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Exploring prostituted women's experiences of a South African exit intervention: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
Prostitution is the oldest form of oppression. Many prostituted women in South Africa wish to exit sex work, but are unable to because they have no other means of earning money. There is a dearth of research available on assisting prostituted women to exit sex work in South Africa. This study explor...
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| description | Prostitution is the oldest form of oppression. Many prostituted women in South Africa wish to exit sex work, but are unable to because they have no other means of earning money. There is a dearth of research available on assisting prostituted women to exit sex work in South Africa. This study explored the effectiveness of a Cape Town-based NGO's - Embrace Dignity - exit intervention for prostituted women. Using semi-structured interviews it investigated the experiences of eight prostituted women in Cape Town. The research goal was to be able to inform improvements to the intervention for exit. An interpretative phenomenological approach was used to analyse interviews of women's experiences of the intervention. Findings revealed that attempting to exit prostitution in South Africa is an incredibly difficult and deeply complex process. An exploration of women's experiences of Embrace Dignity suggested that whilst it provides emotional and social support to prostituted women, it does not address their physical needs, most importantly that of employment. This study reveals that although emotional support plays a crucial role in assisting prostituted women to exit, it is secondary to the urgent physical support needed to satisfy the basic survival needs of prostituted women living in extreme poverty in South Africa. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/2682 Exploring prostituted women's experiences of a South African exit intervention: an interpretative phenomenological analysis Heiberg, Tessa sex work prostitution exit intervention social support emotional support physical support intervention model Prostitution is the oldest form of oppression. Many prostituted women in South Africa wish to exit sex work, but are unable to because they have no other means of earning money. There is a dearth of research available on assisting prostituted women to exit sex work in South Africa. This study explored the effectiveness of a Cape Town-based NGO's - Embrace Dignity - exit intervention for prostituted women. Using semi-structured interviews it investigated the experiences of eight prostituted women in Cape Town. The research goal was to be able to inform improvements to the intervention for exit. An interpretative phenomenological approach was used to analyse interviews of women's experiences of the intervention. Findings revealed that attempting to exit prostitution in South Africa is an incredibly difficult and deeply complex process. An exploration of women's experiences of Embrace Dignity suggested that whilst it provides emotional and social support to prostituted women, it does not address their physical needs, most importantly that of employment. This study reveals that although emotional support plays a crucial role in assisting prostituted women to exit, it is secondary to the urgent physical support needed to satisfy the basic survival needs of prostituted women living in extreme poverty in South Africa. 2014-07-28T07:42:40Z 2014-07-28T07:42:40Z 2011-10 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2682 eng Knowledge Co-op project #6. Exit strategies for prostituted women Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Knowledge Co-op http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ application/pdf Department of Psychology Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | sex work prostitution exit intervention social support emotional support physical support intervention model Heiberg, Tessa Exploring prostituted women's experiences of a South African exit intervention: an interpretative phenomenological analysis |
| title | Exploring prostituted women's experiences of a South African exit intervention: an interpretative phenomenological analysis |
| title_full | Exploring prostituted women's experiences of a South African exit intervention: an interpretative phenomenological analysis |
| title_fullStr | Exploring prostituted women's experiences of a South African exit intervention: an interpretative phenomenological analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring prostituted women's experiences of a South African exit intervention: an interpretative phenomenological analysis |
| title_short | Exploring prostituted women's experiences of a South African exit intervention: an interpretative phenomenological analysis |
| title_sort | exploring prostituted women s experiences of a south african exit intervention an interpretative phenomenological analysis |
| topic | sex work prostitution exit intervention social support emotional support physical support intervention model |
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