Press
Reporting by redlightr.io editor Julie Ruvolo (@jruv) on Rio’s sex industry:
Rio’s Biggest Prostitution Crackdown in a Generation – The UN Rio+20 brothel raids were a warm-up for World Cup. For CityLab
Brazil’s #1 Puta — An homage to the founder of Brazil’s prostitutes rights movement, Gabriela Leite. For RioChromatic
Justin Bieber’s Brothel Visit – The working conditions inside the brothel Justin Bieber visited. For RioChromatic
Brazil’s Ugly Sex Worker Crackdown – Rio’s brutal pre-World Cup sex crackdowns in Rio and Niterói, and the ensuing protests. For CityLab
Are Rio’s World Cup Sex Raids for Real or Just for Show? — Inside the Copacabana bar police raided hours before the World Cup kickoff on June 12. For VICE News
On the Run during World Cup with Brazil’s Most Wanted Prostitute — An interview with the only victim of the Niterói raids to testify. For VICE News
Despite the Hype, the World Cup Ended Up Being Bad Business for Brazil’s Sex Workers — Breaking down why World Cup caused a decline in Rio’s sex industry. For CityLab
Panic Attack: What actually happens when cities crack down on sex trafficking during large, international sporting events? — A (non)history of mega-sports and sex trafficking. For GOOD Magazine
Pick-up in the media:
HuffingtonPost Live: A Closer Look at Legal Prostitution in Brazil – a round table with anthropologist Thaddeus Blanchette, Brasil Post reporter Gabriela Loureiro, researcher Leticia Cardoso Barretto and Julie Ruvolo
Rolling Stone: The World Cup of Dirty Dreams: Inside Brazil’s Most Infamous Brothel – Amos Barshad’s tour of Rio’s sex industry, featuring ample interviews with sex workers, including Aline, who co-filmed the Red Light Rio project
Bitch Magazine: Sex Workers Stage Protests Against Police Crackdowns at the World Cup, by Andalusia Knoll
The Daily Beast: The World Cup of Prostitution: How the Soccer Tourney Is Affecting Brazil’s Sex Workers, by Marlo Stern
Pulitzer Center: World Cup 2014: Is Brazil’s Sex Industry Crackdown a Threat to Human Rights? by Lauren Wilks
O Globo: Pesquisadores entram em campo para provar que não há aumento da prostituição na Copa, por Renata Malkes
VICE Brasil: Esta Prostituta Foi Roubada, Estuprada e Despejada por Policiais em Niterói, por Matias Maxx
O Globo: Copa do Mundo foi considerada ‘ruim’ pelas prostitutas no Rio de Janeiro, por O Globo
