Global Perspectives on Sustainable Exit from Prostitution: An analysis of social enterprise approaches adopted by faith-based projects supporting women to leave prostitution

摘要: Prostitution is highly contested and extensively researched yet despite the amount of research that has been carried out there has, until recently, little focus on how people leave prostitution. Within literature does exist, complexity leaving prostitution widely acknowledged. Exiting seen as a process not an event, one which necessarily linear, studies recognise those who seek to face multi-faceted barriers. The role support organisations in facilitating transitions from acknowledged but such organizations remain largely unexamined, do associations with faith traditions have noted amongst some these organisations. existing attests alternative employment enabling women exit small number empirical begun explore micro-enterprise development vocational skills training context provision through operation social enterprise, however, received scant attention. This thesis contributes understandings exiting exploration phenomenon faith-based projects enterprises. Based data internet mapping study ethnographic two case studies, project India US, both are running enterprises, examines nature projects; they prostitution; enterprise models employed by operate; salience work experiences engaging projects. In doing so, this knowledge three areas: (1) prostitution, (2) (3) faith.