The effects of redlining in Singapore’s red-light district by Mo Zheng

“…Financing issues in red-light districts represent another aspect rarely examined in the academic world. …”
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Policing Sex Trafficking in the ‘Virtual Red-Light District’: A Research Note by Xavier L’Hoiry, Alessandro Moretti, Georgios A. Antonopoulos

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Banishment through Branding: From Montréal’s Red Light District to Quartier des Spectacles by Rhianne Fiolka, Zack Marshall, Anna Kramer

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Review Essay: Qualitative Research on Prostitution in the Early '80s' Red-light Districts of Vienna by Ralf Ottermann

“…This review essay is about the merits and shortcomings of Roland GIRTLER's qualitative field research on prostitution in the early '80s' red-light districts of Vienna. GIRTLER is particularly interested in sub-cultural norms, values, ideas and symbols as well as (deviant) behavior patterns of prostitutes, pimps and clients. …”
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« Comme à l’époque de Suzie Wong ». Les mutations du red-light district de Wan Chai by Nicolas Paris

“…The exotic novel, The World of Suzie Wong, and its many adaptations immortalized the red-light district of Wan Chai, Hong Kong with its American sailors, British Empire expatriates and Hong Kong prostitutes in the late 1950s. …”
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Peremajaan Berbasis Masyarakat pada Kawasan Eks Lokalisasi Putat Jaya Surabaya by Petrus Natalivan Indradjati, Wienda Novita Sari

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Community-Based Strategies as Transformative Approaches for Health Promotion and Empowerment among Commercial Sex Workers in India by Satarupa Dasgupta

“…Semi-structured interviews of 37 commercial female sex workers were conducted in a red-light district of India. Qualitative analysis of the interview transcripts showed the prevalence of three themes which demonstrated the different facets of the community mobilization framework within the context of a health communication intervention. …”
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Colonial tourism and prostitution: the visit to Bousbir in Casablanca (1924-1955) by Jean-François Staszak

“…This article is about touristic visits to Bousbir, Casablanca’s red-light district during the French colonial period. Bousbir was a kind of erotic-exotic theme park, visited by both the local population and travelers. …”
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Of Raids and Returns: Sex work movement, police oppression, and the politics of the ordinary in Sonagachi, India by Simanti Dasgupta

“…Drawing on ethnographic work with Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (DMSC), a grassroots sex worker organisation in Sonagachi, the iconic red-light district in Kolkata, India, this paper explores the politics of the detritus generated by raids as a form of state violence. …”
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Other town by Rijula Das

“…Other Town is the story of Lalee, a commercial sex worker in the red light district of Shonagachhi, in Kolkata, India. When her next door neighbour, Mohamaya, is violently murdered one January night, Lalee is drawn into a series of events that threaten her survival in Shonagachhi. …”
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Patpong, entre sexe et commerce. by Sébastien Roux

“…Based on an ethnographic study, this article presents the structure of Patpong, a red-light district of Bangkok dedicated to international tourism. …”
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'Joy': Memorialisation and the Limits of Tolerance by Rae Frances, Julie Kimber

“…This article examines one such rarity: the statue of ‘Joy’ commemorating the lives of women who worked as prostitutes in the ‘red light’ district of East Sydney, an urban environment then in the later stages of gentrification. …”
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'Joy': Memorialisation and the Limits of Tolerance by Rae Frances, Julie Kimber

“…This article examines one such rarity: the statue of ‘Joy’ commemorating the lives of women who worked as prostitutes in the ‘red light’ district of East Sydney, an urban environment then in the later stages of gentrification. …”
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PERBEDAAN TINGKAT SIMTOM ANSIETAS DAN DEPRESI ANTARA PEKERJA SEKS KOMERSIAL YANG MENDERITA HIV/ AIDS DENGAN YANG TIDAK MENDERITA HIV/ AIDS by Rini Gusya Liza, Elmeida Effendy, Freddy Subastian

“…Subjects were women who worked as prostitutes in red light district, cooperative, willing to be interviewed. …”
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The third sector in the planning, production, and regeneration of inclusive public space by Elisa Privitera

“…This paper proposes a reflection on this current dilemma through the presentation of ongoing re-appropriation and self-recovery practices over the last four years in San Berillo, a neglected and historical Sicilian red-light district in Catania, Italy. This article seeks to re-signify the concept of "inclusive space" by exploring the dialectical elements and conflicts and the collaborative paths between institutions, community and third sector and aimed to spawn relational processes of co-working, co-design, and mutual learning. …”
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Sex tourism: perception on Malaysia / Norshailla Erna Zainal by Zainal, Norshailla Erna

“…Also, it is assumed that sex tourism is not on “legal-illegal” aspect but more on promoting culture like what it is called as red light district. However, the perception of these groups still believe that it is better to run this kind of activity underground as it affect the credibility of Malaysia that portrayed an Islamic country. …”
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The Social Impact and Enviromental Risks of Public Oil Mining in Musi Banyuasin Regency South Sumatera Province by Mulyanto

“…The negative impact is the polarization in the life of society, such as gambling, drug distribution, red-light district and environmental degradation due to oil spills and distillation.…”
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TRI RISMAHARINI’S ANDROGYNOUS LEADERSHIP: STRATEGIZING “HEGEMONIC MASCULINITY”i by Kurniawati Hastuti Dewi Kurniawati Hastuti Dewi

“…It can be seen from her assertive approaches while closing down Gang Dolly located in Surabaya as the biggest red-light district in Southeast Asia. Interestingly, Risma‟s masculinity is combined with motherly value which results in an androgynous leadership style. …”
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Clients of sex workers in Switzerland: it makes sense to counsel and propose rapid test for HIV on the street, a preliminary report by Ansermet-Pagot Anne, Vannotti Marco, N'Garambe Chantal, Bodenmann Patrick, Diserens Esther-Amélie, Masserey Eric, Cavassini Matthias

“…</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>This pilot study showed that rapid HIV testing in the red light district of Lausanne was feasible, and that the clients of sex workers accepted testing at an unexpectedly high rate. …”
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La expulsión de los barrios populares del casco histórico de Cartagena (España) = The expulsion of working-class neighbourhoods in the historic centre of Cartagena by Andrés Viedma-Guiard

“…In addition, these neighbourhoods are read as an example of urban commons due to their role as a support for political mobilization networks, care tasks and social reproduction, and the heterotopic character of one of these spaces as a red-light district, allowing us to understand this process of expulsion and elimination of neighbourhoods as an enclosure of the commons.…”
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