Sex work in Slovenia : assessing the needs of sex workers

Markelj, Leja (author), Selan, Alisa (author), Dolinar, Tjaša (author), Sande, Matej (author)

The research comprehensively identifies the needs and problems of sex workers in Slovenia from the point of view of three groups of actors in a decriminalized setting. The objective of the rapid needs assessment was to identify the needs of sex workers as perceived by themselves. In order to gain a deeper insight into this topic, we analyzed the functioning of the organizations working with the population, and examined the perspective of the clients. The results of the study show that no aid programmes have been developed for sex workers, even though organizations from various fields often come in contact with this population. Sex workers express the need to be informed about various topics (health, the law, legal advice) and emphasize client relations as the primary issue. The findings indicate the need for the development of a specialized aid programmes to address the fields of advocacy, reducing social distress and providing psychosocial assistance.

• Language: English
• Keywords: apartment prostitution, decriminalization, rapid needs assessment, sex work, sex workers
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: PEF - Faculty of Education
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2022
• Number of pages: Str. 434-451
• Numbering: Vol. 27, iss. 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-144367
• UDC: 343.544(497.4)
• ISSN on article: 1360-7804
• DOI: 10.1177/13607804211018480
• COBISS.SI-ID: 67760899
• Publication date in RUL: 16.02.2023

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Sociological research online
• Shortened title: Sociol. res. online
• Publisher: SAGE, British Sociological Association
• ISSN: 1360-7804
• COBISS.SI-ID: 23000925

Licences

• License: CC BY-NC 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
• Description: A creative commons license that bans commercial use, but the users don’t have to license their derivative works on the same terms.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: stanovanjska prostitucija, dekriminalizacija, hitra ocena potreb, spolno delo, spolni delavci, seksualno delo, seksualni delavci

Projects

• Funder: Other - Other funder or multiple funders
• Funding programme: Republic of Slovenia
• Project number: 11083-6/2017-23

• Funder: EC - European Commission
• Funding programme: European Social Fund