| Title: |
Ecologies of security: On the everyday security tactics of female sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya |
| Authors: |
Robert Lorway; Lisa Lazarus; Claudyne Chevrier; Shamshad Khan; Helgar K. Musyoki; John Mathenge; Peninah Mwangi; Pascal Macharia; Parinita Bhattacharjee; Shajy Isac; Joshua Kimani; Gloria Gaaki; Marissa Becker; Stephen Moses; James Blanchard |
| Source: |
Global Public Health, Vol 13, Iss 12, Pp 1767-1780 (2018) |
| Publisher Information: |
Taylor & Francis Group |
| Publication Year: |
2018 |
| Collection: |
Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
| Subject Terms: |
kenya; female sex work; hiv; security; affect; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270 |
| Description: |
This paper highlights important environmental dimensions of HIV vulnerability by describing how the sex trade operates in Nairobi, Kenya. Although sex workers there encounter various forms of violence and harassment, as do sex workers globally, we highlight how they do not merely fall victim to a set of environmental risks but also act upon their social environment, thereby remaking it, as they strive to protect their health and financial interests. In so doing, we illustrate the mutual constitution of ‘agency’ and ‘structure’ in social network formations that take shape in everyday lived spaces. Our findings point to the need to expand the focus of interventions to consider local ecologies of security in order to place the local knowledges, tactics, and capacities that communities might already possess on centre stage in interventions. Planning, implementing, and monitoring interventions with a consideration of these ecologies would tie interventions not only to the risk reduction goals of global public health policy, but also to the very real and grounded financial priorities of what it means to try to safely earn a living through sex work. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2018.1442487; https://doaj.org/toc/1744-1692; https://doaj.org/toc/1744-1706; https://doaj.org/article/cdc7b9d863ee43c7889f789482c7546c |
| DOI: |
10.1080/17441692.2018.1442487 |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2018.1442487; https://doaj.org/article/cdc7b9d863ee43c7889f789482c7546c |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.61B2AFCE |
| Database: |
BASE |