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19 lines
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## Sex Work
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#### Sex work decriminalization decreases violence and displacement while supporting risk reduction and peer support networks among sex workers
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* [PLOS Medicine - Platt et al. 18](https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1002680) [(cited here)](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-women-prostitution/legalizing-prostitution-lowers-violence-and-disease-report-says-idUSKBN1OA28N)
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* HUGE **META-ANALYSIS** of **130 studies** on **33 countries** on the legalization and policing of sex work and workers.
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* Studies were published in scientific journals between 1990 to 2018.
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* It showed that in contexts of criminalisation, the threat and enactment of police harassment, repressive policing, and arrest of sex workers or their clients:
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* **increased risk of sexual/physical violence** from clients or other parties
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* **displaced sex workers** into isolated work locations
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* **Disrupted peer support networks** and service access
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* **limited risk reduction** opportunities.
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* **discouraged** sex workers from obtaining and carrying methods of safe sex
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* **exacerbated existing inequalities** experienced by transgender, migrant, and drug-using sex workers.
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> *“Those of us who work on the street are running from the police, pushed into more isolated areas because clients are **fearful of arrest**”*
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~ Niki Adams of the English Collective of Prostitutes
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