Prostitution

Prostitution is the business or practice of engaging in sexual activity in exchange for payment. Prostitution is sometimes described as sexual services, commercial sex or, colloquially, hooking. It is sometimes referred to euphemistically as "the world's oldest profession" in the English-speaking world. A person who works in this field is called a prostitute and is a type of sex worker. Prostitution occurs in a variety of forms, and its legal status varies from country to country (sometimes from region to region within a given country), ranging from being an enforced or unenforced crime, to unregulated, to a regulated profession. It …

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World Bank Group · 25 April 2024 English

spikes in crime rates etc.; a potential rise in prostitution that could lead to increased spread of sexually


FPRI: Foreign Policy Research Institute · 25 April 2024 English

Background For the eighth year in a row, the Department of State’s Trafficking in Persons Report labeled Libya as a Special Case country. Typically, the Department of State gives a …

detained, or deported for forced crimes including prostitution, illegal immigration, and a�liation with an


World Bank Group · 22 April 2024 English

Arabia to be sold for forced labour and forced prostitution. Criminal organizations also use trafficked


ActionAid Association (India) · 21 April 2024 English

Definition of Construction Workers The definition of construction workers in the Building and Other Construction Workers Act, 1996 should be amended and expanded in line with supply and value chains …

(Prevention) Act, 1956 (ITA) of India defines prostitution as ‘sexual exploitation or abuse of persons Moreover, in the Indian context, terms like ‘prostitution’ and ‘prostituted women’ are not appropriate that all trafficking is done for the purpose of prostitution. Rather than prioritizing the prevention of paradoxical situation. While India doesn’t criminalize prostitution itself, it targets the means through which prostitutes punish pimps or touts who may be facilitating prostitution. However, this fails to distinguish between


ActionAid Association (India) · 19 April 2024 English

Beyond the scheme-based commitments which some state governments and the central government have given in the form of urban employment schemes or the rural employment guarantee act << 2 >> …

(Prevention) Act, 1956 (ITA) of India defines prostitution as ‘sexual exploitation or abuse of persons Moreover, in the Indian context, terms like ‘prostitution’ and ‘prostituted women’ are not appropriate that all trafficking is done for the purpose of prostitution. This legislation, rather than prioritizing paradoxical situation. While India doesn’t criminalize prostitution itself, it targets the means through which prostitutes punish pimps or touts who may be facilitating prostitution. However, this fails to distinguish between


AEI: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research · 18 April 2024 English

Abstract: In June 2020, Idaho announced the Return to Work Bonus program, which provided residents who returned to work with bonuses of up to $1,500. Using multiple data sources, we …

Manisha Shah. 2018. "Decriminalizing Indoor Prostitution: Implications for Sexual Violence and Public


World Bank Group · 17 April 2024 English

In 2012 and in 2018, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolutions urging the international community to intensify global efforts to eliminate female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). It also called upon …

lesbian, bisexual or transgender, women in prostitution and adultery, or any other criminal provisions


Amnesty International · 17 April 2024 English

The autonomous authorities of north-east Syria – with the support of the US government and other members of the coalition to defeat the Islamic State (IS) armed group – are …

high-risk area for sexual violence and enforced prostitution involving the camp security forces. Humanitarian


UNFPA: United Nations Population Fund · 17 April 2024 English

It is important to note that of material in maps do not imply the expression transgender men and non-binary people also experience pregnancy, and that gender-diverse people experience of any …

articles/2019/october/as-stis-in-older- Native Prostitution, and French Colonial Comprehensive Sexuality


UNFPA: United Nations Population Fund · 17 April 2024 French

de la CIPD est l’occasion d’orienter les systèmes sociaux et de santé vers la prestation de services qui favorisent l’autonomisation de tous les individus, le respect de leur diversité, la …

réservé à de la variole simienne (également la prostitution, bâti par les autorités coloniales à des fins articles/2019/october/as-stis-in-older- Native Prostitution, and French Colonial Comprehensive Sexuality


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