“We Knew No One Else Had Our Back except Us”: Recommendations for Creating an Accountability Care Framework with Sex Workers in Eastern Canada

Kathleen C. Sitter (), Alison Grittner, Mica R. Pabia and Heather Jarvis
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Kathleen C. Sitter: Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
Alison Grittner: Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
Mica R. Pabia: Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
Heather Jarvis: Independent Researcher, Halifax, NS B3K 5Z7, Canada

Social Sciences, 2022, vol. 11, issue 8, 1-15

Abstract: The authors report findings from a 15-month project that focused on the experiences of sex workers who live and work in an Eastern Canadian province. As part of a larger multi-phased study, 15 adults who identified as women, transgender, or non-binary, and received money or goods for sexual services, participated in photo-elicitation interviews. Drawing on a critical framing analysis, findings indicated supports—as identified and experienced by sex workers—encompassed three categories of care: self, community, and collective. These categories are described, with a particular focus on the latter two. Continuing with the care-based framework, recommendations to structure interventions draw on the role of accountability care in identifying how best to operationalize policies that promote health, well-being, and dignity of Canadian sex workers. The paper begins with a brief overview of the Canadian context and the role of supports. It follows with a discussion on the materials and methods and the results. It concludes with recommendations, limitations, and future considerations.

Keywords: sex work; human rights; supports; self-care; community care; collective care; accountability care (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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