“Prostitution- the world’s oldest profession”. Although this statement contains an element of truth, the effect of globalisation has seen the sale of women move from the sale of the individual woman’s body to an organised and systematised global industry. Consequently, sex work, which has always been an issue of unequal gender relations, has arrived as one of the most profited international markets; may they be called go-go dancers, mail order brides, massage girls …showed first 75 words of 1816 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1816 total…better life, the dynamics of the brutal, often illegal sex industry, quickly leave the women with few other options and often powerless to leave. The women often end up with nothing, or any money they earn comes at great cost to their health, emotional well being and standing in the community, thus marginalizing already vulnerable women, who in such a situation will doubtlessly be unable to defend even their most basic interests and human rights.