Browsing Tag sex trafficking

  • RLR Trafficked at 15
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    Trafficked at 15

    Sara talks about how her adopted mom forced her into prostitution at 15 in Vila Mimosa, Rio de Janeiro’s red light district. “She made me and her daughter ...

    On October 8, 2015 / By
  • RLR Abuse
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    Child Abuse

    Ruby tells Aline she left home as a child to get away from her mother’s abusive boyfriend and started doing sex work. “Seeing as how I’d already lost ...

    On October 7, 2015 / By
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    The Orgy that Wasn’t

    Anthropologist Thaddeus Blanchette at the Federal University Rio de Janeiro of Macaé presents the Observatory of Prostitution’s preliminary findings of research on the World Cup effect on Rio de Janeiro’s sex industry ...

    On November 11, 2014 / By
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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 ...

    On September 5, 2014 / By
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    Trafficked in Portugal

    Patricia, a sex worker in Rio’s red light district, has traveled abroad multiple times over the last 16 years to work in in Spain’s sex industry. On her ...

    On March 10, 2014 / By
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    The Myth of Maria

    What is the profile of a Brazilian sex trafficking victim? Brazilian anthropologists Ana Paula da Silva, Thaddeus Blanchette and Andressa Raylane Bento explain how the common face of Brazilian sex trafficking ...

    On March 10, 2014 / By
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    Brazilian Sex Trafficking

    Is sex trafficking a problem in Brazil? Do Brazilian women get trafficked abroad? Brazilian anthropologists Ana Paula da Silva, Thaddeus Blanchette and Andressa Raylane Bento unpack how a ...

    On March 10, 2014 / By
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    My First Time

    22 women in Rio’s working class red light district talk about the first time they did sex work, what it was like, and why they’re still doing it. ...

    On February 27, 2014 / By
  • Balcony Bar: A hot spot for prostitution and sex tourism in Copacabana in 2012 (Thaddeus Blanchette)
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    World Cup Sex Panic

    Anthropologist Thaddeus Blanchette and historian Cristiana Schettini provide a history of  Rio sex in their 2013 paper, Sex Work in Rio de Janeiro: “More than tolerated – effectively managed”. Published to RED LIGHT ...

    On January 26, 2014 / By