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International Journal of Social Work and Human Services Practice(CEASE PUBLICATION) Vol. 3(4), pp. 131 - 136
DOI: 10.13189/ijrh.2015.030401
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Lives of Brothel Based Sex Workers in Khulna, Bangladesh
Quazi Zahangir Hossain 1, Qazi Azad-uz-zaman 2,*, Swapan Kumar Roy 3
1 Environmental Science Discipline, Life Science School, Khulna University, Bangladesh
2 Japan Association of Drainage and Environment (JADE), Bangladesh
3 Department of Livestock Services, Batiaghata Upazila, Khulna, Bangladesh
ABSTRACT
Bangladesh is a Muslim dominated country in south Asia where sex trade is mainly illegal but open secret. Only few workers have license and provide service in registered brothels. Banisanta brothel is one of the registered bawdyhouses in Khulna where 110 sex-workers were living in 2014. They entered into the profession because of a variety of socio-economic reasons. The factors of entering women into sex work in Banisanta brothel were observed by cross sectional study in July 2014. The sex-workers were mainly illiterate, aged range between 25-35 years, from rural areas, as well as landless families. About half of them entered the profession willingly because of low family income. Some other reasons identified by survey were being cheated, sold to the brothel and forced. More than half had experience with other labour market before sex work but left job because of harassment, poor income coupled with physical assault and sexual abuse, as well as poor working condition. Majority was aware of STI/STD as a result of receiving counselling, advice to use condom and other health related services from different organizations. Although drinking water was not enough and hard to collect, as well as using unhygienic latrine mainly, they were not suffering frequently from water borne diseases like diarrhoea, dysentery or jaundice.
KEYWORDS
Brothel, Sex Worker, Entering Factors, Living Condition, STI/STD
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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Quazi Zahangir Hossain , Qazi Azad-uz-zaman , Swapan Kumar Roy , "Lives of Brothel Based Sex Workers in Khulna, Bangladesh," International Journal of Social Work and Human Services Practice(CEASE PUBLICATION), Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 131 - 136, 2015. DOI: 10.13189/ijrh.2015.030401.
(b). APA Format:
Quazi Zahangir Hossain , Qazi Azad-uz-zaman , Swapan Kumar Roy (2015). Lives of Brothel Based Sex Workers in Khulna, Bangladesh. International Journal of Social Work and Human Services Practice(CEASE PUBLICATION), 3(4), 131 - 136. DOI: 10.13189/ijrh.2015.030401.