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  • noun Plural form of FSW.

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Examples

  • “Therefore, in this application, we propose to develop, implement, and evaluate a venue-based alcohol use and HIV risk reduction intervention focusing on both environmental and individual factors among venue-based FSWs in China,”

    Obama Pays to Treat Alcoholism in Chinese Hookers - Warner_Todd_Huston’s blog - RedState 2009

  • "We didn't see the utility of the PNP (nominations program) as others did, but as it grew in size, it more and more impacted on our ability to attract FSWs (skilled workers)."

    Thestar.com - Home Page Martin Regg Cohn 2011

  • "We didn't see the utility of the PNP (nominations program) as others did, but as it grew in size, it more and more impacted on our ability to attract FSWs (skilled workers)."

    Thestar.com - Home Page Martin Regg Cohn 2011

  • In those kind of conservative countries in the region - and Egypt is one them - we see very little prevalence of HIV among FSWs.

    Spero News 2010

  • Surveys of risk groups showed that HIV prevalence was very low among IDUs and female sex workers (FSWs).

    Spero News 2010

  • The investigators have proposed a 5-year study to develop, implement, and evaluate a theory-guided, multiple components, and venue-based HIV and alcohol use risk reduction intervention among commercial sex workers (FSWs) in China.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2009

  • Further recommendations targeted the institutional level, advocating that other NGOs expand and decentralize services to respond to FSW needs, and that policy changes be made to decriminalize sex work, sensitize police forces to issues facing FSWs, and rectify counterproductive laws such as one that labels possession of a condom enough grounds for convicting a woman of being a sex worker.

    The Daily Star > News Feed 2009

  • Further recommendations targeted the institutional level, advocating that other NGOs expand and decentralize services to respond to FSW needs, and that policy changes be made to decriminalize sex work, sensitize police forces to issues facing FSWs, and rectify counterproductive laws such as one that labels possession of a condom enough grounds for convicting a woman of being a sex worker.

    The Daily Star > News Feed 2009

  • “Previous studies in Asia and Africa and our own data from FSWs [female sex workers] in China suggest that the social norms and institutional policy within commercial sex venues as well as agents overseeing the FSWs i.e., the ‘gatekeepers’, defined as persons who manage the establishments and/or sex workers [we call those pimps in the real word - ed] are potentially of great importance in influencing alcohol use and sexual behavior among establishment-based FSWs,” says the NIH grant abstract submitted by Dr. Li.

    Obama Pays to Treat Alcoholism in Chinese Hookers - Warner_Todd_Huston’s blog - RedState 2009

  • This monumentally important use of the taxpayer’s money in this time of recession will create a whole new world for those Chinese “FSWs.”

    Obama Pays to Treat Alcoholism in Chinese Hookers - Warner_Todd_Huston’s blog - RedState 2009

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