Sex Trafficking and Prostitution in South Africa

Chandré Gould

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2014, vol. 653, issue 1, 183-201

Abstract: This article examines the complex arrangements within which women working in prostitution in South Africa find themselves, and documents their resilience in a hazardous work environment. Findings are drawn from a survey and in-depth interviews with sex workers in Cape Town that investigated the nature and extent of human trafficking in the sex industry, and from a separate survey of sex workers during the World Cup in South Africa in 2010. The findings provide the basis for a critique of Western rescue missions and the larger antitrafficking movement.

Keywords: prostitution; sex work; human trafficking; Cape Town; World Cup (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1177/0002716214521557

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