Resource Description:
This booklet will help you understand why sex work should be decriminalised and how you can help this happen. Human rights and women’s rights activists started campaigning to decriminalise sex work in South Africa 20 years ago. The public has become more aware of the issue now and some government officials are supporting decriminalisation for the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup period. This booklet will explain why it is important that sex work should be permanently decriminalised in South Africa. The booklet was commissioned by the SANAC Women's Sector, written by Marlise Richter from the Steve Biko Center for Bioethics, University of the Witwatersrand, with support from the Aids Legal Network and the Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Faskforce (SWEAT).