Commercial sex and the single girl: women's empowerment through economic development in Thailand

Author(s)
Sacks, Rachel
Editor(s)
Eade, Deborah
Publication date
1997-11-01
Subject
Approach and methodology
Economics
Gender
Keywords
Development methods
Finance
Gender-based violence
Country
Thailand

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Publisher(s)
Oxfam GB
Routledge
Journal
Development in Practice
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10546/130284
DOI
10.1080/09614529754233
Document type
Journal article
Language
English
Description
The author presents the views of Thailand's Population and Community Development Association (PDA - Thailand's largest NGO) about how to provide women attracted to the commercial sex industry (CSI) with economically viable alternatives to this accepted (in Thailand) type of `manual labour'. Research has shown that poverty is the major factor cited by voluntary commercial sex workers (CSWs) as influencing their move into the industry, and that economic development is their way out.
Pages
4
ISSN
0961-4524
EISSN
1364-9213
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