CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2017
| Author | Thompson, Mary Nicole |
|---|---|
| Title | Changing voices, frames and norms: Sex Work Policy at the UN |
| Summary | Feminist thinkers and activists are directly responsible for a shift in the way policy makers think about prostitution and the subsequent efforts to establish new regimes of legislation to manage it. A consensus has not been reached by feminist activists and advocates as to what the exact framing of prostitution ought to be, and whether sympathy should be translated into “saving prostituted women” or “empowering sex workers”. This analysis will look at four UN policy documents dealing with the issue of sex work, and examine the context in which they were or are being negotiated and decided. My objective in this thesis is to bring together policy documents and accounts of the creation process to show shifts in the balance of influence between feminists who seek to decriminalize and legitimize sex as work, and those who seek to describe sex work as violence against women and abolish it. Through interpreting the policy documents and the disparate voices combined in developing them, a deeper insight into the progression and future of the UN’s position on sex as work or prostitution as violence can be fostered. |
| Supervisor | Krizsan, Andrea |
| Department | School of Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2017/thompson_mary.pdf |
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