Prevention of modern slavery within sex work: Study protocol of a mixed methods project looking at the role of adult services websites.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The core challenge this study addressed is that Adult Services Websites (ASWs) are an extensive and pervasive feature of the digital world that facilitate the advertising, negotiation and purchase of sexual services yet are also considered to be harbourers of sexual exploitation, modern slavery and human trafficking (MSHT) Giommoni L. et al. 2021, Milivojevic S. et al. 2020, Sanders, T., et al. 2018. Whilst awareness of cases of internet facilitated MSHT has entered the public and policy domain, little is known about the role and responsibilities of ASWs in this domain. Collaboratively with our partners, the findings from this study will first contribute to understanding how ASWs facilitate exploitation and second how they can become part of the prevention mechanisms and

SUBMITTER: Keighley R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10194949 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature