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Buying Sex is Not a Sport

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Buying Sex is Not a Sport are a series of campaigns against prostitution, mainly organised to coincide with international sporting events.

Germany 2006 FIFA World Cup[edit]

'Buying Sex is Not a Sport: No to Germany's Prostitution of Women During the World Cup Games organised by CATW,[1][2] in June and July 2006. The main organiser was Malka Mracovich from France. An on-line petition in five languages raised 150,000 signatures. The petition was delivered to German embassies across the world.[3]

Ireland 2006[edit]

Buying Sex is Not a Sport organised by National Women's Council of Ireland.[4]

Vancouver 2010 Olympics[edit]

Buying Sex is Not a Sport: Vancouver Initiative to Prevent Human Trafficking (BSNS) was a grassroots[5] campaign organised by REED, a Christian group,[6] that raised awareness about the human trafficking thought[by whom?] to surround the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada that some[who?] claimed facilitated the provision of prostitution for visitors.[7] According to the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women, "The hype around large sporting events and increases in trafficking for prostitution is often based on misinformation, poor data, and a tendency to sensationalise. Despite the lack of evidence, this idea continues to hold great appeal for prostitution abolitionist groups, anti-immigration groups, and a number of politicians, scholars and journalists."[8]

The campaign was launched on May 22, 2009[9] and was created by academics and former prostitutes.[10] Tara Teng, who was Miss B.C. World at the time, participated in the campaign,[11] as did Trisha Baptie, a former sex worker.[12] Multiple organizations opposing human trafficking were involved in the campaign, including Resist Exploitation, Embrace Dignity;[13] and Eve.[7] Some campaign participants silently protested against the sex industry outside of Rogers Arena, known at the time as Canada Hockey Place, and outside three of Vancouver's strip clubs.[14] T-shirts and lapel pins sporting the name of the campaign were sold.[15] Former prostitutes who participated in the campaign called for the implementation of prostitution laws in Canada analogous to Sweden's Sex Purchase Act, which makes purchasing sex illegal as a form of violence against women.[16]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Trafficking and Human Rights: European and Asia-Pacific Perspectives. =Leslie Holmes (editor). Edward Elgar Publishing. 2010. p. 42. ISBN 9781849806800. Search this book on
  2. ↑ Selling Sex: Experience, Advocacy, and Research on Sex Work in Canada. Sexuality Studies Series. Emily van der Meulen, Elya M. Durisin, Victoria Love (editors). UBC Press. 2013. p. 255. ISBN 9780774824507. Search this book on
  3. ↑ Janice G. Raymond (2013). Not a Choice, Not a Job: Exposing the Myths about Prostitution and the Global Sex Trade. Potomac Books, Inc. p. 179. ISBN 9781612346274. Search this book on
  4. ↑ Trafficking and Human Rights: European and Asia-Pacific Perspectives. =Leslie Holmes (editor). Edward Elgar Publishing. 2010. p. 54. ISBN 9781849806800. Search this book on
  5. ↑ "Buying Sex is Not a Sport". Resist Exploitation, Embrace Dignity. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
  6. ↑ Selling Sex: Experience, Advocacy, and Research on Sex Work in Canada. Sexuality Studies Series. Emily van der Meulen, Elya M. Durisin, Victoria Love (editors). UBC Press. 2013. p. 261-2. ISBN 9780774824507. Search this book on
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Buying Sex is NOT a Sport". First Baptist Church. January 22, 2010. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
  8. ↑ "What's the Cost of a Rumor? A Guide to sorting out the Myths and the Facts About Sporting Events and Trafficking" (pdf). gaatw.org. Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women. p. 14. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  9. ↑ "Another side to the sporting life". Journal Pioneer. May 23, 2009. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
  10. ↑ Lorna Dueck (February 5, 2010). "Sex for sale is hardly sporting". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  11. ↑ "Tara missed". CanadianChristianity.com. July 8, 2010. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
  12. ↑ Miné Salkin (May 21, 2009). "Buying sex not a sport: Sex work activists". Metro International.
  13. ↑ "Campaign to raise awareness of potential sex trafficking at 2010 Games". CBC News. May 21, 2009. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
  14. ↑ Dharm Makwana (February 24, 2010). "Stopping the sex trade". Cornwall Standard Freeholder. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
  15. ↑ Catherine Griwkowsky (October 26, 2009). "Human trafficking exposed at forum". Sherwood Park News. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
  16. ↑ "Olympics to draw sex-seekers: groups". Winnipeg Free Press. May 22, 2009. Retrieved June 4, 2013.


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