@article{ref1,
title="Violence in commercial sex work: a case study on the impact of violence among  commercial female sex workers in india and strategies to combat violence",
journal="Violence against women",
year="2020",
author="Dasgupta, Satarupa",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Violence is one of the primary contextual factors that significantly raise sex  workers' sexually transmitted infection risk. The current study examines how  violence affects sexual health behavior among commercial female sex workers in a red  light district in Calcutta, India. The study which employs in-depth interviews of 37  commercial female sex workers also discusses an innovative multilayered strategy  devised by the sex workers to combat violence through a community mobilization  drive. The current study shows that the sex workers can confront the system that  precipitates violence and actively engage with it to mitigate the impact of  structural barriers to empowerment.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1077-8012",
doi="10.1177/1077801220969881",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801220969881"
}