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Fractured Families - Pathways to Sex Work in Nairobi, Kenya (Paperback)
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Fractured Families - Pathways to Sex Work in Nairobi, Kenya (Paperback)
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The reasons why African women become engaged in sex work have
received little attention in academic research. While it is largely
acknowledged that there exists a connection between entering the
sex trade and poverty, not all women who are poor enter sex work.
Through the use of life histories with 21 women between the ages of
18 and 42, this book explores the combination of factors that lead
women and girls to become commercial sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya.
The life histories provide a detailed look at initiation into sex
work as it occurs over the life course for women and girls in this
context. Additionally, this book examines how structural violence
impinges on the lives of women, thereby increasing their
vulnerability to engagement in sex work. In Nairobi, many girls are
losing caregiver support by being orphaned, while additionally,
women are burdened with providing total economic and social support
for the family in a society that has gendered economic
opportunities. Both girls and women are left with few options other
than the sex trade to survive.
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