Women Rights, Wage Labour and Sexual Exploitation: A Labour Law Analysis of 'Sex Work'. Issue 2 (December 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Roy, Shanie
• Is Part Of: Antyajaa. Volume 2:Issue 2(2017)
• Page Start: 129
• Page End: 145
• Publication Date: 2017-12
• Subjects: Prostitution -- sex-work -- feminist -- abolitionist -- labour rights -- women -- livelihood for women; Women -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Girls -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Feminism -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Marginality, Social -- India -- Periodicals; Marginality, Social -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Social change -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Social change -- India -- Periodicals; Women; Girls; Feminism; Marginality, Social; Social change; India; Developing counries; Periodicals; 305.40971724
• DOI: 10.1177/2455632717738636
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2455-6327

Abstract

This article first deconstructs the argument of the 'pro-sex-work' lobby that the prostitution of women should be defended as workers' rights. It then proposes that the feminist abolitionist movement should fully integrate the issue of labour rights for women at the centre of its political discourse.