsletter of Indian sex worker organisation the DMSC in Kolkata.
Year of publication: 2011 Theme: Human Rights and Law
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Will 5-year-plan accommodate sex workers?
Posted: October 14th, 2011, 3:49am PDT
featureThis article in the Daily News Analysis on Bangalore explains how sex workers do not get pensions, have no identity or ration cards and have to struggle for housing. Access to health services is also a problem “The first line of treatment is available but the second line is not so. Only a few are able to access this,” said Geetha, secretary of Karnataka Sex Workers’ Union, working in rural Bangalore.
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Call for Papers: Selling Sex in the City
Posted: October 13th, 2011, 4:02am PDT by PLRI
The International Institute of Social History has issued a call for papers for the project, "Selling Sex in the City: Prostitution in World Cities, 1600 to the Present". These will be discussed at a conference, which will take place in Amsterdam/The Hague, on 14-16 February 2013.
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A Sex Worker in Nigeria Speaks Against Violence
Posted: October 12th, 2011, 5:29am PDT
offAn article in the Nation by Leke Salaudeen explores police corruption and brutality.
A Lagos sex worker, who simply identified herself as Helen, relived her experience with police. She said: “Most often, the police will come to our brothel in the night, march us into their waiting van. They will take us to either Third Mainland Bridge or the Bar Beach. They will beat and rape us. They sleep with us without protection.
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Assessment of population-level effect of Avahan, an HIV-prevention initiative in India
Posted: October 11th, 2011, 3:25am PDT by PLRI
offArticle in the Lancet, Early Online Publication, 11 October 2011.
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Year of publication: 2011 Theme: Health and HIV Author: Marie Ng, Emmanuela Gakidou, Alison Levin-Rector, Ajay Khera, Christopher JL Murray, Lalit Dandona Relevant URL: Link to the article for free on the Lancet website
The aim of Avahan, the India AIDS Initiative, was to reduce HIV transmission in the general population through large-scale prevention interventions focused on high-risk groups. It was launched in 2003 in six states with a total population of 300 million and a high HIV burden. We assessed the population-level effect of the first phase of Avahan (2003—08). -
Beyond accountability: learning from large-scale evaluations
Posted: October 11th, 2011, 3:04am PDT by PLRI
offAn article in the Lancet published online, October 11, 2011, which provides a useful overview of the evaluation of the Avahan HIV prevention programme which was rolled out across six states in India.
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CREA research on violence against women in India, Bangladesh and Nepal
Posted: October 11th, 2011, 1:50am PDT by PLRI
offA research study on violence against lesbian women, female sex workers, and disabled women in three countries in South Asia—Bangladesh, India, and Nepal. The study investigated the hypothesis that women who are outside the mainstream of the South Asian society suffer high rates of violence and are often unable to seek and receive protection from State agencies.
Year of publication: 2011 Theme: Gender and Sexuality Theme: Health and HIV Theme: Human Rights and LawCREA Executive Summary.pdf
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Epistemic fault lines in biomedical and social approaches to HIV prevention
Posted: October 4th, 2011, 11:26pm PDT
featureThis paper raises the question of how knowledge creation is organized in the area of HIV prevention and how this concatenation of expertise, resources, at-risk people and viruses shapes the knowledge used to impede the epidemic. It also seeks to trouble the discourses of biomedical pre-eminence in the field of HIV prevention by examining the claim for treatment as prevention, looking at evidence constructed through the biomedical frame and through the lens of the sociology of science.
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Contraceptive Used in Africa May Double Risk of HIV
Posted: October 4th, 2011, 7:53am PDT by PLRI
By Pam Belluck for the New York Times, 3 October 2011.
The most popular contraceptive for women in eastern and southern Africa, a hormone shot given every three months, appears to double the risk the women will become infected with H.I.V., according to a large study published Monday. And when it is used by H.I.V.-positive women, their male partners are twice as likely to become infected than if the women had used no contraception.
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Antiretroviral Therapy among HIV-1 Infected Female Sex Workers in Benin: A Comparative Study with Patients from the General Population
Posted: October 3rd, 2011, 10:06pm PDT
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The aim of this study conducted in Benin was to compare HIV-1 infected female sex workers (FSW) and patients from the general population (GP) to see whether there was a difference in adherence level, mortality rate and immuno-virologic response to antiretroviral therapy (ART).
Year of publication: 2011 Theme: Health and HIVWJA20110300006_74376528.pdf
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Diabaté S, Zannou DM, Geraldo N, Chamberland A, Akakpo J, Ahouada C, Massinga Loembé M, Anagonou S, Labbé AC, Alary M, Tremblay C
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