Posts In: SWEAT
Izwi Lethu (Issue 17, 2018)
This issue brings us to the end of 2018 with a reflection on Sisonke’s 8th Annual National Meeting, and celebrates the movements resilience.
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Izwi Lethu (Issue 16, 2018)
In this issue, as with the previous ones, Izwi Lethu: Our Voice continues to advocate for the decriminalisation of sex work and educate not only Sisonke members but also other sex workers and the general public about the challenges encountered in the industry.
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Sex Workers Organising for Change: Self-representation, community mobilisation, and working conditions (SA chapter)
In the South Africa chapter of this Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW) report, maHp researcher and PhD candidate Ntokozo Yingwana documents how the Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce (SWEAT) and national sex worker movement Sisonke deal with human trafficking in the sex industry.
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Sally-Jean Shackleton
Sally-Jean Shackleton is the Director of the Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Task force (SWEAT) in South Africa. She facilitates the efforts of over 90 strong staff members to address stigma, improve health programming, deliver direct service, improve visibility and voice, and advocate for the decriminalisation of sex work.
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Sex work and the law: Should SA decriminalise sex work?
maHp student interns Muluti Phiri and Erika Massoud reflect on the ‘Sex work and the law: Should SA decriminalise sex work?’ dialogue, which was recently hosted by the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC), and Mail & Guardian.
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Ntokozo Yingwana
Ntokozo Yingwana (current since 2017, PhD in Migration and Displacement)
Dissertation:Â Queering Sex Work and Mobility in Southern Africa: How does migration/mobility/movement influence gendered sexualities in sex work?
Supervisor: Jo Vearey, B Camminga and Danai Mupotsa
