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Results for prostitution (dublin, ireland)
2 results foundAuthor: Nelson, Wynn Title: Review of Service Provision for Women Involved in Prostitution in Dublin 24 Summary: In 2007, the Health Promotion Subgroup of Tallaght Drug Task Force (TDTF) decided to place a focus on prostitution and sex working in Dublin 24 because several local service providers including Needle Exchange, HSE outreach and community projects were becoming increasingly concerned about anecdotal reports of women working in prostitution in the area. The report is based on 37 individual interviews with representatives from 24 community/statutory/voluntary and private service providers ("Community interviews"); 9 women directly involved in prostitution ("Women's interviews"); findings from a survey of 48 women attending the Women's Health Project; findings from a Training Day offered to service providers; direct observation of areas in Tallaght known to be used for soliciting, and a search of the internet. The findings indicate that there are at least 106 females involved in prostitution operating in Dublin 24 or from Dublin 24 and working elsewhere. Section 1 introduces the background to the research. Section 2 provides context drawn from the literature. Section 3 describes the methods. Section 4, 5 and 6 presents the research findings: Section 4 outlines a profile of the women involved, Section 5 considers vulnerability and how to identify it. Section 6 looks at service provision. Section 7 concludes the research and Section 8 lists evidence-based recommendations to inform future planning. Details: Dublin: Tallaght Drugs Task Force, 2010. 36p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed March 17, 2011 at: http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/14546/1/Tallaght_Womens_Service_review.pdf Year: 2010 Country: Ireland URL: http://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/14546/1/Tallaght_Womens_Service_review.pdf Shelf Number: 121058 Keywords: ProstitutesProstitution (Dublin, Ireland) |
Author: Cox, Gemma Title: Drug Use, Sex Work and the Risk Environment in Dublin Summary: The National Advisory Committee on Drugs (NACD) provides advice to the government in relation to the prevalence, prevention, treatment/rehabilitation and consequences of problem drug use in Ireland based on its analyses of research findings and information. Action 98 of the National Drugs Strategy requires the NACD to carry out research on drug misuse among at-risk groups, including prostitutes/sex workers. In response, the NACD undertook this study to explore female and male problematic drug-using sex workers’ lived experience of risk, and how the risk environment can mediate the individual’s capacity to reduce the risk of harm. The concept of the risk environment was broadly defined as comprising risk factors that are external to the individual. Thus, the ‘environment’ encompasses not only the physical space within which drug-using sex workers live and work, but also the social, economic and policy environment. The key findings of this report are that drug-using sex workers are exposed to multiple risks and harms in their living and working lives. While the men and women interviewed implemented a range of innovative strategies to reduce their risk of harm, there is an acceptability associated with certain risk behaviours in certain circumstances. The physical, economic and social environments within which drug-using sex workers find themselves impact on their construction of ‘risk’ and ‘harm’. For example, the social organisation of risk means that what from the outside may be perceived as being risk behaviour can to members of the social network serve important social/group functions. In order to enable individuals to effectively reduce their risk of harm, policymakers and service providers need to focus and redirect interventions towards the risk environment, in particular the social situations and places in which harm is produced and reduced. As a client group, drug-using sex workers have multiple, interlocking needs that span health, social and legal issues. Therefore, addressing their wider social and situational needs such as poverty, housing, educational needs and employment prospects are as fundamental to reducing their risk of harm as addressing their drug use. Details: Dublin: National Advisory Committee on Drugs, 2009. 208p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed March 17, 2011 at: http://www.nacd.ie/publications/Druguse_SexWork-Web.pdf Year: 2009 Country: Ireland URL: http://www.nacd.ie/publications/Druguse_SexWork-Web.pdf Shelf Number: 121059 Keywords: ProstitutesProstitution (Dublin, Ireland)Substance Abuse |