Detroit Adult Entertainment: HIV/AIDS will be a major issue for FIFA World Cup
January 7, 2010 at 8:49 pm | In Detroit adult entertainment | No CommentsNo sex worker programmes in placeThe World Cup may be an opportunity to build awareness about HIV, but when it comes to dealing with the threat of infection posed by prostitution, very little has been done by the South African government.
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Richter noted that legalising sex work would make it easier to protect sex workers and their clients from HIV. However, there is not time to pass new legislation legalising prostitution before the World Cup, and therefore campaigners call for a moratorium on arrest of sex workers during the World Cup.
“In a context where sex work is legal and seen as legitimate work, where we have a labour law framework in place, it will mean that sex work will be safer, and that the tourists and clients who come will be safer,” Richter told IRIN/PlusNews.
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