Joana De Jesus Moura, Marta Pinto, Alexandra Oliveira, Maria Andrade, Sérgio Vitorino, Sandra Oliveira, Roberta Matos, Margarida Maria
To respond to the consequences felt by the COVID-19 pandemic, a community-led intervention was developed by the Portuguese national Movement of Sex Workers. With this exploratory study, we aimed to document their work and analyze their perceptions of this impact. To do so, we interviewed them individually, between May and August of 2020. Additionally, we analysed an Excel Sheet that contained the needs assessment and the support provided by the Movement. The content analysis of both suggests that the impact of the pandemic might have been exacerbated by the social inequalities caused by the prostitution stigma and characteristics such as gender, migration status, race, and socioeconomic status...
August 2023: Critical Social Policy