The Sex Sector

Kitap : The Sex Sector

Yazar : * Lin Lean Lim

Dil : İngilizce

Bölüm : Sosyal Politika

Yayın Yeri : Geneva

ISBN : 92-2-109522-3

Yayın Tarihi : Ocak 1998

Yayıncı : International Labour Office (ILO)

Tür : Kitap

Kitap No : 2252

İÇİNDEKİLER

CONTENTS
Preface Acknowledgements
The economic and social bases of prostitution in Southeast Asia Lin Lean Lim
Introduction
The organizational structures and heterogeneity of the sex sector
The size and significance of the sex sector
The economic bases of prostitution
The social bases of prostitution
Policy issues and concerns
Social mores and the influence of religion
Human rights
Working conditions
Demographic dimensions
Health aspects
Criminal aspects
Legislation
Social programmes Organization of the study
Prostitution in Indonesia
Gavin W. Jones, Endang Sulistyaningsih and Terence H. Hull
Historical and social factors behind the development of the sex sector
The commoditization of women in Indonesian history Economic and social change: The setting for the sex sector
Social change and the development of the sex industry Economic development and prostitution

The sex sector
The organizational structure of the sex sector
How the sex industry functions
The role of pimps and other agents
Regional specialization Regional case studies
Surabaya: Commercial arrangements
Bandung: Sex establishments in a city environment
Indramayu: A source area for sex workers
Batam: Sex in a growth zone The scope and significance of the sex sector in the national economy
Earnings in the sex sector Legislation covering the sex sector
Official prostitution complexes Social programmes affecting the sex sector
Health programmes
Social rehabilitation programmes
Preventive programmes
Prostitution in Malaysia
Shyamala Nagaraj and Siti Roni Yahya
Historical and social factors behind the development of the sex sector
A disparate sex ratio: The setting for the sex sector in the past The early economics of the sex sector Early regulation of the sex sector
The decline of the open sex sector Economic development: The setting for the sex sector The organizational structure of the sex sector
The types of establishments in the sex sector
The types of commercial sex workers
The foreign connections A survey of commercial sex workers
Demographic characteristics
Employment characteristics
Conditions of employment
Incomes and expenditures
Health and medical attention The scope and significance of the sex sector in the national economy
The number of sex workers
Earnings in the sex sector Legislation covering the sex sector
The law and the prostitute
The law and sex establishments
Islamic law and prostitution

Development and social programmes affecting the sex sector The five-year development plans Rehabilitation programmes Health programmes Education, awareness-raising and advocacy programmes
Prostitution in the Philippines
Rene E. Ofreneo and Rosalinda Pineda Ofreneo
Historical and social factors behind the development of the sex sector
Spanish times
The American presence
Sex tourism and the export of women
The interplay of economic, political and social factors The organizational structures and relations within the sex sector
The bar economy in the Manila tourist belt
The Olangapo "rest and recreation" structure
The sauna bath economy
Life in the cabaret
Rural prostitution A survey of commercial sex workers
Demographic characteristics and background
Employment characteristics
Conditions of employment
Incomes and expenditures
Health and medical attention
Sexuality
The scope and significance of the sex sector in the national economy Legislation covering the sex sector
Prostitution and the Penal Code
Labour law and prostitutes
Behind the raids in Manila and Quezon City
Legalization and regulation attempts Social programmes affecting the sex sector
Health programmes
"Rehabilitation" and renewal programmes
Education, awareness-raising and advocacy programmes
Prostitution in Thailand
Wathinee Boonchalaksi and Philip Guest
Historical and social factors behind the development of the sex sector
The recent development of prostitution Gender roles and prostitution Patterns of economic growth and the sex sector Tourism and prostitution

The organizational structure of the sex sector A survey of commercial sex workers
Demographic characteristics
Work experience, entry into the sex industry and job mobility
Working conditions
Incomes and expenditures
The role of industry gatekeepers
Health and medical attention
The scope and significance of the sex sector in the national economy Legislation covering the sex sector Social programmes affecting the sex sector
Health programmes
"Rehabilitation" and "protection and vocational development" programmes
Education, awareness-raising and advocacy programmes
Child prostitution
Lin Lean Lim
The definition and magnitude of child prostitution How child prostitution differs from adult prostitution The organizational structures for child prostitution
The trafficking and sale of children into prostitution
Child prostitutes in brothels Child sex tourism Street children and prostitution Legal aspects of child prostitution
International Conventions
National laws
Enforcement of legislation on child prostitution Policies and programmes aimed at eliminating child prostitution
Efforts at the international level
Efforts at the national level
Whither the sex sector? Some policy considerations
Lin Lean Lim
Socio-economic development and the growth of the sex sector
The future of the sex sector
Adopting a policy stance on the sex sector
Legal approaches to the sex sector and the enforcement of legislation
Social programmes targeting the sex sector
Bibliography