Anthropology
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Relatório Preliminar: Efeito de Rio2016 na indústria de sexo no Rio de Janeiro
O Observatório da Prostituição publicou pesquisa preliminar sobre o efeito de Rio2016 na indústria de sexo no Rio de Janeiro. Segue embaixo o press release do grupo. Click here for English. Quem somos… Observatório da Prostituição é um projeto de extensão do Instituto de Planejamento Urbano e Regional da Universidade Federal do Rio de…
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Preliminary report: Impact of Rio2016 on Rio de Janeiro’s sex industry
Rio de Janeiro’s Prostitution Policy Watch has released preliminary data on the impact of the 2016 Summer Olympics on the sex industry in Rio de Janeiro. Below is a copy of the press release in English. Clique aqui para acesso em Português. Who we are Prostitution Policy Watch (Observatório da Prostituição) is an extension…
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Prostitution Policy Watch Looks at Olympics Impact on Rio’s Sex Industry
This summary of research by Rio de Janeiro’s Prostitution Policy Watch on the impact of World Cup on Rio’s sex industry was written by Alex Besser and published on RioonWatch.org. Click here for the full press release in English. Clique aqui para ler esse post em Português. Rio de Janeiro’s Prostitution Policy Watch has released…
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Observatório da Prostituição Analisa Impacto das Olimpíadas Sobre Indústria do Sexo
Este resumo da pesquisa do Observatório da Prostituição sobre o efeito da Rio2016 no mercado de sexo no Rio de Janeiro foi escrito por Alex Besser e publicado no RioonWatch.org. Tradução por Marina Hennies. Clique aqui para acessar o press release em Português. Click here to read this post in English. O Observatório da Prostituição…
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Amara Moira is a post-doc trans whore who wants you to hear this
“My name is Amara Moira, I’m 30 years old, I’m a doctoral candidate at Unicamp. I prostitute myself in Jardim Itatinga. And I recently started a blog.” Amara spoke at the Observatory of Prostitution’s extension course, A Particular Revolution: The Brazilian Prostitutes Movment, at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro on November 24, 2015.…
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Charter of Principles of the Brazilian Network of Prostitutes
(feature image: Censored by the Ministry of Health: “My biggest wish is for society to see us as citizens.”) The Network considers prostitution a profession, provided it is exercised by adults over 18 years of age. In accordance with Brazilian law, the network is against commercial sexual exploitation of children and adolescents. The network…
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On sex workers and the respect we all deserve
This story by Gabriella Feola was published in Papo de Homem on June 21, 2014 (link) and has been translated into English and published on redlightr.io with permission. Gabriella Feola is a journalism student at the University of São Paulo/USP, is obsessed with Latin music, and thinks “sex” should be its own editorial category, just like “sports.”…
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World Cup was bad business for the vast majority of sex workers in Rio
Observatory of Prostitution – World Cup Preliminary Report The Observatory of Prostitution is pleased to announce the publication of our preliminary report of findings on the World Cup’s effect on sex commerce and sex tourism in Rio de Janeiro. The vast majority of sex workers we spoke with in Rio de Janeiro considered the World…
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Observatory of Prostitution report on World Cup sex tourism in Rio
I am honored to be working as a research collaboration with Rio’s Observatory of Prostitution, an extension project of the Metropolitan Ethnographic Lab – LeMetro/IFCS-UFRJ at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, which includes the participation of Soraya Silveira Simões, Thaddeus Blanchette, Ana Paula da Silva, Greg Mitchell, Laura Murray, who have been invaluable…
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100 sex workers illegally arrested, robbed and raped near Rio
Niterói, May 23, 2014 Published in the Observatório da Prostituição (link) I am a research collaborator with the Observatório da Prostituição (Observatory on Prostitution), an extension project of the Metropolitan Ethnographic Lab – LeMetro/IFCS-UFRJ. This is their report of brothel raids in Rio’s sister city on Memorial Day. In an absolutely illegal operation, this afternoon police from…
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Rio’s Prostitution Crackdown
AS RIO DE JANEIRO PREPARES FOR ITS TURN ON THE GLOBAL STAGE– as the host of the World Cup in 2014, then the 2016 Summer Olympics – the city is taking drastic action to keep its thriving sex industry out of the spotlight. Rio has already shuttered 24 sex establishments in the rapidly gentrifying downtown…