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


Coşkun E.

Women's Studies International Forum, cilt.68, ss.85-93, 2018 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 68
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.wsif.2018.03.002
  • Dergi Adı: Women's Studies International Forum
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.85-93
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Gender and migration, Prostitution, Sex work, Sub-Saharan migrant women, Turkey, SEX WORKERS, TRAFFICKING
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

© 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.