Unveiling triple vulnerability among Mozambican female sex workers—Stigma, physical violence and sexual violence

Naira Luiz; Rachid Muleia; Ana Abecasis; Auria Banze; Denise Langa; Cynthia Semá Baltazar

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0312550

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Unveiling triple vulnerability among Mozambican female sex workers—Stigma, physical violence and sexual violence

Naira Luiz ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Naira Luiz, Rachid Muleia, Ana Abecasis, Auria Banze, Denise Langa, Cynthia Semá Baltazar

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: naira.luiz@gmail.com

Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Saúde, Maputo, Mozambique

https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5192-9377

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Rachid Muleia ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Naira Luiz, Rachid Muleia, Ana Abecasis, Auria Banze, Denise Langa, Cynthia Semá Baltazar

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Saúde, Maputo, Mozambique
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Ana Abecasis ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Naira Luiz, Rachid Muleia, Ana Abecasis, Auria Banze, Denise Langa, Cynthia Semá Baltazar

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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Auria Banze ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Naira Luiz, Rachid Muleia, Ana Abecasis, Auria Banze, Denise Langa, Cynthia Semá Baltazar

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Saúde, Maputo, Mozambique
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Denise Langa ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Naira Luiz, Rachid Muleia, Ana Abecasis, Auria Banze, Denise Langa, Cynthia Semá Baltazar

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Saúde, Maputo, Mozambique
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Cynthia Semá Baltazar

Contributed equally to this work with: Naira Luiz, Rachid Muleia, Ana Abecasis, Auria Banze, Denise Langa, Cynthia Semá Baltazar

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Saúde, Maputo, Mozambique

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8901-2240

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Unveiling triple vulnerability among Mozambican female sex workers—Stigma, physical violence and sexual violence

Naira Luiz,
Rachid Muleia,
Ana Abecasis,
Auria Banze,
Denise Langa,
Cynthia Semá Baltazar

Published: February 21, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0312550

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