Federal government websites often end in. The site is secure. Preview improvements coming to the PMC website in October Learn More or Try it out now. Deering and K. Shannon conceptualized the study. Deering, A. Nesbitt, P. Duff, and E. Argento conducted the systematic literature review and compiled data. Deering wrote the first draft of the article and A.
Amin, J. Shoveller, A. Nesbitt, C. Duff, E. Argento, and K. Shannon provided key revisions to the drafted article. Shannon oversaw data collection and all other aspects of the study. We conducted a systematic review in June updated September to examine the prevalence and factors shaping sexual or physical violence against sex workers globally. We included 28 studies, with 14 more contributing to violence prevalence estimates. Growing research links contextual factors with violence against sex workers, alongside known interpersonal and individual risks.
This high burden of violence against sex workers globally and large gaps in epidemiological data support the need for research and structural interventions to better document and respond to the contextual factors shaping this violence. Measurement and methodological innovation, in partnership with sex work communities, are critical. Frequent reports of incidents of widespread violence against sex workers continue to emerge globally, 1β3 including media reports of abuse, human rights violations, and murder.
Although increasing research has explored the prevalence, determinants, and correlates of violence against women, 8,11β14 comparable research specifically among sex workers is lacking. There remains limited review of the magnitude, severity, or type of violence experienced by sex workers globally.
This paucity of data on prevalence and incidence of violence against sex workers has been highlighted in a review on the magnitude and scope of violence globally.
