Being in a legal grey area means sex workers are at a disadvantage when they have been the victim of a crime or defrauded.
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If sex workers have to pay taxes and have all the other burdens of business and employment, then surely their contracts must be honoured as well.
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Interviews with religious and spiritual sex workers examine how these seemingly opposite life choices can interconnect and coexist.
Members of the African Christian Democratic Party protesting against the decriminalisation of sex work in South Africa.
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The repeal of outdated apartheid-era laws would have a far-reaching, positive impact on individual sex workers’ health and well-being.
Members of the Sex Industry Network protest outside the South Australian Parliament, May 31 2019.
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‘They went through my bins, they checked me for track marks. They made remarks to each other whether I was worth my advertised rate in front of me.’
Decriminalisation allowed sex workers to step out of the shadows and into active participation in public life.
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Full decriminalisation of sex work is advocated by many health and human rights organisations around the world. Sex workers in New South Wales kick-started the process 40 years ago.
Activists supporting the decriminalisation of sex work at the 21st International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa.
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South Africa has launched a plan to tackle HIV, TB and sexually transmitted infections – but much depends on its implementation over the next five years.