Authorities in South Africa are compromising the safety and wellbeing of women and obstructing efforts to end the HIV pandemic by treating sex work as a crime, Human Rights Watch and the Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce (SWEAT) has said.
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The African National Congtess's committee of social transformation has affirmed its commitment to decriminalising sex work, which it hopes could help reduce new HIV infections by ... Read more »
Bhekisisa's Laura Lopez Gonzalez examines the efforts of activists and government bodies to review how the country treats sex workers. Read more »
Nosipho Vidima is a sex worker and is the human rights and lobbying officer at the Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Task Force, SWEAT. She is campaigning for the recognition of ... Read more »
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