Asia and Oceana
Sorry, Melbourners (sp?)
Why did we put Asia and the whole Pacific rim and Oceana in the same category? Hey, the bbc does it and they get away with it.
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A few facts from Asia and Oceana
Among 5150 street-based sex workers interviewed in Bangladesh in 1997 over 15% had been beaten by the police. The same study showed that almost 15% of the customers these prostitutes service are policemen.
214 A.S.M. Enamul Hoque,
Smarajit Jana, K.M.N.
Gani, Juliana Rozario,
Hajera Begum, Rehana
Begum, Pinky, Shahanaj
Begum, Joya, Bangladesh presented to the World Health organization conference on Violence against women and HIV/AIDS, Oct. 2000
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In India, Harrassment of prostitutes has been shown to reduce condom use. Condom sales dropped by 60% and 80% during a month when physical police harrassment rose by 58% and 50% respectively.
213 A.S.M. Enamul Hoque,
Smarajit Jana, K.M.N.
Gani, Juliana Rozario,
Hajera Begum, Rehana
Begum, Pinky, Shahanaj
Begum, Joya, Bangladesh presented to the World Health organization conference on Violence against women and HIV/AIDS, Oct. 2000
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16% of Cambodian women are physically abused
by their spouse.
203 Nelson E. and Zimmerman
C., 1996: Household survey
on domestic violence in
Cambodia.
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A study in India reports 26% of 133 postgraduate
students were sexually abused by the age 12.
201 WHO report on Violence against women and HIV/AIDS, Oct. 2000
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In New Zealand, a study on 548 women aged 20-22, found 25% of those who had first intercourse before the age of 13, reported it was forced.
199 Dickson N., Paul C., Berbison
P. and Sliva P., 1998: First
sexual intercourse: age,
coercion and later regrets
reported by a birth cohort.
British Medical Journal; 316
(7124): 29-33.
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In a survey of 595 prostitutes in Bangladesh, 83% were raped and 91% had been beaten.
195 Jenkins, C., 1998: Street sex workers in Dhaka; Their clients and enemies in Striving to combat violence. The international psychological conference on vioence against women and children, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 6-8 June. (Published tract.
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