Child sexual abuse in India: A systematic review

V Choudhry, R Dayal, D Pillai, AS Kalokhe, K Beier… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Objective Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) is a pressing human right issue and public health
concern. We conducted a systematic review of quantitative and qualitative studies published …

[HTML][HTML] Child sexual abuse in Iran: a systematic review of the prevalence, risk factors, consequences, interventions and laws

M Danaeifar, M Arshi… - Journal of injury and …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Child sexual abuse is a widespread global problem and a violation of human
rights. Although many studies have been conducted in this field in the world, the information …

Ethical and definitional considerations in research on child sexual violence in India

R Dayal, AS Kalokhe, V Choudhry, D Pillai, K Beier… - BMC public health, 2018 - Springer
Background While critically important, child sexual violence (CSV) research poses
numerous ethical and safety challenges. Recently, the studies dedicated to understanding …

The girl is mine: Reframing intimate partner violence and sex work as intersectional spaces of gender-based violence

J Thaller, AN Cimino - Violence against women, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Intimate partner violence (IPV) and sex work have been primarily constructed as mutually
exclusive phenomena within scholarly literature, though both can be situated under the …

“I am almost a breadwinner for my family”: Exploring the manifestation of agency in sex workers' personal and professional contexts

S Karandikar, K Casassa, L Knight, M Espana… - Affilia, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
While societal and structural factors often constrain women's agency in patriarchal settings,
women nevertheless find creative ways to manifest and develop agency. Female sex …

An Exploration of the Social Support of Women in Sex Work in Cúcuta, Colombia

M Fabbri, M Alba Niño, S Karandikar… - Journal of Social …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Social support for women in sex work is essential for their overall health and well-being. In
the city of Cúcuta, Colombia, both domestic Colombian and migrant Venezuelan women …

The Women and Children of India's Red-Light Brothel Districts: An Exploratory Investigation of Vulnerability and Survival During a Global Pandemic

S Karandikar, RL Dalla… - Community Health Equity …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Globally, women and children were disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19
pandemic. Vulnerable populations of women and children—including those who live in …

Alcohol use and experiences of partner violence among female sex workers in coastal Andhra Pradesh, India

E Heylen, E Shamban, WT Steward… - Violence against …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
This cross-sectional study describes the prevalence and context of violence by sexual
partners against female sex workers (FSWs, N= 589) in Andhra Pradesh and its association …

Understanding the experiences and needs of female commercial sex workers in Kathmandu, Nepal

MR Kaufman, JJ Harman, LM Menger… - Health care for women …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Through this exploratory study, we sought to better understand Nepali female commercial
sex workers'(FCSWs') experiences in order to inform HIV prevention and health promotion …

The intimate relationship experiences of women engaged in transactional sex work in Barbados

S Kyriakakis, J Henning… - Violence against …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
This phenomenological study, consisting of individual interviews with a sample of 30 women
engaged in sex work, examines the intimate relationships of women engaged in sex work in …