This chapter explores the possibilities of applying a human rights framework to sexual exploitation, sex work and sporting events. Human rights perspectives are emerging as useful ways to interrogate a range of global social injustices. However, defining sexual exploitation is not straightforward. First, I focus on how sexual exploitation and sex work are understood within human rights instruments. Second, I provide a vivid illustration of the trafficking of women for sexual exploitation. Through this case study, I demonstrate the conditions and mechanisms of supply of, and demand for, women for sexual exploitation. Finally, I return to the existing sport-related literature to elucidate the state of current knowledge of sexual exploitation, sex work and international sporting events. In doing so, I highlight the potential of adopting a human rights framework for future feminist research.
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Caudwell, J. (2017). Sporting events, the trafficking of women for sexual exploitation and human rights. In The Palgrave Handbook of Feminism and Sport, Leisure and Physical Education (pp. 537–556). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-53318-0_34
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