Marta Lidia Nij Patzan

Sex workers' work for self-determination Marta Lidia Nij Patzan

This work is composed of three chapters, covering and developing each of the more specific issues, illustrating the points addressed in the content of this research work; in chapter one, it deals with: sex work for self-determination, which is composed of the following topics: sex work, definition of sex work, denominations of sex workers, spaces and modalities of sex work, among others described therein, in chapter two, refers about: In chapter two, it refers to: the recognition of the labour rights of sex workers; and in chapter three, it covers: the non-inclusion of sex work in legislation; the stigmatization and discrimination of sex workers; and international instruments and their relation to the right to sex work. This problem is latent due to the lack of recognition of the rights of sex workers by self-determination or their own decision in Guatemalan legislation. This work is a contribution to the recognition in Guatemalan legislation of sex work and the labour rights of this sector of the population.