Abstract
Sex workers are among the groups that are not accepted and ignored by the general public and are subjected to exclusion and discrimination. They work in environments open to abuse and exploitation, especially violence, and they cannot easily reach the necessary protection and support. In this respect, sex workers are considered to be among the vulnerable groups in need of social work. The prevalence of sex work is not known due to its position in ‘invisibility’. As a social justice and human rights profession, it is important for social work to provide support to all stigmatised, marginalised and ignored groups within the framework of rights-based approach. Sex workers, who are among the groups in need of advocacy, also have different needs and problems arising from intersectionality. Although there are studies addressing sex work within the scope of social work in international publications, it is noteworthy that there are limited number of studies directly addressing this issue within the framework of social work in national publications. In this study, it is aimed to draw attention to the problems of sex workers and to contribute to the related field by including the importance of social work on the basis of the needs and problems of sex workers.
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References
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- Anklesaria, A. ve Gentile, J.P. (2012). Psychotherapy with women who have worked in the "sex industry". Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience, 9(10), 27-33.
Abstract
Seks işçileri çoğunlukla toplumun genel kesimi tarafından kabul görmeyen ve görmezden gelinen, dışlanma ve ayrımcılığa maruz bırakılan gruplar arasındadır. Başta şiddet olmak üzere istismar ve sömürüye açık ortamlarda çalışmakta, gereken koruma ve desteğe kolayca ulaşamamaktadırlar. Bu yönüyle seks işçilerinin sosyal hizmete ihtiyaç duyan kırılgan gruplar arasında olduğu değerlendirilmektedir. Seks işçiliğinin “görünmezlik” içindeki konumu nedeniyle yaygınlığı bilinmemektedir. Sosyal adalet ve insan hakları mesleği olarak sosyal hizmetin damgalanan, ötekileştirilen ve yok sayılan tüm müracaatçı gruplarıyla hak temelli yaklaşım çerçevesinde destek sunması önem taşımaktadır. Savunuculuğa ihtiyaç duyan grupların başında yer alan seks işçilerinin aynı zamanda kesişimsellikten doğan ihtiyaç ve sorunları da farklılaşmaktadır. Uluslararası yayınlarda seks işçiliğini sosyal hizmet kapsamında ele alan çalışmalara rastlansa da ulusal yayınlarda bu konuya sosyal hizmet çerçevesinde doğrudan yer veren sınırlı sayıda çalışmanın bulunduğu dikkati çekmiştir. Çalışmada seks işçilerinin sorunlarına dikkat çekmek, sosyal hizmetin seks işçilerinin ihtiyaç ve sorunları temelindeki önemine yer vererek ilgili alana katkı sağlamak amaçlanmıştır.
References
- Abrol, M. (2014). The criminalization of prostitution: Putting women's lives at risk authors. The Journal of Historical Studies, 3(1), 1-10, https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/prandium/article/view/21843/17744
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- Anasti, T. (2020). Street-Level bureaucrats and ethical conflicts in service provision to sex workers. Ethics and Social Welfare, 14(1), 89-104. https://doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2019.1664608
- Anasti, T. (2022). Human service nonprofits providing services to sex workers: Efforts to manage competing logics and ideologies from an inhabited institutions framework. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 52(1), 222-242. https://doi.org/10.1177/08997640221074703
- Anklesaria, A. ve Gentile, J.P. (2012). Psychotherapy with women who have worked in the "sex industry". Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience, 9(10), 27-33.
Details
| Primary Language | Turkish |
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| Subjects | Social Work (Other) |
| Journal Section | Review Articles |
| Authors | |
| Publication Date | June 30, 2024 |
| Submission Date | June 6, 2024 |
| Acceptance Date | June 29, 2024 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2024 Volume: 8 Issue: 1 |
