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Course: Working with Sex Workers

Course Date: Course Length:

25/02/2005 1 Day Course

Course Summary: This course is aimed at both generic drug workers and those who are working specifically with sex working clients. Selling sex is a phenomenon which impacts significantly on street drug users and can carr y a wide range of implications for areas such as sexual health, the risk of violence and coercive relationships, identity and self-perception, imprisonment and increase in drug and alcohol use. This course will explore myths and realities around sex working, examining the differences between street working and working in flats and saunas. It will explore the legality of sex worker practises, the hierarchy that exists within the industry and attitudes towards drug using sex workers by their non-drug using peers. The course will examine the differences between male and female sex working, explore particular areas of concern regarding trafficked and underage sex workers and identify the difficulties clients may face when choosing to exit the profession. Learning Objectives: Social & cultural attitudes towards sex working Cultural and practical differences between male and female sex workers Methods of working High-risk activity and suitable interventions Difficulties with exiting the role Trafficking and underage workers Sex working and the law Accessing support services

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The Hungerford 20 1 Grainne Whalley Hungerford Drug Project

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