The Plight of Female Cameroonian Migrant Sex Workers in N'Djamena, Chad: A Case of Intersectionality.

Autor: Mutola S; School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Box 463, 405-30, Gothenburg, Sweden. gusmutosi@student.gu.se., Pemunta NV; School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Box 463, 405-30, Gothenburg, Sweden., Ngo NV; School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Box 463, 405-30, Gothenburg, Sweden., Otang OI; Noble Philanthropic Social Group NGO, BP 1306, Limbe, Cameroon., Tabenyang TJ; Department of Anthropology, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of immigrant and minority health [J Immigr Minor Health] 2022 Apr; Vol. 24 (2), pp. 430-436. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 May 18.
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-021-01216-5
Abstrakt: In most countries, sex-work is criminalized and frowned upon. This leads to human rights abuses, especially for migrant female sex workers. The burden is heavier on migrant female sex-workers whose gender and foreign citizenship intersect to produce a plethora of adverse health, social, and legal outcomes. This phenomenological study explores the intersectionality of individual factors leading to human rights abuses among migrant Cameroonian female sex workers in N'Djamena, Chad. Ten female sex workers and two key-informants were interviewed, and being a small sample, they gave detailed information about their experiences. The data was later analyzed using thematic analysis. Participants narrated experiences of social exclusion, exposure to diverse abuses, and health risks due to gender, immigrant status, and illegality of sex work. The experiences of female migrant sex workers, within contexts of sex work criminalization, are exacerbated by the intersectionality of these factors. Women endure several vulnerabilities in many African countries, more so when they have to survive on sex work as foreigners in a country where the act is illegal.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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