Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, St Mary's Hospital Campus, London, W2 1NY, UK.
Department of Medicine, UAI Universidad Abierta Interamericana, C1147 AAH, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Int J Equity Health. 2021 Oct 30;20(1):237. doi: 10.1186/s12939-021-01575-3.
We argue commercial sex workers have rights to healthcare and psychosocial support. While decriminalization is not legally enacted in most countries, we would suggest these workers rights include freedom from harassment and opportunities to lead healthy lives. The need for healthcare access for all is heightened in the COVID-19 pandemic where some people flout rules on lockdown by engaging with commercial sex workers and may unwittingly spread SARS-CoV-2 in so doing. Unrestricted healthcare access without stigma for commercial sex workers protects them, and has a beneficial societal effect on those who engage with them and on their contacts.
我们认为性工作者有权获得医疗保健和心理社会支持。虽然在大多数国家,性工作者的非刑事化并未得到法律认可,但我们认为这些权利包括免受骚扰和过上健康生活的机会。在 COVID-19 大流行期间,所有人都需要获得医疗保健,在这期间,一些人违反封锁规定与性工作者接触,可能在不知不觉中传播 SARS-CoV-2。为性工作者提供不受污名化的无限制医疗保健服务,不仅保护了他们,而且对与他们接触的人和他们的接触者也产生了有益的社会影响。