Criminalisation and prostitution of migrant women in Turkey: A case study of Ugandan women

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2018-05-01

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Coşkun, Emel

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© 2018 Elsevier LtdBased on an empirical research, this paper explores Ugandan migrant women's experiences as cheap undocumented migrant workers in gendered segments of the labour market and in prostitution in Turkey. They often face labour exploitation, discrimination as well as sexual harassment. When these difficulties are combined with the pressure from home and paying off debt, some Ugandan women are even pushed to sell sex. This paper argues that migrant women's involvement mechanisms in prostitution involves varying degrees of lack of choice as a result of gendered migration processes, criminalisation, coercion, exploitation and agency.

Subject Keywords

Gender and migration, Prostitution, Sex work, Sub-Saharan migrant women, Turkey

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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85043390055&origin=inward
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/97964

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Women's Studies International Forum

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2018.03.002

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Department of Sociology, Article

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E. Coşkun, “Criminalisation and prostitution of migrant women in Turkey: A case study of Ugandan women,” Women’s Studies International Forum, vol. 68, pp. 85–93, 2018, Accessed: 00, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85043390055&origin=inward.