Within this month thousands of football fans will fill the South African stadiums in hopes of watching for the World Cup Football 2010.
The first time football are not attracted the sex trade, The World Cup has always been a magnet for sex tourism. In Africa where 1 in 5 people are living with HIV. International health experts believe sex workers will contribute greatly to the rise of newly contracted HIV infections that are certain to spread in other countries -- this has led world-wide media and governments to look to FIFA for leadership.
FIFA has committed to dispensing 1 billion of the condoms South African President Jacob Zuma requested for the major sporting event in the stadiums, but critics say that's not enough.
An advocacy officer Dianna Massawe for Sex Worker Education and Advocacy Taskforce, an non-profit organization located in South Africa, that works closely with sex workers dealing with issues on health and human rights. She thinks FIFA could take a larger responsibility in leadership, but the organization may risk losing support.
"Sex work is a controversial issue and one that not many people would want to take up especially if there are larger ramifications to it," says Massawe. "It is for this reason that I think that they do not only take a stance on sex work and many other issues."
Many attribute large economic disparities as the reason sex work is such a money-making and popular proficient choice in this region, and despite the fact that prostitution is illegal in South Africa.
However the responsibility doesn't only fall on FIFA, the South African government should be held at the highest standard.
The International Organization of Migration is keeping and open ear to complaints of people who are trafficked or forced into sex labor.
But this soccer sex scandal maybe a bit puffed up. Some are saying the large projection of sex workers migrating to South Africa may not even be accurate.
A senior researcher at the Institute for Security Studies, a think tank working in the area of African Human Security, says don't trust the numbers you hear.
FIFA has to find a way to deal with the surrounding issues of their hosting countries wherever they go. Prostitution is also a big problem in Brazil. Fifa will face the same difficulties at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
The first time football are not attracted the sex trade, The World Cup has always been a magnet for sex tourism. In Africa where 1 in 5 people are living with HIV. International health experts believe sex workers will contribute greatly to the rise of newly contracted HIV infections that are certain to spread in other countries -- this has led world-wide media and governments to look to FIFA for leadership.
FIFA has committed to dispensing 1 billion of the condoms South African President Jacob Zuma requested for the major sporting event in the stadiums, but critics say that's not enough.
An advocacy officer Dianna Massawe for Sex Worker Education and Advocacy Taskforce, an non-profit organization located in South Africa, that works closely with sex workers dealing with issues on health and human rights. She thinks FIFA could take a larger responsibility in leadership, but the organization may risk losing support.
"Sex work is a controversial issue and one that not many people would want to take up especially if there are larger ramifications to it," says Massawe. "It is for this reason that I think that they do not only take a stance on sex work and many other issues."
Many attribute large economic disparities as the reason sex work is such a money-making and popular proficient choice in this region, and despite the fact that prostitution is illegal in South Africa.
However the responsibility doesn't only fall on FIFA, the South African government should be held at the highest standard.
The International Organization of Migration is keeping and open ear to complaints of people who are trafficked or forced into sex labor.
But this soccer sex scandal maybe a bit puffed up. Some are saying the large projection of sex workers migrating to South Africa may not even be accurate.
A senior researcher at the Institute for Security Studies, a think tank working in the area of African Human Security, says don't trust the numbers you hear.
FIFA has to find a way to deal with the surrounding issues of their hosting countries wherever they go. Prostitution is also a big problem in Brazil. Fifa will face the same difficulties at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
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