An introduction to the ethnographic study of Nigerian and Ghanaian women working in Brussels’ red-light district Two events in 2018 temporarily directed national attention towards the red-light district of the carrés behind Brussels North train station. First, the trial of the alleged “Mama Leather” was held, publicly exposing violent forms of exploitation and trafficking that were taking place in...
(Nigerian and Ghanaian Women Working in the Brussels Red-Light District)Research design of the ethnographic study on Nigerian and Ghanaian women working in Brussels’ red-light districtResearch aim This project is a descriptive, ethnographic, qualitative study that attempts to gain a better understanding of the Nigerian and Ghanaian women working in the red-light district in Brussels while using ethnographic methods that focus on the experiences of the women. The women are considered...
(Nigerian and Ghanaian Women Working in the Brussels Red-Light District)Historical contextualization of the Brussels’ red-light district where Nigerian and Ghanaian women work in prostitutionIn this chapter, necessary background information is provided to better understand the broader context of the research setting. First, a short overview of Belgian legislation related to prostitution is provided. Second, we take a historical look at the red-light district of the carrés as a neighbourhood...
(Nigerian and Ghanaian Women Working in the Brussels Red-Light District)Findings of the ethnographic study on Nigerian and Ghanaian women working in Brussels’ red-light districtThis fourth chapter presents the findings that result from an analysis of the fieldwork. Looking at prostitution as a relational object determined by the political, societal, and geographical context in which it takes place (Persak & Vermeulen, 2014), we will examine the experiences of the women concerning...
(Nigerian and Ghanaian Women Working in the Brussels Red-Light District)Embedded Notion of Women’s Work: What It MeansThe intersection of spatiality with gendered construction is often exhibited in the way in which women’s choices and aspirations of work differ remarkably between the northern and southern regions of India. Ideally men should have been interviewed but when it comes to embeddedness it can be arguedthat...
(Marginalization in Globalizing Delhi: Issues of Land, Livelihoods and Health)Women, Work, and FamilyEthical-Pastoral Challenges of Call Center Jobs Jennifer Villagonzalo Within a global economy, the roles of workers, employees and jobs have changed dramatically. A great deal of today’s businesses are already conducted over the web, thus physical location is no longer a central concern....
(Feminist Cyberethics in Asia: Religious Discourses on Human Connectivity)Globalization, Labor, and Women's WorkCritical Challenges for a Post-Neoliberal World Slightly modified in September 2009 from a paper prepared for the Colloquium on AssessingDevelopment Paradigms, UNDP Gender Team, Rabat, Morocco, October 25-27, 2008. Lourdes Beneria The paradigm tied to global capitalism and rational...
(Harvesting Feminist Knowledge for Public Policy: Rebuilding Progress)Ghanaian women in the carrésIt is important to highlight the under-researched group of Ghanaian women working in prostitution in Brussels. During the course of this research, it was apparent that while some Ghanaian women worked in the carrés, very little was known about them, of their stance on prostitution legislation in Belgium,...
(Nigerian and Ghanaian Women Working in the Brussels Red-Light District)Women’s work and child marriageA major reason why efforts to address child marriage are so flawed is that the realm of women’s relation to work has hardly been examined in this context. An important exception would be an essay by Deepita Chakravarty (2018), which has also been included as part of a larger study entitled “Love,...
(Child Marriage in an International Frame: A Feminist Review from India)Women’s work: gender and the coaching profession in British rowingLisa Taylor I think I’m still the only female to have coached a men’s eight to win a medal at a World Championships. And that in my early years of coaching, all the coaches were men, except in the female sports. So, the Chief Coach for netball, hockey, et cetera - and after my time, I think I'm also....
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