Sex Work Laws & HIV Prevention Failing Youth: Early Sex Work Linked to Police Arrest & HIV

The media and public often say that many migrant and new immigrant or indoor sex workers started sex work before age 18, despite evidence to the contrary. We actually know little about women who start sex work before age 18, and whether this increases HIV risk and arrest when they become adults.

Publication Date: 
2013
Location: 
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada