Sehin Teferra

Sehin Teferra is an Ethiopian feminist activist and a PhD candidate at the University of London. She is currently researching violence against sex workers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where she lives wi

Agency within Ethiopian sex work: withstanding violence

Beyond the simplistic dichotomies within western feminism on the nature of sex work there is a complex picture in which many women take a pragmatic approach, negotiating with their sexuality an income while withstanding the ’occupational hazard’ of rampant violence, says Sehin Teferra

By Sehin Teferra

/ 21 Aug 2012