Exploring the impact of military conflict on sex work in Ukraine: Women's experiences of economic burden
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Little is known about the impact of military conflict on sex work from the perspective of sex workers. We attempt to explore the meaning of conflict on sex work by asking women about the changes that they have experienced in their lives and work since the beginning of the 2014 military conflict in eastern Ukraine. The findings in this article are based on qualitative interviews with 43 cisgender women living and practicing sex work in Dnipro, eastern Ukraine. Our analysis highlights the meanings that sex workers have linked to the conflict, with financial concerns emerging as a dominant theme. The conflict therefore functions as a way of understanding changing economic circumstances with both individual and broader impacts. By better understanding the meaning of conflict as expressed by sex workers, we can begin to adapt our response to address emerging, and unmet, needs of the community.
Date Issued
2023-01-01
Date Acceptance
2022-05-27
Citation
Global Public Health, 2023, 18 (1)
ISSN
1744-1692
Publisher
Taylor and Francis
Journal / Book Title
Global Public Health
Volume
18
Issue
1
Copyright Statement
© 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.
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Subjects
Big Events
Conflict
HIV
INTERVENTIONS
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
PREVENTION
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Science & Technology
sex work
TRANSMISSION
Ukraine
VIOLENCE
WAR
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 2092187
Date Publish Online
2022-06-27