Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Female Sex Workers in Two Major Cities in Papua New Guinea

2002 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 265-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHARLES S. MGONE ◽  
MEGAN E. PASSEY ◽  
JOSEPH ANANG ◽  
WILFRED PETER ◽  
TONY LUPIWA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Sexually Transmitted Infections ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Sex Workers ◽  
Female Sex Workers ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Female Sex ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus

Perpetration of Violence by Female Sex Workers in Papua New Guinea: ‘We will Crush their Bones’

2020 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-122
Author(s):  
Angela Kelly-Hanku ◽  
H Worth ◽  
M Redman-MacLaren ◽  
S Nosi ◽  
R Boli-Neo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Sex Workers ◽  
Female Sex Workers ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Female Sex ◽  
Low And Middle Income

Abstract There is a small but important body of literature on female sex workers’ (FSWs) violence towards others, but little of that focused on low- and middle-income countries. Drawn from a larger biobehavioural study of FSWs in three cities in Papua New Guinea, we analyse the interviews from 19 FSWs who reported having perpetrated physical violence towards four major groups: (1) ex-husbands; (2) clients; (3) other sex workers and (4) other people (mainly women). Our study demonstrates that FSWs’ use of violence arises from a complex set of social, material and gendered circumstances and cannot be addressed in isolation from other aspects of their lives.

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