Challenges faced by women working in the inner city sex trade

Canadian Journal of Urban Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 36-53

  Brown, Jason ^a   Higgitt, Nancy ^a   Miller, Christine ^a   Wingert, Susan ^b   Williams, Mary ^c   Morrissette, Larry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c North End Housing Project   (Canada)

Author keywords

Inner city neighbourhoods; Women working in the sex trade

Indexed keywords

GENDER RELATIONS; INNER CITY AREA; VIOLENCE; WOMENS STATUS;

CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA; WINNIPEG;

EID: 33845933074     PISSN: 11883774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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