Social-economic risks sustained by sexual workers who involve in commercial sex activities within Kinondoni Municipality: A Case of Kinondoni Municipality
| dc.contributor.author | Shoo, Lilian | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-07-18T08:39:05Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-07-18T08:39:05Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.description | A dissertating submitted in the partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Masters of Public Administration (MPA) of Mzumbe | |
| dc.description.abstract | Sexual works are activities that are illegal according to the law of the land in Tanzania. However, it has a grown route recently due to social, economic and technological dynamics taking place in the communities. The broad objective of the study was to observe the social-economic risks sustained by sexual workers who involve themselves in commercial sex activities within Kinondoni Municipality. Specifically study based on the four specific objectives such as to identify the social and economic factors influencing the participation of people in sexual workers within Kinondoni Municipality, to determine the level of impact of the social –economic risks sustained by sexual workers in Commercial sex activities on their socialeconomic welfare, to assess the challenges faced in eliminating sexual workers within Kinondoni Municipality and to identify the appropriate policy strategies to address the challenges faced in the elimination of sexual workers within Kinondoni Municipality. The findings of the study shows that 32 respondents (32%; n=100) in the study area described unemployment as the main socio-economic causes of commercial sex in the communities. Unemployment as one of the respondents who were interviewed defined it as the reality of an individual to lack job opportunities despite the fact that he or she has attained basic credibility to the job entitled. The research that was well designed to raise voices of the sexual economic group was conducted using observation, questionnaires, interview and other methodological techniques that required a high level of trust and respect of private life to come out with the recommendations that will add value to beneficiaries identified. Finally, this report has recommended that sexual workers in the study area desired to quit sex or commercial sex activities but they had no other alternatives to earn living. Others felt that they were not equipped in terms of having appropriate skills or trainings | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Private | |
| dc.identifier.citation | APA | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://scholar.mzumbe.ac.tz/handle/123456789/988 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Mzumbe Unversity | |
| dc.subject | Social economic risks | |
| dc.subject | Sexual workers | |
| dc.subject | Commercial sex activities | |
| dc.title | Social-economic risks sustained by sexual workers who involve in commercial sex activities within Kinondoni Municipality: A Case of Kinondoni Municipality | |
| dc.type | Thesis |