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In 2002, pressure by the sex worker organization [[Davida]] contributed to the Brazilian Ministry of Labor adding "sex worker" to an official list of occupations.<ref name=LN>[http://www.lateinamerikanachrichten.de/?/artikel/693.html Von der Sexarbeiterin zur Prostituierten], ''Lateinamerika Nachrichten'', November 2005. {{de icon}}</ref |
In 2002, pressure by the sex worker organization [[Davida]] contributed to the Brazilian Ministry of Labor adding "sex worker" to an official list of occupations.<ref name=LN>[http://www.lateinamerikanachrichten.de/?/artikel/693.html Von der Sexarbeiterin zur Prostituierten], ''Lateinamerika Nachrichten'', November 2005. {{de icon}}</ref> Prostitution is not regulated in any way (no registration, no mandatory helth checks etc), but street prostitutes and call girls can contribute to the official government pension fund and receive benefits when they retire. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/24/international/americas/24brazil.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1] |
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[[Image:Jane - Rio - 2006.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Jane, openly HIV-positive prostitute and mother, member of [[Davida]] and model for its fashion label ''Daspu''. Hotel Nicácio / Praça Tiradentes / Rio de Janeiro, 2006<ref>[http://www.reflect-online.org/index.php?id=431 Imagens da Vida], ''reflect!'', 13. {{de icon}}</ref>]] |
[[Image:Jane - Rio - 2006.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Jane, openly HIV-positive prostitute and mother, member of [[Davida]] and model for its fashion label ''Daspu''. Hotel Nicácio / Praça Tiradentes / Rio de Janeiro, 2006<ref>[http://www.reflect-online.org/index.php?id=431 Imagens da Vida], ''reflect!'', 13. {{de icon}}</ref>]] |
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In Brazil, prostitution itself (exchanging sex for money) is legal as there are no laws forbidding adult prostitution,[1] however it is illegal to operate a brothel or to employ prostitutes in any other way.[2]
In the late 1990s, the International Encyclopedia of Sexuality quoted police estimates putting the total number of prostitutes in Brazil at about 1 million.[3]
In 2002, pressure by the sex worker organization Davida contributed to the Brazilian Ministry of Labor adding "sex worker" to an official list of occupations.[4] Prostitution is not regulated in any way (no registration, no mandatory helth checks etc), but street prostitutes and call girls can contribute to the official government pension fund and receive benefits when they retire. [1]
HIV/AIDS
In 2003, it was estimated that about 6% of Brazilian prostitutes were infected with HIV. Because of information campaigns, condom use among prostitutes is high.[2]
The Brazilian government turned down $40 million in U.S. anti-HIV/AIDS funding in 2005, because the U.S. government required all recipients to sign an anti-prostitution pledge. Brazil's AIDS comissioner Pedro Chequer was quoted as saying "Sex workers are part of implementing our AIDS policy and deciding how to promote it. They are our partners. How could we ask prostitutes to take a position against themselves?"[6] The Brazilian anti-AIDS program, which employs prostitutes to hand out information and free condoms, is considered by the United Nations to be the most successful in the developing world.[7]
Child prostitution
The Brazilian government is increasingly frustrated with the fact that a number of foreign tourists travel to Brazil for sex tourism,[8] including child prostitution.[9] The government of Brazil is working stringently to clamp down particularly at child prostitution.[10][11] Child prostitution in Brazil is widespread and a serious problem. The phenomenon is closely related with high levels of poverty and inequality in the country.[12]
Prostitutes abroad
High numbers of Brazilian prostitutes are found in some regions of the United States and Western Europe, including Portugal, Spain, Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
References
- ^ Brazil - Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (USA Department of State), 2006-03-08, retrieved 2008-08-08
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ a b Gabriela Silva Leite, PBS Online NewsHour, 13 July 2003
- ^ Brazil, International Encyclopedia of Sexuality
- ^ Von der Sexarbeiterin zur Prostituierten, Lateinamerika Nachrichten, November 2005. Template:De icon
- ^ Imagens da Vida, reflect!, 13. Template:De icon
- ^ Just Say Não, The Nation, 12 May 2005
- ^ Where Prostitutes Also Fight AIDS, Washington Post, 2 March 2006
- ^ Brazil maps child prostitution, BBC News, 2005-01-27, retrieved 2008-08-08
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ Gentile, Carmen J. (2005-02-05), Brazil cracks down on child prostitution, San Francisco Chronicle, retrieved 2008-08-08
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ Brazil to fight sex tourism as Carnival nears, China Daily, 2004-02-12, retrieved 2008-08-08
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ Brazil struggles to curb sex tourism, BBC News, 2004-12-02, retrieved 2008-08-08
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ de Oliveira, Selma B. (1995), Child prostitution on the rise in Brazil, International Child Resource Institute, retrieved 2008-08-08
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