Brazil is considered to have the worst levels of child sex trafficking after Thailand , with an estimated , children involved. The houses might be illegal, but aren't unusual in Brazil. Most of them are full of corruption and sexual exploitation. A project that aims to regulate the sex worker profession and rights. The Gabriela Leite law also emphasizes the urgency to regulate brothels and makes a clear distinction between sexual services and sexual exploitation.
In pressure by the sex worker organization Davida contributed to the Brazilian Ministry of Labor adding "sex worker" to an official list of occupations. The bill was defeated in Those offenses carry sentences from two to five years in prison.
They demanded that they should pay social benefits and get all the privileges like any other worker. Rather, the Ministry of Labor site simply lists all of the characteristics of prostitution as work: i. The site in no way encourages or "advises" about prostitution. The press reported at the end of that a government official has announced that the site would be "toned down" following criticism by the media. They act in different environments: open air, closed places and inside vehicles, in irregular schedules.
In the exercise of some of their activities they can be exposed to vehicles gases, to bad weather, to sound pollution and to social discrimination. There are still risks of getting STD infections, bad-treatment, street violence, and death.
The slaves also had to be sexually available to their owners, and also to their overseers , friends, relatives , visitors, traveling tradesmen , merchants and others. From there it was only a small step to prostitution with enslaved negroes and mulattoes women and girls. Since slaves were considered as things and not as persons , [22] similar to animals, they were not protected by any laws and could be exploited almost without restriction.
