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This article aims to discuss the relationship between gender, identity, work and territory among women who work as sex workers in the central area of Belo Horizonte. We sought to think if and in what measure the construction of a professional identity can contribute to the empowerment of these women in the sense of favoring an organization that allows them to demand among other question, their permanency in this area that has been historically a territory of prostitution in the city.
However, in Belo Horizonte these proposals never went ahead and they still are in the area, in spite the fact that there is a huge project to revitalize the central area in consonant with the preparations for the World Cup in two years. Today, there are in the region around twenty hotels where almost two thousand women work daily.
Content uploaded by Alessandra S Chacham. Content may be subject to copyright. Juliana Gonzaga Jayme. This article a ims to discuss the relationship between gender, sex work,. We seek here to understand if and in. Despite this space historical occupation by sex workers - exactly. As we known, sex. So as. The idea here, th en, it is incorporate to the perspective of a gender. This way, we wonder if in the zona grande of Belo. Horizonte, the construction and maintenance of a common identity as sex.
