A vicious cycle of destitution locks large numbers of Hungarian women into sex work. Moving to western Europe to avoid prosecution, their vulnerability and isolation only increases. Réka Kinga Papp on systemic exploitation in the European sex trade.
Réka Kinga Papp
is editor-in-chief at Eurozine since November 2018.
Papp is a journalist specializing in environmental, social and human rights issues, author of a book on sex work and prostitution in Hungary, Aki kurvának áll: szexmunka sztorik (Once You Enrol As a Whore: Sex Work Stories, Kossuth 2017). She anchored Hungarian speaking social science infotainment radio programme Professzor Paprika (2015-19) on Klubrádió’s broadcast and indie political YouTube show Feles (2017-18).
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