I Must Be Some Person: Accounts from Street Sex Workers in Ireland

Anca Minescu; Billie Stoica; Anastasiia  Zubareva; Becky  Leacy; Patricia Leahy; Tainara Paulon; Nichola Clifford; Naiara  Pereira; Adeline Berry

I Must Be Some Person: Accounts from Street Sex Workers in Ireland

Anca Minescu, Billie Stoica, Anastasiia Zubareva, Becky Leacy, Patricia Leahy, Tainara Paulon, Nichola Clifford, Naiara Pereira, Adeline Berry

Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

Abstract

In 2018, under the Dormant Accounts Action Plan funding scheme from the Department of Justice and Equality and Anti Human Trafficking Department, GOSHH (Gender, Orientation, Sexual Health, HIV) and the University of Limerick (UL) successfully gained funding for a qualitative research project with sex workers in Ireland. The research scope covered survival or street sex workers in Dublin and Limerick and included a peer participative aspect and an intervention.

Original language	English
Publisher	University of Limerick
Commissioning body	Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (Ireland)
Number of pages	84
Publication status	Published - 25 Aug 2022

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 5 Gender Equality
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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Resisting SWERF and TERF rhetoric
Berry, A. (Keynote speaker)
11 Jun 2026
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Participatory Action Research
Berry, A. (Invited speaker) & Fine, M. (Invited speaker)
28 Mar 2025
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
The Swedish Model of Client Criminalisation in Ireland
Berry, A. (Invited speaker) & Berry, L. (Invited speaker)
15 Nov 2024
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk

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The Swedish Model of Client Criminalisation in Ireland

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