Organizations working on behalf of prostitutes: An analysis of goals, practices, and strategies

Sexualities

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 445-466

  Oselin, Sharon S ^a   Weitzer, Ronald ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Goals; ideology; NGOs; sex work; strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877346419     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: 14617382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363460713481741     Document Type: Article

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