title: Toward a legal framework that promotes and protects sex workers' health and human rights.
abstract: Complex combinations of law, policy, and enforcement practices determine sex workers vulnerability to HIV and rights abuses. We identify "lack of recognition as a person before the law" as an important but undocumented barrier to accessing services and conclude that multi-faceted, setting-specific reform is needed-rather than a singular focus on decriminalization-if the health and human rights of sex workers are to be realized.
authors.forename: Cheryl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Overs
authors.forename: Bebe
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Loff
mesh_terms: D003416:Criminal Law; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006806:Human Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D011477:Sex Work / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D060386:Sex Workers / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014480:United Nations