Tandia O, Seck A, Mottin-Sylla MH, Samb K; International Conference on AIDS.
Int Conf AIDS. 1992 Jul 19-24; 8: D501 (abstract no. PoD 5673).
ENDA-SANTE Dakar, Senegal.
OBJECTIVES: What kind of support for people who engage in prostitution in LCDs? METHODS: Accompanying-and-staying-in-tune activities with people who practice prostitution in suburbs of Dakar, on-going trustful relationships, common analysis of the situations, the difficulties, the opinions about the different ways for improving the living conditions, either in the current practice of their activities (improvement of the personnel security, reduction of sanitary risks: AIDS & STDs, support to families), either by the identification of sustainable alternatives to prostitution (economic activities). RESULTS: Especially in developing countries, most of the prostitutional activities are due to social and economic constrained situations, even if prostitution is obviously not performed on a forced basis, on a large scale (trafficking of people, traditional or modern, is not widespread, although it is on an institutionalisation process). The people who engage in prostitution is doing so, mostly in a context of "constrained choice", especially due to broken family and parental situations, and economic urge. The perception of the risks linked to prostitution is more of less clear 'especially in terms of AIDS), but the condition for overcoming these risks are not established (social stigma, low group-consciousness and negotiating power, economic crisis). CONCLUSIONS: Although prostitution may result of a free choice, for most of the prostitutes in the LCDs, the willingness to reduce the risks linked to prostitution is important, but their profound desire is to find sustainable alternatives to prostitution. The challenge is to identify such sustainable alternatives, in a socioeconomic context penalized by under-development conditions. For them, would not the AIDS prevention be only a "second choice alternative" for the improvement of their status?
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Keywords:
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Demography
- Developing Countries
- Poverty
- Prostitution
- Research
- Senegal
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- economics
Other ID:
UI: 102200851
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