'There are a lot of new people in town: but they are here for soccer, not for business' a qualitative inquiry into the impact of the 2010 soccer world cup on sex work in South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorRichter, Marliseen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorScorgie, Fionaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorChersich, Matthewen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorLuchters, Stanleyen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-27T09:34:48Z
dc.date.available2015-11-27T09:34:48Z
dc.date.issued2014en_ZA
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND:Sports mega-events have expanded in size, popularity and cost. Fuelled by media speculation and moral panics, myths proliferate about the increase in trafficking into forced prostitution as well as sex work in the run-up to such events. This qualitative enquiry explores the perceptions of male, female and transgender sex workers of the 2010 Soccer World Cup held in South Africa, and the impact it had on their work and private lives. METHODS: A multi-method study design was employed. Data consisted of 14 Focus Group Discussions, 53 sex worker diaries, and responses to two questions in surveys with 1059 male, female and transgender sex workers in three cities. RESULTS: Overall, a minority of participants noted changes to the sex sector due to the World Cup and nothing emerged on the feared increases in trafficking into forced prostitution. Participants who observed changes in their work mainly described differences, both positive and negative, in working conditions, income and client relations, as well as police harassment. The accounts of changes were heterogeneous - often conflicting in the same research site and across sites. CONCLUSIONS: No major shifts occurred in sex work during the World Cup, and only a few inconsequential changes were noted. Sports mega-events provide strategic opportunities to expand health and human rights programmes to sex workers. The 2010 World Cup missed that opportunity.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationRichter, M., Scorgie, F., Chersich, M., & Luchters, S. (2014). 'There are a lot of new people in town: but they are here for soccer, not for business' a qualitative inquiry into the impact of the 2010 soccer world cup on sex work in South Africa. <i>Globalization and Health</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15409en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationRichter, Marlise, Fiona Scorgie, Matthew Chersich, and Stanley Luchters "'There are a lot of new people in town: but they are here for soccer, not for business' a qualitative inquiry into the impact of the 2010 soccer world cup on sex work in South Africa." <i>Globalization and Health</i> (2014) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15409en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationRichter, M. L., Scorgie, F., Chersich, M. F., & Luchters, S. (2014). ‘There are a lot of new people in town: but they are here for soccer, not for business’a qualitative inquiry into the impact of the 2010 soccer world cup on sex work in South Africa. Globalization and health, 10(1), 45.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Richter, Marlise AU - Scorgie, Fiona AU - Chersich, Matthew AU - Luchters, Stanley AB - BACKGROUND:Sports mega-events have expanded in size, popularity and cost. Fuelled by media speculation and moral panics, myths proliferate about the increase in trafficking into forced prostitution as well as sex work in the run-up to such events. This qualitative enquiry explores the perceptions of male, female and transgender sex workers of the 2010 Soccer World Cup held in South Africa, and the impact it had on their work and private lives. METHODS: A multi-method study design was employed. Data consisted of 14 Focus Group Discussions, 53 sex worker diaries, and responses to two questions in surveys with 1059 male, female and transgender sex workers in three cities. RESULTS: Overall, a minority of participants noted changes to the sex sector due to the World Cup and nothing emerged on the feared increases in trafficking into forced prostitution. Participants who observed changes in their work mainly described differences, both positive and negative, in working conditions, income and client relations, as well as police harassment. The accounts of changes were heterogeneous - often conflicting in the same research site and across sites. CONCLUSIONS: No major shifts occurred in sex work during the World Cup, and only a few inconsequential changes were noted. Sports mega-events provide strategic opportunities to expand health and human rights programmes to sex workers. The 2010 World Cup missed that opportunity. DA - 2014 DB - OpenUCT DO - 10.1186/1744-8603-10-45 DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Globalization and Health LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 T1 - 'There are a lot of new people in town: but they are here for soccer, not for business' a qualitative inquiry into the impact of the 2010 soccer world cup on sex work in South Africa TI - 'There are a lot of new people in town: but they are here for soccer, not for business' a qualitative inquiry into the impact of the 2010 soccer world cup on sex work in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15409 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/15409
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1744-8603-10-45
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationRichter M, Scorgie F, Chersich M, Luchters S. 'There are a lot of new people in town: but they are here for soccer, not for business' a qualitative inquiry into the impact of the 2010 soccer world cup on sex work in South Africa. Globalization and Health. 2014; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15409.en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisherBioMed Central Ltden_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Public Health and Family Medicineen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.rightsThis is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licenseen_ZA
dc.rights.holder2014 Richter et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.en_ZA
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0en_ZA
dc.sourceGlobalization and Healthen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://www.globalizationandhealth.com/en_ZA
dc.subject.otherSex worken_ZA
dc.subject.otherProstitutionen_ZA
dc.subject.otherSports mega-eventsen_ZA
dc.subject.otherTraffickingen_ZA
dc.subject.other2010 Soccer World Cupen_ZA
dc.title'There are a lot of new people in town: but they are here for soccer, not for business' a qualitative inquiry into the impact of the 2010 soccer world cup on sex work in South Africaen_ZA
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