Department of Health Administration and Education, Faculty of Science Education, University of Education Winneba, P.O. Box 25, Winneba, Ghana.
Department of Political Science Education, Faculty of Social Science, University of Education Winneba, P.O. Box 25, Winneba, Ghana.
BMC Womens Health. 2021 Mar 10;21(1):103. doi: 10.1186/s12905-021-01251-2.
Despite its criminalization in Ghana, commercial sex work dates back to ancient societies and occurs in various forms within communities. The authors examined commercial sex work in selected public Universities in Ghana to inform policy and program decisions for safer sex at the universities in Ghana.
The study was an exploratory-mixed-method design. Respondents were identified using purposive and snowballing techniques while semi-structured questionnaires and in-depth interviews were used for data collection between 2017and 2019. Quantitative data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 23 and qualitative data analyzed thematically.
Findings show that there is a proliferation of commercial sex work on university campuses in Ghana for financial, material, and emotional gains. Student sex workers have devised various strategies to combine academic work and sex work. Prospective customers are solicited by hanging out in drinking bars and nightclubs in and around university campuses at night and/or leaving contact details with pimps to be contacted for services. Brothels are also springing up in and around the university campuses in the form of movie houses and student sex workers convert their hostel rooms into brothels. Price negotiation is based on the environment, duration, the sex workers' perceived safety of the sexual act, customer's preferences for styles, and positions adopted for sex.
There is a need for further studies in this area and a multi-sectoral approach for appropriate policy and program interventions to regulate the practice on campus.
尽管加纳将商业性交易定为犯罪行为,但商业性交易可以追溯到古代社会,并以各种形式存在于社区中。作者研究了加纳一些公立大学的商业性交易,以期为加纳大学的安全性行为提供政策和项目决策依据。
本研究采用探索性混合方法设计。通过目的抽样和滚雪球技术确定受访者,同时在 2017 年至 2019 年期间使用半结构式问卷和深入访谈收集数据。使用社会科学统计软件包 23 对定量数据进行分析,使用主题分析对定性数据进行分析。
研究结果表明,加纳大学校园商业性交易泛滥,学生性工作者为了经济、物质和情感上的利益而从事这种交易。学生性工作者已经制定了各种策略来兼顾学业和性工作。潜在客户会在大学校园内外的酒吧和夜总会闲逛,或者将联系方式留给皮条客,以便提供服务。妓院也以电影院和学生性工作者将宿舍房间变成妓院的形式在大学校园内外涌现。价格的谈判基于环境、时长、性工作者对性行为安全性的感知、客户对性姿势的偏好等因素。
需要在这一领域进行进一步研究,并采取多部门方法,进行适当的政策和项目干预,以规范校园内的这种行为。