The risk of HIV infection looms large among male, female, and transgender sex workers in
India. Several individual, sociocultural, and structural-environmental factors enhance the risk …

HIV prevalence in India remains high among female sex workers. This paper presents the
main findings of a qualitative study of the modes of operation of female sex work in Belgaum …

In India, while female sex workers (FSWs) are one of the groups most susceptible to
HIV/AIDS transmission, research and interventions typically sidestep FSWs' stories. The …

In this issue we present cutting edge information on a group vulnerable to HIV/AIDS
infection: sex workers in Asia. At the beginning of the pandemic it was thought that sex …

There are an estimated 1800–3500 sex-workers in Dimapur, the commercial capital of
Nagaland, which is the second-highest HIV prevalence state in India. The HIV prevalence …

Risk of HIV and illness are the dominant context in which sex work is discussed in India and
there is a lacuna of social scientific analysis of sex workers' lives. HIV interventions …

These authors examine the nature and extent of fluidity in defining the typology of female
sex work based on the place of solicitation or place of sex or both places together, and …

Although HIV prevalence in Female Sex Workers (FSWs) in Bangladesh is at a low level and
reliable data on HIV incidence in FSWs is unavailable, other indicators and conditions …

Evidence suggests that in India, the early stages of a woman's career as a sex worker may
be an important period to target for HIV and sexually transmitted infection prevention. Before …

Sex worker–run community-based organizations (CBOs) in India have worked to curb
violence, stigma, and poverty as an effective way to address HIV vulnerability. In addition to …