Empowering Female Sex Workers in Betong City, Yala Province

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สุรางค์ อาจณรงค์

Abstract

The objective of this research is to study forms and conditions for empowering female sex workers in Batong District. The qualitative method was used with in-depth interviews and observations. The study found that female sex workers succeed in their empowerment as they join in selection of their own client, determination of service fees, and the form of service deliveries. The conditions of their empowerment comprise of the economic development based on prostitution business as the key strategy, development of power resources in the forms of beauty creation, practice of foreign language speaking, improvement of service delivery skills, and the expansion of the discourses of feminism and normalization of the prostitution careers.

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อาจณรงค์ ส. (2018). Empowering Female Sex Workers in Betong City, Yala Province. Journal of Social Development and Management Strategy, 20(2), 117–131. Retrieved from https://so04.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/jsd/article/view/148847
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บทความวิจัย Research Article

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